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FREE Yoga on Mount Vernon
Tue 11.24 // 06:30pm // Hand Chapel
Campus Recreation is offering a Yoga class each week on The Vern! This class is FREE and anyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. For more information, email groupfit@gwu.edu.

FREE Yoga on Mount Vernon
Tue 12.01 // 06:30pm // Hand Chapel
Campus Recreation is offering a Yoga class each week on The Vern! This class is FREE and anyone is welcome, regardless of skill level. For more information, email groupfit@gwu.edu

Wacky Wednesday: Parent Services
Wed 12.02 // 09:00pm // Mount Vernon Pub
Talk to Rodney Johnson, Director of Parent Services, and learn about what going home will be like over Winter Break. Enjoy some free pizza!

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MOUNT VERNON CAMPUS LIFE
2100 FOXHALL ROAD, NW
ACADEMIC BUILDING 115
(202) 242-6673
FAX (202) 242-6687
MVCL@GWU.EDU

Mount Vernon to Mount Vernon
Bike Tour Fall 2009

Saturday, November 7 2009 
9:30am - 4:30pm

Due to overwhelming interest this year,
registration for the Bike Tour Fall 2009 is closed. 

Please e-mail Ashley Venneman at avennema@gwu.edu
with questions.





Come take the ride that will connect The George Washington University to its roots!  Grab your bike (or borrow one) and ride the 24 miles from GW's Mount Vernon Campus to the historic Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia!  Join GW community members on this special bike trip along the Mount Vernon Trail.  Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are all welcome to participate! 

Participants will also be provided with lunch and the opportunity to tour the amazing grounds of George Washington’s estate (lunch and tour are included in the registration cost).  The cost for students to participate is $15; the cost for faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and neighbors to participate is $25 (if you bring your own bike/helmet, there is a $5 discount).  Transportation for the return trip is available on a limited basis. 


 

Quick Facts About the Tour


  • Bikes are available to rent or reserve for the day.
If you need to borrow a bike from us, please check this option on the registration form.  Borrowing bikes from us are available on a limited basis and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served-basis.
  • Helmets are required for all riders.
In order to ensure the safety of all participants, helmets must be worn.  Please be sure to make arrangements to have a helmet for this trip (if you borrow a bike from us, we will provide you with a helmet.) 

  •  There WILL be pit stops on the ride to Mount Vernon, VA.
No matter your pace, a staff member will ride with you and help guide you to the designated pit stops along the Mount Vernon Trail.  At these pit stops, drinks will be provided and restrooms will be available.  Some basic bike tools will will also be available if needed.

  •  Transportation for the return trip is available on a limited basis.
There is a limited amount of space for participants and their bikes in the transportation back to the Mount Vernon Campus.  This space will be given to those who request it on a first-come, first-served basis.  Participants DO, of course, have the option to ride their bikes back to either the Mount Vernon or Foggy Bottom campus.

  • Payment for bike tour accepted in cash, check or GWorld.

Participants can pay their registration fee in the following ways:

  • By cash or check at the Mount Vernon Campus Life, located in Academic Building 115 on the Mount Vernon Campus.
  • By cash or GWorld in the Campus Recreation Office, located on the 2nd floor of the Lerner Health and Wellness Center on the Foggy Bottom Campus
  • By mailing a check (do not send cash) to Ashley Venneman c/o Bike Tour, 2100 Foxhall Rd NW, Academic Building 115, Washington, DC 20007. 

Payment must be received by Tuesday, November 3 in order to secure your spot. If we do not receive your payment by that date, you will not be able to participate.


  • Refunds will be available until 5pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. 

    Due to the nature of the expenses of this event, refunds will not be available after this date. 
    To request a refund, please e-mail Ashley Venneman (avennema@gwu.edu) with "Bike Tour Refund" in the subject line. 


  • This trip will take place rain or shine. 

    Unless the weather is too dangerous for riding, this trip will happen.  Check the latest weather forecasts here.  And if severe weather is predicted, please be sure to check back here for updated event information.











This event is brought to you by Mount Vernon Campus Life with special thanks to the GW Campus Recreation, Student Activities Center, University Police Department, GW TRAiLS, and the Office of Academic Affairs at the Mount Vernon Campus.