Bike to Work Week 2012: May 28 – June 3

Canucks Photo Contest

We made it to the finals!  What a great thing to be proud of!  And people were proud - all across BC.  A few wore their Canucks jerseys while participating in Bike to Work Week and sent us the photo - showing real community and provincial spirit!  We may not have won the Stanley Cup - but we sure worked hard!  Here are the winner & two finalists for the Canucks Photo Contest.

Teri Stoyer, of Papua, who is interning in Abbotsford with Mennonite Central Committee won our Canucks contest, scoring a “fan pak” donated by the Vancouver Canucks. Though we had lots of creative submissions from people registered for Bike to Work Week sporting their Canucks gear, we thought Teri’s story was pretty inspirational. Thank you to everyone who entered and sent us their photos!

In the words of Karyn, bike to work week team leader for Mennnonite Central Committee “This year Mennonite Central Committee’s most avid Bike-To-Work participant has been Teri Sroyer. Teri came to us as an International Volunteer Exchange Participant in the fall. He is from Papua and has been working in the MCC Warehouse for the past eight months while learning language and culture from those around him. Teri keenly jumped (cycled?) into all opportunities presented by Bike-to-Work week and whole-heartedly embraced the idea of riding “with the mayor” on Tuesday. When he heard about the Canucks Gear contest he showed up in a Papua-Canadian-Canuck Fusion biking costume – complete with First Nations beaded necklace representing the Canucks, and team flag wedged between a Canadian flag and a Papua flag. Pretty amazing for someone from a country where hockey is hardly a known concept! That’s pretty cross-cultural!

 


Winner! 

 

BTW Events

2011 Kelowna and Central Okanagan Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 261
  • Total Cyclists 1384
  • New Cyclists 312
  • Total KMS Cycled 61008.87

2011 Victoria Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 615
  • Total Cyclists 5712
  • New Cyclists 877
  • Total KMS Cycled 266174.14

2011 North Okanagan Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 59
  • Total Cyclists 346
  • New Cyclists 116
  • Total KMS Cycled 13374.45

2011 Oceanside Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 11
  • Total Cyclists 119
  • New Cyclists 16
  • Total KMS Cycled 1541.6

2011 Sunshine Coast Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 45
  • Total Cyclists 172
  • New Cyclists 28
  • Total KMS Cycled 7513.289

2011 Revelstoke Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 49
  • Total Cyclists 390
  • New Cyclists 90
  • Total KMS Cycled 12376.89

2011 Prince Rupert Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 1
  • Total Cyclists 6
  • New Cyclists 1
  • Total KMS Cycled 45

2011 Prince George Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 76
  • Total Cyclists 609
  • New Cyclists 98
  • Total KMS Cycled 17725.95

2011 Powell River Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 27
  • Total Cyclists 148
  • New Cyclists 53
  • Total KMS Cycled 5719.52

2011 Penticton Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 58
  • Total Cyclists 260
  • New Cyclists 30
  • Total KMS Cycled 9798.16

2011 Nanaimo Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 53
  • Total Cyclists 176
  • New Cyclists 47
  • Total KMS Cycled 7917.59

2011 Kootenays Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 4
  • Total Cyclists 14
  • New Cyclists N/A
  • Total KMS Cycled 2097.8

2011 Kamloops Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 73
  • Total Cyclists 301
  • New Cyclists 87
  • Total KMS Cycled 12696.74

2011 Fraser Valley Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 158
  • Total Cyclists 460
  • New Cyclists 149
  • Total KMS Cycled 19614.88

2011 Cowichan Valley Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 27
  • Total Cyclists 154
  • New Cyclists 46
  • Total KMS Cycled 6125.5

2011 Comox Valley Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 120
  • Total Cyclists 842
  • New Cyclists 175
  • Total KMS Cycled 24564.1

2011 Campbell River Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 111
  • Total Cyclists 428
  • New Cyclists 117
  • Total KMS Cycled 15421.78

2011 BC Communities Bike to Work Week

May 30th – June 5th

  • Registered Teams 52
  • Total Cyclists 122
  • New Cyclists 30
  • Total KMS Cycled 3830.04