 | As 2023 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on all the great work we accomplished this year and looking forward to doing even more next year! From educating thousands of students in our BikeEd program, to helping to secure $20M in funding for Safe Routes to School, and so much more. We’d like to thank you for your continued support. Please consider making a tax-deductible year-end donation to our annual fund and help propel us into 2024! Click here to learn more and donate. Mahalo! | | Be a spoke in the wheel of change! |  Check out HBL's weekly & monthly events – there's something for everyone. | |  Be merry & join us for this free, family-friendly, festive, and FUN slow roll! | Join Us for a Decked Out Westside Pedaling Parade (12/09)! ✰ Get your bike, grab your lights, and deck the halls with HBL… We’ve been accepted in the Kapolei City Lights Parade, happening on Saturday Dec. 9th, and will be one of the 60 selected contingents in this extremely popular & awesomely festive holiday parade that’s been wow-ing the Westside community for 22 years. Here’s the catch… We are restricted to 30 participants total, so space is very limited! Sign up (soon!) if you want to secure your spot in this jolly slow-roll HERE. | 2024 Annual Benefit Dinner Mark your calendars! HBL’s Annual Benefit Dinner will be on Saturday, March 2nd, 2024. Join us at the Queen Kapi‘olani Hotel while they host us in their Leahi Room and Lanai. It will be an evening full of food, drinks, great company, a review of 2023, and a look at 2024. Full details and tickets will be going on sale soon. |  Education from keiki to kūpuna, for motorists & cyclists. | | BikeEd is Hiring Love bikes? Want to spread the joy of biking to the next generation? Become a part-time BikeEd instructor. Come join the team, and share your passion for cycling and educate the youth of O‘ahu on riding bicycles safely. Apply today at HBL.org/BikeEdHiring |  Everyone deserves the chance to experience the joys of cycling! | Buddy Riders Needed: Adaptive Cycling Event (12/17) On Dec. 17 (Sunday) there will be an adaptive cycling event with the goal to give those with physical disabilities a chance to experience adaptive cycling with the support of physical therapists and volunteers that can help ride along with them on the paths around Kapi‘olani Park. If you enjoy biking and are interested in assisting those with physical disabilities also experience the joys of cycling, please sign up here to help as a Buddy Rider. This event is held by REHAB Hospital of the Pacific, the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System, & Adaptive Adventures. If you’d like to register as a participant, click here. |  Volunteers make things HAPPEN! | |  Get golfers to go “green” by helping at HBL’s Bike Valet! | Bike Valet with HBL at the 2024 Sony Open - Volunteers Wanted! What do flat tubes & golf have in common?
. . . They both get hole-in-ones! XD Bad jokes aside, we are looking for volunteers to help bike valet with us at the 2024 Sony Open in Hawai‘i, happening Jan. 11 (Thu) through Jan. 14 (Sun) in the Kahala area. Not only does this volunteer opportunity come with good karma for helping their event be more sustainable, but every person that volunteers at bike valet gets a ticket to the Sony Open, where you'll be able to watch 144 of the world's greatest golfers putt it out at the Wai‘alae Country Club! Find out more info & sign up to help here. |  HBL Members support cycling in Hawai‘i, while getting awesome HBL Member benefits! | | HBL HOLIDAY MERCH SALE! Looking to get some sweet cycling swag for yourself or a loved one? We have something for everyone; jerseys, shirts, tote bags, stickers, and pins. And as a special _mahalo to you for reading this monthly newsletter_ all the way through, get 20% off everything in our online store (until Dec. 15th)- use the secret code "holidays" at checkout :) | A Hui Hou to Lauren We’d like to extend a huge mahalo to Lauren, our Director of Community Engagement, who will be departing from HBL in mid-December. Whether you received a membership packet, helped volunteer at one of our events or just swung by the office, you likely crossed paths with Lauren. She has been an excellent member of the team and we’re sad to see her go. Mahalo for your energy and dedication. Best of luck on your next chapter! |  PATH Hawaii | PATH-People for Active Transportation Hawaii, through receipt of TAP grant funds, has expanded the HIBIKE bike share stations on the Big Island, adding 6 stations in Hilo and 6 stations in Kailua Kona. In continued partnership with the County Mass Transit Agency, riders on the Hele-On can receive a free 30-minute HIBIKE rental when using the bus just by asking the driver for a redemption code. |  Maui Bicycling League | The Lāhainā fire tragedy has emphasized the critical importance of the West Maui Greenway project for our community's safety and sustainability. We must act now to make this project a reality, ensuring that we have a secure evacuation route and a pathway to a greener, more connected West Maui. Please show your support by signing a petition asking our officials to prioritize the implementation of this important project. | Check out the latest news from our community partners by clicking an icon below: |  (Nov. 2023) | | 12/02 (Sat) Pedal Imua @Maui
12/05 (Tue) Bike to Lunch @Anywhere!
12/09 (Sat) Kapolei City Lights Parade @Kapolei
12/16 (Sat) Brompton Group Ride @Kaka‘ako
12/17 (Sun) Honolulu Adaptive Cycling @Waikīkī Check out HBL’s Calendar for a full list of all the free group rides, events, and other bike-related fun going on in Hawai‘i at HBL.org/calendar. Have a bicycle event not on our calendar? Email Bicycle@HBL.org. ⋆ ✲ ✩⋆ ⍋⋆⍋⋆✩ ✲ * ⋆ | | Does your household own any holiday bicycle ornaments? | ↺ Last month's poll results:
"What kind of themed HBL Annual Dinner would you be interested in?" | "Black-tie theme"…⌶ 17%
"Casual Aloha theme"…⌶ 57%
"Cycling jersey theme"…⌶ 26% |
Ride Aloha, » Travis Counsell - Executive Director
» Malia k Harunaga - Director of Adult Education
» Lauren Lee - Director of Community Engagement
» Chris Salas - Events Director
» Taylor Clark - Youth BikeEd Manager
» BikeEd Instructors: Chet, Ed, Rhylee, & Shane | Visit the HBL website to learn more! | | |
