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New/Used Gear Sale at The Cove Bike Shop Raises $10 000 |
Jan 8th, 2005, North Vancouver, BC, The Cove Bike Shop was host to a Tsunami Relief Used Gear Sale, organized by Lisa Lange & Wade Simmons this weekend that raised $8500. The urgency of the sale was to get funds in before Jan 11th, in order to meet the Government's deadline to match funds.
Thanks to everyone who came out - the response from nsmb readers was phenomenal.
People were lined up outside the door before the sale started at 10am
to get good bargains. No one knew what to expect for prices but came for
the cause. North Shore Pro Riders, Local Industry Companies like Roach
Clothing, Race Face, The Cove Bike Shop, WTB & readers of NSMB.com
all donated new & used gear for the sale. With 10 volunteers
pricing, selling coffee & muffins and encouraging buyers to kick in an extra
dollar or two for the cause if they could, we ended the day with $8500.
Items ranged from brand new top of the line forks to a 1980's disc man.
Like they say one person's junk is another person's treasure and it was
very evident at this sale!
The Cove Bike Shop generously donated the space, ringing sales in through their
terminals & helping with their "technical" expertise. At
the end of the day after a very successful event the Cove Bikes announced
they were going to donate $1500, bringing our grand total to $10 000.
That figure will then be matched by the government, making it $20,000 donated
to the South East Asia Tsunami Relief Fund.
Left to right - Gabe, Wade and Craig with the fruit of their labour; $10,000 for Tsunami victims. The cheque will be be matched by the feds bringing the total to 20 large.
Here's an email I received about the sale that I thought I would share. It's sweet getting letters like this one.
Hi Cam:
I just came home from a jaunt to the beloved North Shore to have
a "Look" at the stuff for sale at the Cove Tsunami Garage Sale.
Hat's off and a BIG BIG thank you to Wade, Lisa and all involved with the
sale, especially NSMB for getting the word out. I work at GM Place
and people who don't even ride bikes were telling me about the sale as
they had heard through the grape vine (which was rooted at NSMB.com)!
Between my girlfriend and I, we spent a couple hundred dollars and are very
excited to have some excellent deals and to know our money is going to a
good cause!
Once again we as a mountain biking community have proven that we are not
just a bunch of hoodlums and once again the pro's along with NSMB and the
Cove have been model "spokes" people for for us all!
Thanks again!
Shane
Canadian Red Cross
1-800-418-1111 or on-line at redcross.ca
Médecins sans frontières
1-800-982-7903 or on-line at msf.ca
Oxfam Canada
1-800-466-9326 or on-line at oxfam.ca
Salvation Army
Donate at 1-800-725-2769 or salvationarmy.ca
Unicef Canada
1-877-955-3111 or on-line at unicef.ca
World Vision
1-800-268-5528 or on-line at worldvision.ca
