Hi Fellow Cyclists,

I hope this may be of interest to some of your members. We love doing small groups for clubs. Many clubs find it difficult to organize such adventures on there own.

My name is Gord Litster and I am a member of the Sidney Velos, a road bike club in Victoria, BC. For 2012 Anita (my wife) and I are hosting 4 bike tours in the hidden jewel of Italy, the province of Abruzzo. Our itineraries extend from the stunning Apennine Mountains, in the west, to the beautiful Adriatic Beaches in the east. These tours are designed to give the cyclist some great riding on country roads, with few cars, while taking in some spectacular scenery . Your home base is Valle San Giovanni, a village with a population of about 400. Olive groves, vineyards, sunflowers and picturesque hills of patchwork crops surround the village, typical of old Italy. Bread arrives daily and fish is delivered on Thursday. Amenities include a small grocery (great deli), fruit and vegetable store, post office, hardware store, hairdresser and Italian style bar. Daily life is evident and interactions with the locals are unavoidable. Beautiful countryside and friendly locals await you.

This is a genuine Italian experience! Check out our website for more info. www.valletours.com

The routes we are very proud of and allow for diversity of cycling without packing up each day!!

From the below prices you can see we offer terrific value for your members. With the Euro falling and some good flight prices now 2012 is shaping up to be a good year to travel Europe.
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Ever wanted to ride a bike across the country?
Ever wanted to support health initiatives at home and abroad?
Did you know that there is a great way to do both?

Ride for World Health is looking for riders for its 2012 team!

The Ride for World Health 2012 is a 3,700-mile bike ride across the United States that will take place during April and May of 2012. This will be the 7th annual medical student initiated event aimed at raising knowledge and awareness of global and domestic health issues through education, advocacy and fundraising.

In addition to biking, riders give a Coast-to-Coast lecture series on topics relating to global health, relevant domestic health, general safety, and health maintenance. We fundraise year round to support three chosen non-profit organizations in line with our overall mission. In previous years our fundraising campaigns have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for various global health initiatives. This year's beneficiaries are MANA nutrition, Louie's Kids, and Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL).

The Ride for World Health 2012 leadership is looking for individuals to join us who are motivated and interested in creating a dialogue for discussing global and domestic health needs. No extensive biking experience necessary! We can use both national team riders who will join us for the whole distance and portions team riders who can join us for part of the trip. For those who are not interested in riding but still want to help, we can use volunteers to help organize events and donations to help fundraising efforts.

**Please consider this unique opportunity! For more information visit our website at http://www.rideforworldhealth.org or contact our 2012 recruiting chair at R4WH.recruitment@gmail.com.**

Ride for World Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

After years of planning and fund raising led by the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, the high trestle trail grand opening was held in April 2011. This new 25 mile trail connects 5 Central Iowa communities, 4 counties and 670 miles of trails in Central Iowa. The highlight of this trail is the bridge crossing the Des Moines River on the northern reaches of the Saylorville Project. The trail bridge, a former Union Pacific railroad bridge, is one of the largest in the world at 1/2 mile in length and 13 stories tall.

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