Cycling Club Bahamas. - Weekday rides, east: morning, Tuesday & Thursday leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive. This ride is a 17-mile loop to the Northbound Paradise Island Bridge and back again (both bridges are sometimes incorporated depending on available time). Open to riders capable of 18mph+ for 1 hour.
Weekday rides, west: morning, Wednesdays & Fridays leaving 4:45am sharp from Cable Beach Police Station, West Bay St. This ride is a 20-mile loop. The route is varied. Open to riders capable of 18mph+ for 1 hr. Contact Shantel to confirm your attendance. Afternoon, Tuesdays & Thursdays leaving 5:30pm sharp from Lyford Cay Gas Station Parking Lot. This ride is 18-20 miles depending on whether you choose to do a second loop. Recommended for Strong Riders capable of 20mph+ for 1-1.5hrs. Intermediate Riders 18-22mph - see Spyda.
Weekend rides: Saturdays leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbuck’s) 30-40 miles headed West. Leaving P/I bridges optional at the end. The pace will range from 18–20+mph, 2.5 hour duration.
Sundays leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbuck’s) 40-50 miles headed east. P/I bridges optional at the end. The pace will range from 18–20+mph, 3-3.5 hour duration (cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route).
Youth Cycling Developmental Programme, each Saturday, at The Tracks. Contact Barron on 552-5128.
June 4 Pineappleman Sprint Triathlon, Gregory Town, Eleuthera, register online @active.com.
July 2 & 3 Independence T/T and Road Race, Nassau.
July 23 Seagillian Cycling Fest, Spanish Wells, Eleuthera.
August 13 & 14 Viva! Bahamas Invitational T/T and Road Race, Nassau, Bahamas.
September 24 Potcakeman main event triathlon, Nassau, Bahamas.
February 4 - Second Annual Bahamas Medical Center Dri Tri.
February 18 - Ride For Hope, Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera.
Hands For Hunger. - With two exciting initiatives, the Dine On The Line Challenge and the Food For Thought Series, Hands For Hunger plans on bringing awareness to the reality of hunger and food costs in The Bahamas. Many people have already signed up for Dine On The Line, which challenges people to spend only $4 a day on food for four consecutive days, May 23rd–May 26.
This challenge is based on the 2013 Department of Statistics Household expenditure survey, which determined that 43,000 people live on the poverty line in The Bahamas and have only $3.82 to spend on food each day. Participants have agreed to undergo this challenge in order to bring attention to the reality of hunger in The Bahamas and to share their experience with friends, family, and on social media.
“It’s easy to take food for granted, and many of us probably don’t realise how a lack of food can have negative impacts on all other areas of our life,” says one participant who has already signed up for the challenge.
Through Dine On The Line, Hands For Hunger hopes to encourage a sense of empathy and compassion among Bahamians in the hopes of creating a transformed Bahamas, where everyone has access to three nutritious, fortifying meals a day. Participants who officially sign up and donate $25 will receive a T-Shirt to be worn after the challenge is completed. Visit www.handsforhunger.org/events to sign up and reserve your T-shirt.
The dialogue continues with the fourth annual Food For Thought Panel discussion, presented by RBC Royal Bank, JetBlue, and the Rotary Club of West Nassau. This year’s theme is The High Price of Food: Farms, Fuel, and Funny Weather. The provocative conversation will be held at the British Colonial Hilton at 6pm on May 26 and promises to be an enlightening evening, as the panel of regional and international experts discuss some of the factors that contribute to the cost of food in The Bahamas.
When asked why Hands For Hunger decided to focus this year’s panel on the high cost of food, executive director, Zeleka Knowles, said: “We are noticing that more and more people are concerned about how expensive food has become. We realise that if the middle class is struggling, we need to take a closer look at the 43,000 Bahamians living on the poverty line, and understand what the high price of food has meant for them.”
Hands For Hunger, the local charity organisation committed to the elimination of hunger and food waste, is perhaps best known for its Food Rescue Programme that has served the New Providence community since 2008. This primary function of the organisation is to repurpose high-quality, fresh and prepared foods from restaurant, hotel, farm, wholesale, and bakery donors to distribute the goods back into the community through 14 recipient outreach agencies.
Hands For Hunger also hosts an engaging conversation on The High Price of Food: Farms, Fuel, and Funny Weather on May 26 at 6pm at the British Colonial Hilton.
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