2024 Pedals for Progress Event
Join Upcycle Bikes for our annual fundraising event to support greater access to community resources through the power of a bike. Pedals for Progress will be held on September 18, 2024 from 6:00pm - 8:30pm at the Embassy Suites. Together we'll provide community members with enhanced independence and opportunity as they ride refurbished bikes on the road to greater stability.
The Pedals for Progress program will highlight Upcycle Bikes' efforts and growth, individual and partner impact stories, and opportunities to support the large community need for an affordable mode of transportation.
We'll also host a silent auction that includes many fun items and several interesting bikes! We hope you’ll join us for this fun and unique event.
Registration is full at this time. You may contact rick@upcyclebikes.org if still interested.
“Alternative Directions has received over 50 bicycles from Upcycle Bikes in 2024. The gift of a bicycle for our parole and probation participants is a huge first step in setting them up for success. Our participants utilize these bicycles for all their transportation needs. With the independence afforded by a bicycle, our participants have a much better chance of gaining and maintaining employment. A bicycle also enables a greater level of confidence and self-reliance that allows participants to more deeply engage with community resources and opportunities. A bicycle truly is a stepping stone to their success.”
-Austin Fry, Kent County Resource Navigator at Alternative Directions
Event Sponsorship
Each sponsorship will receive special recognition at the Pedals for Progress event, recognition in the Upcycle Bikes Annual Impact Report, and recognition in all promotional and social media materials. To become an event sponsor, please contact Rick Armbruster at rick@upcyclebikes.org. Thank you to our 2024 event sponsors:
Podium Sponsor
Provides organizational impact and leverage to support growth in 2025. Includes registration for 12 to the event. Only one sponsorship will be available at this level.
Sprint Sponsors
Provides a year of bikes for one of our largest distribution partners. Includes registration for 12 to the event.
BAI Foundation
Breakaway Sponsors
Provides helmets and locks for 200 bike recipients. Includes registration for 10 to the event.
Peloton Sponsors
Covers event costs and provides leverage for additional fundraising. Includes registration for 8 to the event.
Community Sponsors
Supports the importance of our mission across our community. Includes registration for 6 to the event.
Rick and Sonja Yeates
Jerry and Suzanne Callahan
Auction Supporters
Thank you to all of the organizations providing support for Pedals for Progress. You contributions will provide valuable leverage toward our fundraising goals. You also help to make the event fun and unique. To contribute to the Pedals for Progress auction, please contact carol@upcyclebikes.org.
Premier Contributor
The Spokes in our Wheel
BodyBrite
City Built Brewing Company
Connie’s Cakes
Funky Buddha Yoga
Garage Bar & Grill
GLC Live at 20 Monroe
GR Marathon
GR Rise
GR Triathlon
Gran Fondo
Grand Rapids Children’s Museum
Lake Michigan Dental
Griffins
Kilwin’s
Koeze
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Olives
REI
Resolution Run
Salon Re
Steelcase
StretchLab
Tri del Sol
Velocity USA
Via Design
Wines for Humanity
Others will be added as we get closer to the event.
2023 Bikes & Brews Birthday Bash and Fundraiser
Thank you to everyone who attended our first annual Bikes & Brews event on November 2nd, 2023 at Saugatuck Brewery in the Creston Neighborhood. It was such a huge success and such a fun time to celebrate with so many of our friends and champions.
Thank you to all of our event sponsors and silent auction donors. Together we were able to meet our fundraising goal. We hope to see you all at next year’s event!
