Hello

I am Bob DeVito, President of SBRA and I would appreciate a few moments of your time to read this web posting.

            Every June for over the past thirty years we have hosted our Annual Premier Bike Ride BIKE BOAT BIKE. This is the main biking event the club puts on and has been historically on of the best attended and supported rides by the bicycling community on Long Island. If you are not familiar with this event I encourage you to visit our website http://www.sbraweb.org/?q=node/8211 and look it over.

             If you are consider riding in it then I want to thank you for supporting the event and hope you have a great ride. We have totally redone the routes and added some exceptional rest stops. If on the other hand you are not riding in Bike Boat Bike I am asking you as an active member to volunteer for one of the many positions that are open that we need to staff to make this event a great experience for all of our riders.

            We need help manning our rest stops, marking the roads prior to the ride, working with the parking crew and the registration team in mailing out all of the riders shirts and registration packets.

            All of our volunteers meet the day before the event for a party at the Holtsville Ecology Center and get their last minute instructions for the Day of the Event. And also a really cool SBRA Volunteer Golf Shirt (yes ... even in women's cut and sizes). This is an excellent opportunity to meet many of our clubs members and make some new friends. Incidentally ALL members who volunteer during the year are invited to our annual volunteer party that is held at TGIFridays in Hauppauge every March (part of SBRA's Super Cycling Weekend). Also as a member we have a fantastic summer picnic in July featuring great BBQ and Beer and a Fun Halloween Party with over a dozen homemade soups and catered food. Being an SBRA member has it's perks.

          If you have enjoyed riding with SBRA or are just getting into riding with us, now is a great time to get involved, give back a bit of your time, and have some fun in the process. Everything the club does is on a volunteer basis and without volunteers there would be no club.

          So I am asking you to please consider joining us either on the ride or if you are free come help us out and volunteer. I promise you will have a great time and make a few new friends in the process.

           To volunteer email us at volunteer@sbraweb.org or feel free to call me directly at 631-745-2282. I would welcome the opportunity to answer any and all of your questions.

Thank you for your time and ride safely,

Bob DeVito
President SBRA