Announcements

July 23, 2008

Dear Friends,

I wanted to take this time to thank everyone for helping make the Richard Juryn Trail Day a huge success, this past Saturday, July 19th at Inter River Park in North Vancouver.

We had over 250+ volunteers assist with our big day and it was a huge success because of volunteers like you. This event is just the start of many trail development days ahead for Richard's trail. Perhaps we will see a "Richard Juryn Trail Day" at the "North Shore Trail Awareness" week, every year in the future on the shore.

With your help, donations made at the event through our BBQ lunch provided by On Top Bike Shop and individual donations, amounted to an additional $800 towards the Richard Juryn Trail Fund.

For our commercial sponsors, supporters and partners, we are adding your logo and a link to your site, to the richardjuryntrails.com site, plus any photos that are available. A thank you ad in the North Shore News will follow.

Thanks again for your commitment to make this day fun and memorable for everyone. Please take some time to get out and ride Richard's trail, share it with friends, have look at the special sign posted above the BMX Park and stay tuned for upgrades and additions to the trail and area.

Thanks again everyone!

Regards,

Robin J. Harvey
Communications & Marketing Director
Richard Juryn Memorial Trail Fund Administrator

More RJ's Trail Day, Festival and Expo information will follow, so please stay tuned.

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Richard Juryn Memorial community trail day announced in North Vancouver, Saturday July 19th.

The North Shore Mountain Bike Association along with the District of North Vancouver, the LSCR through Metro Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver are pleased to announce the "Richard Juryn Memorial Day" trail event is now set for Inter River Park, off Old Lillooet Road near Capilano University, North Vancouver, on Saturday, July 19th, 2008.

Richard Juryn, an important North Vancouver resident and a director of the NSMBA, encouraged participation in healthy outdoor activity, physical fitness and promoted amateur sport events, was killed last year in a tragic accident in Howe Sound.

Richard had a vision - a vision of riding trails with his family and friends, in his own backyard. His idea of a trail system on the north shore lead to his own personal pursuit of a structure that would equal or surpass trail networks in other communities. In Richard's worldwide travels to such places as Tasmania and Australia and through journeys with his World Mountain Bike Conference, he visited Scotland and Italy experiencing the positive effects of entire communities linked by multi-use trail networks. In June of 2007 he and five friends embarked on an epic adventure through western Mongolia to celebrate their friendship and personal milestones.

He shared his ideas and desires with his many cycling industry associates, business contacts and friends in local and international government; all of which participated in his world mountain bike conferences, held in North Vancouver and Whistler, over recent years. His dream and message to everyone was simple - a novice north shore trail network was needed to allow local communities and visitors to enjoy the beauty of the north shore's own back yard.

Volunteers are encouraged to participate in the festivities. Along with a full day of trail maintenance and sustainable building practices, organizers are providing a festival atmosphere for volunteers and visitors for the Richard Juryn Trail day. Including retail cycle shops' displays, bike industry groups and safety organizations such as Adventure Smart BC, the event will be followed by a community BBQ and sign dedication to Richard Juryn by his family and friends.

Advance Information is available from a special website developed for the event at www.richardjuryntrails.com. 200 and more volunteers are needed to make the day a success such as trail building crews, festival staff and expo area crew. In addition, trail crews are requested to bring along their own rakes and shovels for the day if available, and reminded to wear appropriate footwear for a day on the trails. You may wish to wear gardening gloves while working with any equipment.

"We will start early Saturday the 19th and provide a full day's trail-building activities on Richard's trail, including a giant BBQ, entertainment for everyone in the expo area and a special gift for your participation," stated Robin Harvey, NSMBA director and Richard Juyrn Trail Day organizer. "By including a trail awareness element to the festivities; we created a venue for the community to come out, help build Richard's trail and possibly make this a yearly event," she added.

Sponsors are encouraged to participate with prizing or free items for volunteer swag bags. Volunteers love free stuff! Let's make this day a huge success to show the importance of north shore trail stewardship and community partnership awareness. Organizers hope to continue this legacy as a yearly event for their friend Richard Juryn. Please join us Saturday, July 19th, help build the Richard Juryn Trail and make his dream come true.

For More Information, Contact:
Robin J. Harvey, Director - Communications & Marketing
North Shore Mountain Bike Association
C: 778-837-7637
E: robin@richardjuryntrails.com