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Secrets of Gasoline Alley
Posted by: Sara Hopps On Wednesday morning we were supposedly going to a garden. We turned onto Albany Street, the directions given to me by Peter Merzbacher of New Growth Gardens. As we rounded the corner and sped up and … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, Community Partners, MAss Acceleration, Mass Team 1, Youth Power!
Tagged 2011, climate summer, gardening, Mass Acceleration, Springfield, training
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Take Off Those Training Wheels: Our First Rides
“Good luck, you guys!”; “Get outta here!”; “Have fun!”; “Woohoo!” Five young adults, decked out in shiny helmets, grubby sneakers, and clingy bike shorts, rolled out of Camp Wilmot—of Wilmot, New Hampshire—to the cheers of their friends. This was to … Continue reading
Posted in Kindness of Strangers, Mass Team 3
Tagged biking on the road, Camp Wilmot, Concord, Lowell, safety, training
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S&W Sports
Thirty-one riders, poised and ready to go. Headed out for a smooth 33-mile cruise to Concord, NH. Alas, we were not in for the smooth sailing that we had expected. All that “practice biking” we had been doing in the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Partners
Tagged bikes, Concord, kindness of strangers, local business, training
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Training at Camp Wilmot
Even though I arrived three days late to training at Camp Wilmot, I felt instantly welcomed into the group and found it incredibly easy to get into the groove of being a Climate Summer rider. About an hour after I … Continue reading
Posted in Community Partners, Mass Team 2
Tagged Camp Wilmot, Lowell, new friends, public narrative, training, transition
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Glory of New Understandings
We all know the old saying of think like a toddler or think like a cat when they have scurried off somewhere and you can’t find them. You get down on your hands and knees and scour the floor at … Continue reading
Posted in MAss Acceleration, Mass Team 1
Tagged biking on the road, Mass Acceleration, safety, training
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Week One: Camp Wilmot
Posted by: Brad Samuels Arriving Camp Wilmot in Wilmot, NH on June 5th presented me with many uncertainties. Who will I be with, where am I going, and what will I be eating? These questions loomed over my head and … Continue reading
Posted in Community Partners, Kindness of Strangers, Maine
Tagged bikes, biking on the road, Camp Wilmot, Concord, local business, new friends, training
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“The Pride of Lowell”
People were cheering, passersby giving smiles and thumbs up. I wish this happened every time I picked up some groceries. It must have been that Jackie and me were on our bikes, lugging enough food for over 30 people in … Continue reading
