Out & About with Yay Bikes! — June 2015

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Welcome to the monthly feature in which we round up all our events, earned media, program delivery, meetings and speaking engagements for the month. Representation and outreach like this is what you fund with your membership dollars and major gifts, folks! Behold, June:

June 1

Urban Cincy article: "Ohio Maintains Position as Nation's 16th Best State for Bicyclists" 

Leading 3 How We Roll educational rides with OSU First Year Peer Leaders

Information session @ MORPC

Regular meeting of MORPC’s Community Advisory Council, on which Catherine serves

June 2

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with an Ohio Consumer Council employee

Ride Buddy p.m. commute with a MORPC employee

June 3

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with a Nationwide Children's Hospital employee

Ride Buddy p.m. commute with an NBBJ employee

June 4

Ride Buddy lunchtime ride with 3 Grange Insurance employees

Meeting with MORPC's Ride Solutions team

June 5

Leading 3 How We Roll educational rides with OSU First Year Peer Leaders

Yay Bikes! employee Steve Puhl Jr and super volunteer Shyra Allen earned League Cycling Instructor certification

June 6

Ride Buddy practice commute with a Nationwide Insurance employee

Ride Buddy practice commute with 2 Grange Insurance employees

June 8

Information Session @ Bricker & Eckler

June 9

Regular meeting of the CoGo Advisory Group

June 9

Ride Buddy p.m. ride with a  Columbus Public Health employee

June 10

Ride Buddy lunchtime ride with 4 Ohio Board of Regents employees

Ride Buddy professional development ride with 4 City of Columbus Public Service employees

June 11

Regular meeting of Mayor Coleman's Green Team, on which Catherine serves

Ride Buddy professional development ride with a City of Columbus Public Service employee

Ride Buddy p.m. commute with a CoGo Bike Share employee

June 12

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with private attorney

Ride Buddy downtown tour with an ODOT and a MurphyEpson employee

Leading 2 How We Roll educational rides with OSU First Year Peer Leaders

June 13

Year of Yay! "Oddities" theme with stops at the Early Television Museum and Bill Moose Memorial

June 14

Ride Buddy practice commute with 2 Grange Insurance employees

June 15

Ride Buddy a.m./p.m. commutes with an Ohio History Connection employee

June 16

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with a City of Columbus Public Service employee

Pelotonia How We Roll ride with a Safelite Autoglass employee

June 17

Information session @ NBBJ

Board meeting of the Downtown Residents Association of Columbus, on which Catherine serves

June 18

Information session @ Stantec

Ride Buddy lunchtime ride with 4 Ohio Board of Regents employees

June 19

Information session @ Ohio History Connection

Pedal Instead @ Columbus PRIDE

June 20

Pedal Instead @ Columbus PRIDE

Pedal Instead @ Buckeye Country Superfest

June 21

Pedal Instead @ Buckeye Country Superfest

Pedal Instead @ Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival

Ride Buddy practice commute with a Grange Insurance employee

June 22

Business First article: "MORPC, Yay Bikes! launch Ride Buddy program to get more people to bike to work"

Ride Buddy a.m./p.m. commute with a COTA employee

Ride Buddy lunchtime ride with 2 Ohio Board of Regents employees

Yay Bikes! Board meeting

June 23

Attending MORPC's Regional Education Forum

Information session @ The Columbus Foundation

Ride Buddy downtown ride with an Ohio History Connection and an OSU Wexner Medical Center employee

Ride Buddy professional development ride with 3 City of Columbus Public Service employees

June 24

Information session @ Grange Insurance

Information session @ Capital Crossroads SID

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with a Bricker & Eckler employee

Bike the Cbus planning meeting

June 25

Ride Buddy east side ride with 3 Columbus State Community College employees

June 26

Pedal Instead @ ComFest

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with an Ulmer & Berne employee

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with 3 Bricker & Eckler employees

Ride Buddy lunchtime ride with 3 Ohio Board of Regents employees

June 27

Pedal Instead @ ComFest

Pedal Instead @ OhioHealth's Neuroscience Center Open House

June 28

Pedal Instead @ ComFest

June 29

Ride Buddy a.m. commute with a Mount Carmel College of Nursing employee

Ride Buddy p.m. commute and bike shopping with a MORPC employee

June 30

Presenting about Ride Buddies at the Central Ohio Greenways Forum

Information session @ Nationwide Insurance

Ride Buddy lunchtime ride with a Franklin County employee

Ride Buddy p.m. commute with a Franklin County employee