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Families, Parks and Recreation
Press
Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Heather Allebaugh
407.246.3423
Victoria Shade 407.246.4318
Ready, Set, Pedal! Parramore Kidz Zone Pedaling 4 Pride
3rd Annual Bicycle Ride
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WHAT: |
Parents,
children, and the entire community come together
each year for to take part in the City of
Orlando’s Parramore Kidz Zone (PKZ) Pedaling 4
Pride Bike Ride. More than 200 youth and their
families will be participating in this 3rd
annual community bicycle ride, which will begin
at the John H. Jackson Community Center and
travel to Loch Haven Park.
The event,
hosted by Parramore Kidz Zone and Get Active
Orlando and sponsored by AirTran Airways,
Target, WFTV Channel 9 Family Connection, and
Orange County Sheriff’s Office, 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 the Parramore Kidz Zone 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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Parramore Kidz
Zone
Community Concepts Services, Inc. (CCSI)
Get Active Orlando
AirTran Airways
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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Saturday, October
24, 2009
• 8:00 a.m. – Bike Safety Check
• 9:00 a.m. – Bike Ride Begins
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WHERE:
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Starting at:
John H. Jackson Community
Center “green” outdoor basketball courts
1002
W. Carter Street
Ending at:
Orlando
Loch Haven Park
900 E. Mills Avenue
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