Let’s Re-Cycle at Jan. 7’s Rotary Bicycle Roundup
On Saturday, Jan. 7, The Westchase Rotary will host their Third Annual Post-Christmas Bicycle Roundup.
The roundup will take place at the corner of Nine Eagles Boulevard and Race Track Road, next to Flying Fish Bicycle Shop and San’s Pizzeria.
Last year the roundup yielded 50 bicycles of all sizes and types. The bicycles are repaired and rehabilitated by our project partners at God’s Pedal Power Ministry. After passing a rigorous safety check, the bikes are donated to less fortunate people who use them as their primary form of transportation. The children’s bikes are donated to a variety of non-profit children’s homes within Tampa Bay.
The Rotary Bike Roundup hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. If Santa was nice enough to bring a new, shiny bike and your old, clunky bike is stuck in your garage and feeling unwanted, please don’t banish it to the Island of Misfit Toys. Bring it to the Rotary Bike Roundup. There it will bring happiness to another child or a sense of hope to someone who’ll use it to get to work or school.
Rotary Bike Roundup
Jan. 7, 2012
Corner of Nine Eagles Boulevard and Race Track Road
By Mike Castro
Rotary Schedules Oct. 15 Blood Drive
Like proper vampires preparing for Halloween, Westchase Rotarians want your blood.
In keeping with October’s holiday, the Red Cross “Vampire Mobile” will be parked at the Northwest Hillsborough Family YMCA, located at 8950 West Waters Ave., on Saturday, Oct. 15. Please consider giving the gift of life through your blood donation. The Red Cross has assured us that your life-saving gift won’t be used to feed any starving zombies. The Westchase Rotary will be present to cheer on all donors and supply goody bags and other favors. The Red Cross considers 15 blood donations at any given event as a successful day. The challenge has thus been made to Westchase citizenry to surpass the average daily donation levels. The Vampire Mobile will be there from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
The Rotary Club will now meet every Wednesday morning except for the second week of the month. Morning meetings are held at 7:30 a.m. at the Westchase Golf Club, located at 11602 Westchase Golf Dr. In order to provide more accessibility to friends and members, the Rotary Club will also be conducting happy-hour meetings every second Thursday of the month. Our next happy-hour meeting will be held at World of Beer at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6..
On Oct. 6 your Rotary Club will be serving comfort food and compassion to the guests of the Ronald McDonald House. The Ronald McDonald House (RMH) is a “home away from home” for families of children receiving treatment at bay area hospitals. Rotary member Christy Young shared her insights on her past experience at RMH. “There is nothing more unsettling to a parent than to have a sick child,” she said. “Some kind words and a little moral support can go a long way.”
For more information about Rotary, see www.westchaserotary.org.
By Mike Castro