Let's Keep Rolling Toward Our Goal!

Thank you for your support on our first week of our end of year fundraising campaign! This week alone, we:

Signed up 12 new Members!
Raised $2,100.00 towards our 20,000.00 Goal!

We also hosted our End of Year Membership Party at Bayou Bicycles and had a great time catching up with our supporters! We:

Presented our 2025 Accomplishments – Stay tuned for youtube video next week!
Gave our Board Updates including the announcement of our new officers:
- Carlos Stich – President
- David Lee Simmons – Vice President
- Dana Trosclair – Treasurer
- Greg Doolittle – Secretary
Said Goodbye to a couple Board Members terming out: Elyse Bejasa and Andrew Owens (Thank you for all your years in service!)
Honored Laura Harris who is moving on to working full time at Safe Routes Partnership – Join me in congratulating her in her new role by dropping her a sweet message at laura@bikeeasy.org – While she remains as a Consultant with our organization, we may not see her as much.
Presented our 2025 Bike Easy Awards:
- Volunteer of the Year – Stacie Henderson – Previous Board Member and steady supporter of our Bike Valet events!
- Community Partner Award – The Broadside – This amazing venue and team have been such great partners for our work and the growth of our events over the years, it was time to acknowledge it!
- Peter Duffy Bennett Policy Advocate Award – Mike Ince – Previous Board Member and a great supporter of our fight for safer streets. He’s played a key role in helping us grow our Safer St Claude Campaign in the last year!
- Lagniappe Award – New this year for Outstanding League Cycling Instructor – Rachel Smigielski – For years, Rachel has done an outstanding work teaching and supporting our Education programming, we were happy to recognize her!
- Bike Easy Award – the catchall, highest and best award for an individual or organization who’s been outstanding for biking – Eric Gabourel – His critical role in the community since the publication of the Vieux Carre plan for the Quarter and his tireless work to bring back and grow Critical Mass has played a vital role in bringing awareness to the need for safer streets for all!

Everyone present played a vital role in our work this year, so help us continue to grow by making an end of year gift or signing up as a member. If you are uncertain of your current Membership status, click here.

Hope to see you are some of our upcoming events including the Coronation Ball for Critical Mass’ Krewe of Prometheus on Saturday, December 13 and:

Don’t miss our Fundraiser Concert with the Hunks of Coal! – Saturday, December 20th – Doors open at 8:00 pm – Concert at 9:00 pm

Our friends Whisper Party and The Hunks of Coal will be providing the entertainment for a night of fun, friendship, and dancing all to raise much needed funds for our work at Bike Easy. Doors are at 8 and music starts at 9.

After The Hunks of Coal befoul your ears with their raunchy, original New Orleans holiday tunes, Whisper Party will drown you in a sea of reverb as you dance your worries away. So come get festive with us and bring your friends.

Outlandish holiday attire encouraged. Save some money by purchasing your tickets early here

And before I forget, I wanted to give you an update on my stolen bike: Unfortunately, to date, it has not been recovered, but our dear friend Charlie Thomas replaced it! In his own words: “You can’t be without a bike with all the riding I do for the community throughout the year!”. I am very grateful for this generosity! Consider jumping on the generous train and donate to Bike Easy today 🙂

In Service,

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Executive Director

PS: If you rode with us in this year’s Bicycle Second Line, please take some time to fill out the feedback survey by December 31st!