Tag: maxwell burton
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Pedaling Relief Project nears milestone: Hauling 1 million pounds of local food bank donations by bike
Seattle Bike Blog has been cheering on the Pedaling Relief Project since it first started as a “disaster relief” effort to help food banks handle the tumultuous period when the COVID-19 pandemic began. With many people suddenly out of a job and social distancing requirements complicating the usual methods for distribution, food banks had to…
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Save the date: A next-level Cranksgiving 2022 is November 19
It’s been three years since the last proper Cranksgiving. Thanks to everyone who participated in our dramatically scaled-back pandemic versions in 2020 and 2021. But I think it’s time to get together again and do it right. Or better yet, go bigger than ever before. We have some very fun changes coming for Seattle’s 13th…
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Cascade makes the Pedaling Relief Project permanent
The Seattle Pedaling Relief Project (“SPRP”) started in the spring of 2020 as a way to help food banks deal with the sudden influx of people who needed to access their services at a time when COVID restrictions made it more difficult for people to get there. The SPRP was initially designed as a “cargo…
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Watch: ‘This is no longer a Disaster Relief Trials, this is disaster relief’
Maxwell Burton and Michael Lang had started organizing the 2020 Disaster Relief Trials, a cargo-hauling bike competition, when the COVID-19 outbreak hit. As soon as schools closed down in the spring, Lang and Burton realized their mission had just changed. The Disaster Relief Trials (“DRT”) is “a trial competition that’s meant to simulate a natural…
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