Special Events

Over 300 bikers participated in the 7th Annual Bike Around The Bay in Erie, PA. Sixty volunteers assisted at this event helping with registration, picnic, road marshal duties, rest stop, gift auction, preparation work, etc. The event is a fundraiser for the non-profit youth environmental education organization Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force.

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The ride included:

Town Tour --10 mile route:
- Bayfront-Frontier Park-Promenade-South Pier-Dobbins Landing
- Tour designed for families with children or for less experienced riders
Bay Tour -- 30 mile route:
- Bayfront and Presque Isle State Park
- Tour for casual riders
Endurance Tour -- 50 mile route
- Bayfront, Presque Isle to Elk Creek
- Tour for seasoned riders
- Qualifying ride for scouts

Upcoming: 8th Annual Bike Around The Bay- May 22, 2010

Sponsors of the Event:
name
Little Caesars Pizza, Erie
Housing Authority of City of Erie
EE Austin and Son
yourerieelectricians.com
National Fuel
Dan and Kathy Dahlkemper

Call for information about Bike Around the Bay 2010: (814) 835-8069 or email Annette Marshall, OSB

International Coastal Clean up

Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash...visit the Ocean Conservancyto find out more.

The Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup was expanded from one site to nine sites along the shores of Lake Erie in 2003. Join this effort. Contact Pat Lupo, OSB.

LEA Earth Force and Erie Times-News in Education actively involved students in the cleanup and in projects after the cleanup to work to change behaviors that cause the pollution in the first place. Thirteen of these schools were highlighted in a News in Education Earth Day Supplement.

Discover Presque Isle Day

LEA Earth Force participates in Discover Presque Isle, an annual event at the Presque Isle State Park, usually scheduled for the third week in July. This year, volleyball competitions, artists, kayak rides, bonfires, pancake breakfasts and other festivities attracted 94,179 people to the 11th annual Presque Isle State Park fund-raiser.

LEA Earth Force Youth Advisory Board and Jr. PLEWA took this as an opportunity to educate smokers about the appropriate disposal of cigarette butts.

Documents

Bike Around the Bay

- Bike Around the Bay 2009 brochure. Please call 814.835.8069 ext. 106 for more information. More...

A Swimmable Bay

15 May 2008 - Make a Date with History - Now is the time to start training for a one-time event that will be part of Erie's History --

BaySwim 2008 is a 1-mile swim celebrating Presques Isle Bay's improved water quality.
Saturday, June 28th at 9:00 am More...

Earth Fest

18 Mar 2008 -
Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 6-8pm
Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle

~ Art & Unique Gift auction ~ Hors D’oeuvres ~ Wine ~ Beer ~ Music More...