Cranksgiving Cedar Rapids '26
About this Event
Join us for our 10th annual Cranksgiving Cedar Rapids on Sunday, Nov. 8th, and help us fill the Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry to its brim!
Cranksgiving is a food drive on two wheels with many purposes: part bike ride, part food drive, and part scavenger hunt. It's been held annually in New York City since 1999. Every year, throughout the country, Cranksgiving events help provide thousands of needy families with a wealth of food during the holiday season. For the 10th year rollin', we're including Cedar Rapids in this national movement!
Pump up your tires, grab your helmet, lights, lock, your navigational skills, and $20-$40* to purchase everything on our grocery list (*depending on how many grocery stops you make).
Registration/check-in starts in the NewBo City Market at 11 am. We invite you to support the local flavor and grab some breakfast from one of the many great NewBo Market Shopkeepers.
***Come early for PRE-RIDE YOGA w/ Emily Qual! at 10am***
At check-in, you'll sign our waiver in exchange for our 'manifest' with a list of food items to buy from specific grocery stores around town, and time before the official start to strategize your route. At noon we'll roll out, and it's up to you to navigate yourself to each grocery store 'checkpoint' to purchase the specific food items on our list. Once you've acquired everything on the list, you must deliver the goods to the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry and make it back down to the NewBo neighborhood for our After Party at the Olympic Southside Theatre from 4-7pm.
Bring your own shirt, cloth, kerchief, or other printable material (at least 12"x12") with you the morning of registration, and we'll print the official Cranksgiving CR logo to memorialize an awesome day spent uplifting the community.
Every receipt you collect from the grocery stops on our manifest earns you a raffle ticket to enter for a chance to take home some RAD prizes from our favorite neighborhood businesses and bike industry friends! *RAFFLE called at 5:30pm**gotta be present!* Beverages available from our friends at Olympic; the good folks from Street Food Fighter and Ortega Pupusa will be set up out front all night. YUM!
The Loaves & Fishes is a food pantry is a community resource in partnership with Westminster Presbyterian Church and Christ Episcopal Church. Their guiding principles are to treat everyone with respect and offer as much choice and dignity as possible. Every Tuesday from 2:30 to 5 pm, between 100-200 people come to the pantry for a box of food organized and distributed by volunteers. In turn, that food reaches about 1,500 individuals each month.
Visit the Loaves & Fishes website (https://www.crwpc.org/loaves-and-fishes) for more information about Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry and how you can continue to contribute to this invaluable resource.
Contact Logan at Goldfinch Cyclery with any questions // (319) 775-0203 or [email protected]
Registration is strongly encouraged! Day-of sign-up is cool too!
Agenda
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Pre-Ride Yoga w/Emily!
Info: Bring your own mat, stretch it out, and ease into your day on the bike with a guided yoga session with Emily!
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Manifest pick-up + Day-of Sign up!
Info: Sign your waiver and pick up your rider manifest for the day! This is your time to plan your route and stops for the day. Grab a snack or beverage from one of the many great vendors at the NewBo City Market while you're at it!
🕑: 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Rider meeting + LAUNCH!
Info: Rider meeting, group photo, and mass ride launch with polka vibes from Czech Plus!
🕑: 12:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Fill that food pantry!
Info: This is your window to ride to all your grocery store 'pit stops' and deliver the goods to the Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry before making your way to the Olympic Southside Theatre for the post-ride celebration! **Save your receipts!:: You'll trade them for raffle tickets and a chance to take home some cool prizes***
🕑: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Olympic Southside Theatre Post-Ride Celebration + Raffle!
Info: Make your way back down to NewBo and upstairs at the Olympic Southside Theatre for our post-ride party! We'll have tunes bumping and food trucks on site, as well as beverages available for purchase. Exchange all your receipts from the day for raffle tickets (x1 receipt = x1 ticket) and enter for a chance to take home some sweet prizes from neighborhood businesses and bike industry friends.
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