May is Bike Month and new this year to Highland Rim Bicycle Club will be Ride For Reading (RfR).

In partnership with the awesome folks at RfR in Nashville, we are bringing this event to Tullahoma during the Ride for Reading week (May 5-11) This project is to benefit area children who may not have books in their home and to promote cycling as a good way to stay healthy.

Around town you will start to see collection boxes for nice, new and used children’s books, appropriate for Kindergarten through 5th grade. The first box was set up at Celtic Cup last week, others will be listed on our website and Facebook page when they are up and running.

During the RfR week, we will meet at the old West Middle School (behind the Civic Center) with our bikes equipped with backpacks, bike trailers, panniers’ or other ways to carry books on your bike. We will load up with books and take them on our bikes to elementary schools. The dates/times/schools are being determined and will be listed here as plans come together.

We hope you will want to be involved. Please read more about this great opportunity on the RfR website www.rideforreading.com.

Special thanks to Maxine Capezza, Jessie Schwer and Julia Harrison, the Highland Rim Bicycle Club RfR committee. And special thanks to RfR and Better World Books for providing the bulk of the books for the first delivery in our area.

Please let Julia Harrison secretary@hrbike.org know if you would like to help deliver books or help in any way.

Highland Rim Bicycle Club members ride bikes a lot, but we also do a number of other things. Below are some of the highlights for 2014 for you to put on your calendar. 

• April 11, 6 pm
• July 11, 6 pm
• October 10, 6 pm

ERV100-September 6  

Contact:
Community Coordinator, Winston Brooks 455-2648

Get Fit! Tullahoma and Urgent Team Host a Health and Fitness Expo April 5

Get Fit! Tullahoma and Urgent Team are pleased to host the second Free Community Health Fair and Fitness Expo Saturday, April 5, from 9 am to noon at Northgate Mall. There will be fitness and nutrition tips, health screenings and more. Please join us and learn how you can move more, eat well, get fit and stay fit.

“The results of the screenings will help you establish a baseline to see how healthy you are and what areas you need to improve in,” said Mayor Lane Curlee. “This event will also provide exposure and education about different dimensions of wellness and fitness opportunities in our community.”

There are currently 32 booths singed up to participate, and the first fifty students to visit will get to play the newest Arcade games for free.

“Get Fit! Tullahoma is about making a change you can live with,” said Urgent Team Area Manager, Mindy K. Street. “Part of our mission is to contribute to activities, organizations and causes that advance our communities forward.”

“This will be another fun and informative event,” said Community Coordinator, Winston Brooks. “This is a great chance to see what resources are available to help motivate you to start moving more and staying healthy.” Throughout the morning there is a complete line up of demonstrations starting at 9:00am with Tullahoma Crossfit; 9:30am Tims Ford Park Ranger Philip Hylen; 10:00am Molly Gupta Karate; 10:30am Estill Springers Square Dancing; 11:00am Snap Fitness Aerobics; and 11:30am the Mayor’s Fitness Challenge.

The complete list of vendors and services will be announced March 21.

What is your plan to get fit? More information and a list of vendors at http://www.tullahomatn.gov/get-fit