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VCCool is thrilled to thank the dozens upon dozens of volunteers, businesses, and organizations that helped put on this year's 4th Annual Kids' Bicycle Safety Rodeo! Your care, your time, your funds, your resources, your heart-felt interaction with each child is the heart of this community. Congratulations!!

There are over 50 volunteers pictured here, plus more listed below. If we missed someone, or got your name wrong - please let us know.

Kendra Gonzales - Site coordinator & key organizer. VCCool Board Member	Rachel Morris - Volunteer coordinator & key organizer VCCool Executive Director
Tim Harris - pre-event bicycle repairs, helmet trainer, Orientation presenter	Norma Salcito - Skill Course Lead Coach of Channel Island High school Mountain Bike Club
Channel Islands Bicycle Club - sponsored free helmets for participants, & sent lots of volunteers	Tren Morris and the Pacific Coast Bike Craft - sponsored insurance, cones, helmet training and more...
Alex - fitting helmets member of CIHS mountain bike club	Kevin Melendez- fitting helmets member of CIHS mountain bike club
Joe Connet - photographer, helmet fitter	George Vye - photographer
Kate Faulkner - skill course & member of Channel Islands Bike Club	Bill Faulkner (on the right) - skill course & member of Channel Islands Bike Club
Office Tommy Higgins - Teaching Bike Traffic Laws and safety (for the third year).	Office Jesus Quezada- Teaching Bike Traffic Laws and safety in Spanish.
Councilman Brian Brennan - Maps for safe routes to school. VCCool Board Member	Fred Ortiz - Bicycle Repair
Donna Clark Cetek - Fund Raising	LDS Sister - Fitting helmets
LDS Sister - Spanish/English Interpreter	Jo Ann Vieke - Sign-in and gate keeper
Don Price - raffle bicycle, answer to win. VCCool Board member	Leslie Ogden - Arm Signals Channel Island Bicycle Club member
LDS Elder - Skill Course	Xochitle McDonnald - breakfast prep, and fitting helmets Spanish/English
Irma Meldez - Photographer assistant Spnsh/Eng member of CIHS Mountain Bike Club	LibertyPak - Provided Solar Power for the stop-lights on the skill course! Cool!!
Paul Callaway - arm signals member of the Velo Bicycle Club	Yesenia Malendez - bicycle helmet assistant
Layla Valdivia (on the left) - bicycle raffle assistant	Javier Valadez - stencil artist and custom helmet design, Member of City Corps
Bianca Martinez - kids' art mural, lunch prep	LDS Elder - skill course
Alfredo Salcido - Bicycle Mechanic Coach of Channel Islands High School Mountain Bike Club	LDS sister - volunteer sign-in, front traffic
Anabel Lara - Spanish/English Interpreter,Skill Course	Sierra Doehr - Custom helmet stenciling Member of City Corps
Adrienne Prince - Fund Raising, Interpreter, sign-in	Robert Equinua- Custom helmet stenciling Member of CIHS Mountain Bike Club
LDS Sister - Interpreter, volunteer assistant	Assistant to Orientation and Traffic Law
Kelly Pasco - Bicycle Repair, from Project Ride Ojai	Lydia Morales - Lunch prep, general
John Brant - Arm Signals member of the Channel Island Bicycle Club	Velo Volunteer - Pre-event setup and raffle assist
Yesenia Mejia - Spanish/English interpreter member of the CIHS Mountain Bike Club	Margaret Morris - info booth VCCool co-founder
John Howard - info booth, and volunteer-party pizza chef	Maria Combs - kids' art mural
Susan Bardsley - Fund Raising and Info Booth	Benicia Smith - Helmet Fitting
Winston Braun - Bicycle Mechanic	Julia - Bicycle Helmet Fitting Assist
Emillia - general helper	LDS Elder - Skill Course
Hunter Haskins - Helmet Fitting	L DS Elder - Skill Course
	More Volunteers, Businesses and Organizations who helped, but but no event picture: KK Holland - Information Booth, VCCool Board Elzbet Diaz de Leon - inspiration, VCCool Board Westside Community Dev Corp - CDBG grant Hannah Haskins - Post-event cleanup-City Corps Susie Williams - pre-event skill course setup Tyson Cline - Bicycle part donations Fausset Printing - supper fast great printing Robin Jacobs - translation Trader Joe's in Ventura - Food for Volunteers Fresh and Easy in Ventura - Food for Volunteers Drew Story - Bicycle donation Albert Johnson - Bicycle Donations Mathew Lunomon - pre-event repairs Debra Tygell - Orientation assist Rick Cole - event council Ventura Ed Partners - location and promotions Jenise Wagar - summerfest co-ordination Adela Trainer - summerfest details Ed Wehan - summerfest inspiration City of Ventura - Equipment Loan Sergio Albarran- Equipment drop-off and pickup Paul Jenkin - Loaned Equipment Cycle Dynamics - pre-event bike repair and parts Oxnard Police Department - bicycle donations Ventura Police Dept - Kids' Backpacks & bicycles Ventura Traffic Mng Tom Mericle - Maps/Equipment Ventura City, Joe Yahner - Chairs Ventura Star - Great coverage