Save the Dates!
- Thursday, December 4, 2025: Swap Meet
- Thursday, January 8, 2026: Club Member Meeting
- Thursday, February 5, 2026: Awards Banquet
Here’s what’s happening in PBC world:
1. Thursday, December 4, 2025, will be a special club member meeting, 7:00 PM. Remember, we meet at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, 11100 NE Skidmore Street, in Portland. December’s meeting will have some unique components for the holiday season!
🎄 GEAR SWAP: Members are encouraged to bring in cycling gear (e.g., a bicycle, bike parts, equipment, apparel, anything bike-related) that you no longer want or use, to trade/give/sell to fellow club members and guests. It’s very informal. ✎
- Items can be anything from a bicycle to a pair of socks.
- If you are a seller, bring cash so you can make change, if needed; find a table and lay out your items there for members and guests to come and browse through; mark your items with a price/size etc., to help buyers decide.
- If you are a buyer, bring cash so you can purchase items.
🎄 TREATS: Members are also encouraged to bring in a holiday treat for the enjoyment of all.
- Treats may be sweet or savory. No rules.
- There will be a table for shared refreshments. PBC will provide beverages, cups, plates, and napkins.
🎄 CHARITY GIVING: Finally, Joan Cullen & Dave Ek have, for the past many years, organized a charitable contribution drive for SnowCap Community Services to allow PBC members to easily share food, clothing (coats, gloves, and new socks are popular) or simply donate cash/check. (Every dollar you give in December will be matched by the KMR Group Foundation up to $10,000, so your gift goes twice as far!) Seek out Joan & Dave Ek at the meeting to give what you can. For more details, go to PBC’s SnowCap Annual Donation Drive.
All of this makes for a fun and social evening. Come and join in!
2. Our next club meeting, the first of the new year, will be on Thursday, January 8, 2026. You should be aware that club meetings are always the first Thursday of the month. Always, that is, until 2026 when the first Thursday of January is New Year’s Day. The board spent hours on this topic, weighing the pros and cons, conducting surveys, creating spreadsheets, consulting with AI, and concluded that since we didn’t want to go to a bike club meeting on January 1, you probably wouldn’t either. So, we moved the meeting to the second Thursday of the month, January 8.
3. The other date, Thursday, February 5, 2026, will be our annual club banquet. This is an event that celebrates the previous year of club activities by recognizing all members who have reached club mileage milestones, and special members. We will be reminiscing about 2025 in February.
All members who completed 500 club miles or more in 2025 will receive a custom PBC lapel pin. All members who completed 2,000 club miles or more in 2025 will receive a custom PBC coffee mug. In addition, members who have reached lifetime club mileage milestones will receive a plaque.
For specific details, go to 2026 Club Banquet.
Of importance right now is to send in award nominations so the evening will truly be a recognition of all our friends who serve our club so diligently. Go to Final Plea for Award Nominations for 2025 for criteria and where and when to send your nominations.
Ann Morrow, President