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RIDE FOR KIDS—GEAR UP TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER

October 1,2014

Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014
Kroger, Elevate present Cycling Event for adults, kids
to benefit hungry children
Mayor Betsy Price to lead ride benefiting
Tarrant Area Food Bank child feeding programs
Registration open now; prices go up day of event

FORT WORTH, TX (October 1, 2014) -- Although the first Fort Worth fundraising bicycle ride benefiting hungry children was canceled last year due to severe weather, over $130,000 was raised to benefit Tarrant Area Food Bank feeding programs for children.
RIDE FOR KIDS—GEAR UP TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER comes back in 2014 led once again by Honorary Chair and Lead Rider Mayor Betsy Price. Set for Saturday, Oct. 25, between 8 a.m. and 12 noon, three different distance rallies for adults and children will begin and end in Sundance Square Plaza at Main St. between Third and Fourth Streets, Fort Worth 76102. Strollers, tricycles and trainers are welcome to cruise around the Plaza on closed streets.
In addition, a "Party on the Plaza" will offer live music by the Como Elementary B-Sharp Orchestra, the McLean Chorus and the Pasticcio Band. Activities for children will include, among others,
a game truck, balloon artists, a bike rodeo, family yoga and the Texas Rangers mascot, Captain, and Texas Rangers player Vernon Wells pitching softballs to kids. The fee for the Party on the Plaza is $15 in advance ($25 the day of the ride) per child or single adult and free for parents and for children age two and younger.

For more information about the cycling events and to register, go directly to the registration site—http://www.tridentsportsfw.com/ride-for-kids.html. The registration fee for the 10-mile, 20-mile and 30-mile bike rallies is $25 each ($35 each the day of the ride).

For information on free weekend parking around Sundance Square Plaza, go to http://sundancesquaremanagement.com/maps-parking/#parking-map.

PRESENTING SPONSORS of Ride for Kids are Elevate and Kroger. OTHER LEADING SPONSORS are Ryder, Fort Worth Texas--The City's Magazine, Hillshire, The Pudding Society, Rolling Video Games DFW, Walton, ALA Fort Worth (A Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators), Bank of Texas and UNT Health Science Center.

TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK (TAFB), a private non-profit, is a primary source of donated food for 300 hunger-relief programs in 13 North Texas counties surrounding Fort Worth. For low-income individuals and families, TAFB also offers culinary job training, nutrition education, Food for Kids direct feeding programs (Kids Cafes, BackPacks for Kids, Summer Meals for Kids and SummerPacks for Kids) and community gardening expertise for low-income neighborhoods. For more information, visit www.tafb.org and find Tarrant Area Food Bank on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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