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Families, Parks and Recreation
Press
Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Heather Allebaugh
407.246.3423
Victoria Shade 407.246.4318
200 Parramore Youth Receive Donated Bicycles for
Parramore Kidz Zone Pedaling 4 Pride 3rd Annual Bicycle
Ride
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WHAT: |
Sponsors have
come together to make it possible for 200
Parramore youth to receive free bicycles for
this year’s 3rd annual Parramore Kidz Zone (PKZ)
Pedaling 4 Pride Bike Ride. AirTran Airways,
Target, WFTV Channel 9 Family Connection, and
Orange County Sheriff’s Office donated the
bicycles after 80 bicycles originally donated
for the event were stolen in September. This
year the sponsors have made it possible for
parents, children, and the entire community to
take part in this community bicycle ride. The
sponsors will be presenting the bicycles to the
youth at 3:30 p.m. at the Orlando Downtown
Recreation Complex on Thursday, October 22,
2009.
The 3rd annual PKZ Pedaling 4 Pride
Bike Ride, which will take place on Saturday,
October 24, will begin at the John H. Jackson
Community Center and travel to Loch Haven Park.
The event, hosted by PKZ and Get Active Orlando,
educates children how to safely navigate the
neighborhood on their bikes in real life traffic
conditions. This year’s PKZ Pedaling 4 Pride is
one of six “bike buses” traveling to the City of
Orlando’s Loch Haven Park for the Central
Florida Veg Fest. As part of the 350.org
International Day of Climate Action on October
24, Florida Bicycle Association is leading bike
buses from various starting points within
Orlando to demonstrate how human power can
replace fossil fuel and help cut greenhouse gas
emissions.
Modeled after the Harlem
Children’s Zone, Parramore Kidz Zone launched by
Mayor Dyer in 2006, employs creative outreach to
engage a critical mass of Parramore’s children
and linking them to positive opportunities,
including pre-kindergarten education, parenting
education, health care, mentoring, tutoring, and
constructive activities when school is out.
PKZ Pedaling for Pride was created by
Community Concepts Services, Inc. (CCSI) and Get
Active Orlando. CCSI is one of many community
partners who have received grants under the PKZ
project, and administers intervention and
outreach life skills development services for
families. Get Active Orlando brings together a
multi-disciplinary team to create and promote
environments that make it safe and convenient
for people to be more physically active.
Designated a Bicycle Friendly Community since
2000, Orlando promotes bicycling as a form of
transportation by incorporating complete streets
policies to make roads safe and accessible to
all users; giving away locks, lights, helmets
and reconditioned bikes; starting the Pedaling 4
Pride bike ride with PKZ and working directly
with the Orlando Police Department to provide
education, safety training and enforcement for
bicycling.
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WHO:
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Bob Fornaro,
Chairman, President and C.E.O of AirTran Airways
Parramore Kidz Zone
Community Concepts
Services, Inc. (CCSI)
Get Active Orlando
Target
WFTV Channel 9 Family Connection
Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Orlando Police
Department
City of Orlando’s Families, Parks
and Recreation
Orlando residents
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WHEN:
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Thursday, October
22, 2009
3:30 p.m.
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WHERE:
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Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex
649 W.
Livingston Street
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