Seattle’s Cranksgiving 2018 hit a new record Saturday, with 150 riders donating an astounding 1,713 pounds of food to Rainier Valley Food Bank.
For the ninth year, Seattle Bike Blog hosted this food drive scavenger hunt by bike on RVFB’s final distribution day before Thanksgiving. It’s a very low-budget event that is free to join. Participants are given a list of items to buy and a list of local grocery stores and stands around town to buy them from. So participants’ money and effort goes directly into donating food and having fun biking around our beautiful city. There are also some photo challenges for extra points, and you can see some of the results below.
New this year, Swift Industries hosted a gear donation drive for Facing Homelessness, and people brought boxes worth of tents, tarps, hats, socks, rain jackets, coats and more. Swift also hosted the after party and donated prizes.
Thanks to Swift Industries, G&O Family Cyclery, Cascade Designs and Olympia Beer for your prize and party donations. And big thanks to my wonderful spouse Kelli for helping to procure prizes, donating a few copies of her book Pedal, Stretch, Breathe, and for taking on extra baby-watching duty so I could organize the event.
And finally, thanks to everyone who joined us Saturday. You were all so positive, lovely and generous. I’m thankful for all of you.
Now I just need to figure out what we are going to do next year to celebrate the tenth annual Seattle Cranksgiving…
Here are a few scenes from #CranksgivingSEA:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqS_WysB02D/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqS19A7ATX4/
https://twitter.com/Null_Hypothesis/status/1063898994613542912
Enjoying the great weather for #CranksgivingSEA pic.twitter.com/BPToqb2QxU
— Dave Goodell (@davidjgoodell) November 17, 2018
Other images from #CranksgivingSEA. We ended up in the top 3! pic.twitter.com/tlQVTFL9AB
— Nick vdH (@206Husky) November 18, 2018
Had an awesome time at my first #CranksgivingSEA during which ~150 of us donated 1,763 pounds of food to the @RainierValleyFB (Food Bank) which will feed 3,200 people – thanks to @seabikeblog @SwiftIndustries for hosting this #SEAbikes pic.twitter.com/Xxp9RnPgch
— Bob Svercl (@bobco85) November 18, 2018
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