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Leave Canned Food at Your Mailbox Today

Leave Canned Food at Your Mailbox Today

Today, Saturday, May 12, 2012, the National Association of Letter Carriers will pick up canned and dried foods for Stamp Out Hunger across America. Now in its 20th year, the Stamp Out Hunger effort is the nation’s largest single-day food drive.

In recent years, a record-setting total of 77 million pounds of food was donated, bringing the grand total of donations to more than one billion pounds collected over the history of the drive.

To help Stamp Out Hunger, simply leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable food items next to your mailbox before regular mail delivery today, Saturday, May 12th. The nation’s 230,000 letter carriers will then collect the donations as they deliver the mail and take them to food banks and other hunger relief organizations in more than 10,000 local communities.

Get Your Booth For Clovis BikeFest

Get Your Booth For Clovis BikeFest

 

Do you want to have a booth at the Clovis BikeFest on May 12th? Time is running out to secure your space.

The Clovis BikeFest is celebrating the arrival of the Amgen Tour of California into Clovis on May 16th. The BikeFest is a celebration of life, health, fitness and an active family lifestyle. Promote your business to this targeted audience.

Get the Vendor Application and details online.  

Download your application and send it in ASAP. 

Clovis Rodeo Blood Drive HUGE Success!

Clovis Rodeo Blood Drive HUGE Success!

 

For the 12th year in a row, hundreds and hundreds of generous donors took part in the annual Rodeo Blood Drive in an effort to help Valley patients get back in the saddle again.  This year, 1,071 people registered to give blood at one of six locations around the Central Valley all thanks to the wonderful support the blood center received from the Clovis Rodeo Association.  Many donors dropped by the Clovis Rodeo Grounds where they had a chance to chat with champion cowboys, rub shoulders with rodeo royalty and thank members of the Clovis Rodeo Association for their support.  Each donor received a commemorative T-shirt featuring artwork by artist David Dalgety.  However, for those who could not make it out to the Rodeo Grounds, the five Central California Blood Center locations in Fresno, Northwest Fresno, North Fresno, Visalia and Porterville were also open. 

Join The Biking Craze!

Join The Biking Craze!

 

The I Bike Fresno 2012 Campaign kicks off its 3rd Annual Million Mile Challenge on this Sunday, April 29th ahead of  National Bike Month which begins this Tuesday, May first.

The Million Mile Challenge encourages people that work, play and live in Fresno County to work together to log miles in an effort to ride a collective one million miles, while reminding them that riding a bike is not just good for personal health and the environment, but it is also fun. 

“Bicycles are something that have really been relegated to just a recreational item. People don’t realize that bikes can be a great tool for transportation,” said Byron Watkins, President of the Bike Happy Foundation. “We hope through efforts like the Million Mile Challenge and our other bike month events, we can start to change peoples’ behaviors and show them that bicycles aren’t just for kids. We want people to fall in love with their bicycles again.”

Learn About Measure A From CUSD Superintendent

Learn About Measure A From CUSD Superintendent

Join the Clovis Chamber and the public this Friday, April 27th for Wake Up Clovis featuring Dr. Janet Young, Superintendent of Schools at CUSD. She will talk about the district and Measure A, the bond measure endorsed by the Chamber.

It takes place at the Hilton Garden Inn with the made-to-order breakfast starting at 7:30 with Dr. Young speaking at 8 .

Please RSVP to Susana at 299-7363.

 

Rodeo Blood Drive This Thursday, April 26th

Rodeo Blood Drive This Thursday, April 26th

 

The Clovis Rodeo Association, KISS Country Radio and the Central California Blood Center are preparing for the 12th Annual Rodeo Blood Drive and inviting the community to ride on in and take part in a great, western life-saving tradition on Thursday, April 26.  Whether you arrive dressed in your cowboy/cowgirl “duds” or your Rodeo commemorative T-shirt from a previous year; the Blood Center and the Clovis Rodeo Association invite you to take just an hour from your day to “help patients in Valley hospitals get back in the saddle again.” (Since the very first Rodeo Blood Drive in 2001, 10,000 folks have attended and registered to donate.)

Clovis Relay For Life

Clovis Relay For Life

This weekend, April 21 and 22nd, is the Clovis Relay for Life.  This year's event will be at Alta Sierra Middle school on Peach.  Everyone is welcome.  The event begins at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday the 21st and will conclude at 9 a.m. Sunday the 22nd. 

You can come anytime in between those hours because the track and infield are always hopping with teams camping out, taking turns walking the track and showing thier support in this overnight relay style event.

 

Opening Ceremony: 9:00AM

Survivor Lap: 9:30AM

Fight Back: 8:30AM

Luminaria Ceremony: 8:00PM

Closing Ceremony: 9:00AM