GreenRide AACOG
 

Upcoming Events

8/27/2010 - Green Product Showcase
Location: Greater San Antonio Builders Association, 3625 Paesano's Parkway, San Antonio
Hours: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Windows, Insulation, Roofing, Solar Energy & More!  Come see the latest and greatest products available for the home that will save energy and money.  Admission is free but please RSVP to (210) 224-7278 or kzebrowski@buildsagreen.org. For more information about Build San Antonio Green, visit www.buildsagreen.org.

 

Renewable Energy Roundup

9/24-9/26/10 - Renewable Energy Roundup & Green Living Fair (10th Annual)
Fredericksburg Market Square (Main Street & S. Crockett), Fredericksburg, Texas
Hours: Friday – September 24, noon to 6 pm; Saturday – September 25, 9 am to 6 pm; Sunday -September 26, 9 am to 3 pm

This three-day weekend family fair focuses on renewable energy, green building, water use and reuse, energy efficiency, alternative fuel vehicles, and other related matters.  The event will include exhibits and on-going demonstrations, over 55 speakers, eco-friendly products, fun learning activities for kids, musical performances, and more!  For more information, visit www.theroundup.org.

 

September 2010

In support of the San Antonio-Bexar County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) Walk & Roll Program, the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) will conduct the 5th Annual Walk & Roll Corporate Challenge to reward local businesses and organizations whose employees log the most "smart miles" between September 1 and September 30, 2010. To find out more visit www.walkandrollchallenge.com.


 

10/2/2010 - Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk®
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Registration: 7:00 a.m.
Brackenridge Park, Joske Pavilion
To sign up, call 1-800-272-3900 or visit www.alz.org.
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10/9/10 - LiveGreenFest
Olmos Basin Park 651 Devine Road, San Antonio 78209
10am – 4 pm

The San Antonio Parks Foundation and  CPS Energy are hosting this event, which encourages San Antonians to be more environmentally-friendly.  LiveGreenFest features product and educational exhibits, music and food, arts and craft displays and more. This event is free of charge.  Visit www.livegreenfest.com for more information.

10/9-10/10/2010 - Bike MS:  Valero 2010 Alamo Ride to the River
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/valero2010/index.aspx

10/23/10 - Fall Wildlife Festival
Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, 10750 Pleasanton Road; San Antonio
9 am – 4 pm

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center’s free annual fall celebration of nature features plant sales, hayrides, a raptor show, exhibit booths, kid’s activities, SAWS Autumn Bloom Giveaway and more.  For details, visit http://www.tx.audubon.org/Mitchell_Calendar.html.

10/23/2010 - Chosen: Marathon for Adoption in New Braunfels, Texas

Race begins at 7 a.m. Route begins & ends at Rockin' R in historic Gruene, Texas, and travels along the Guadalupe down beautiful River Road.  There are 147 million orphans worldwide who long for a family & need a home.  Chosen: Marathon for Adoption in New Braunfels, Texas, is a benefit race whose mission is to impact the livelihood of orphans around the world and help adoptive families offset the cost of adoption.  All proceeds will go towards adoptive families and directly care for the needs of 250 children in a Ukrainian orphanage. Visit www.marathonforadoption.com for more information.

11/14/2010 - Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon & 1/2 Marathon
Benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
 http://san-antonio.competitor.com/

12/4/2010 - 13th Annual Mission to Mission

When: Saturday, December 4, 2010.  Registration begins at 8 a.m. 
Where: Mission County Park #1 on Padre Road behind the San Jose Mission Drive-in theater, Roosevelt & White Street, San Antonio, Texas.

Every December, the San Antonio Mission Trail Rotary Club hosts the Mission to Mission Charity Bike Ride Tour.  Starting at Mission Country Park, the tour has three bike routes that all take riders past four of the historic Spanish colonial mission churches. The Family Tour is a 16-mile ride that stays mostly on paved hike & bike trail.  The 34-mile ride goes to Braunig Lake and back.  The 58-mile ride goes to Elemendorf and Calaveras Lake and back.  This year the Mission to Mission Charity Bike Tour benefits Polio Plus, "Meals on Wheels", Rape Crisis Center, Seton Home, Ready, Enable, and Los Compadres.  To find out more about this event, click here or contact Richard Contreras at (210) 271-7000 or by e-mail at rcontreras@sbcglobal.net. To register visit www.active.com.