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12/5/2025 2025 Match day resultResults of this years work was as always so rewarding. This year was particularly rewarding as Pink Gravel had the assistance of three individuals (pictured below) reaching out to turning a planned ride into a fundraiser for the fund and Match Day efforts. Their ride alone raised $1,535.00 of this years donations. I want to personally thank the 2025 Matching Donors. Without these people, families, foundations or organizations none of this would be possible. Thank you, Clint Bowyer 79 Fund. Thank you, ECF Fund for the Future. Thank you, Emporia Masonic Lodge No.12, A.F. & A. M. Thank you, Gilpin Family Fund Thanks to the WS & EC Jones Testamentary Trust, Bank of America, N.A. Trustee Thank you, Laurent Charitable Family Fund Thank you, Curtis McCreary Legacy Fund Thanks to the Patterson Family Foundation Thank you, Preston Family Trust Thank you, Merry and Charles Rayl Thanks to the Jane and Bernard Reeble Endowed Fund Thanks to the Trusler Foundation 8/19/2025 Lauf Part IIThe Pink Gravel Fund hosted another give away with a our 2nd Lauf Cycles Seigla frameset. This was a frameset donated to the Fund awhile back and we have been sitting on it waiting for the right time to give it away.
Those that made donations to the Pink Gravel Fund during a date range ending on the last day of the All Things Gravel Expo in Emporia, Ks would be entered in the drawing for the now discontinued color Lauf Seigla frameset. A little over $2100.00 was raised in the short and sweet fundraiser. For the little time to put this together, I am very pleased with this result. I am also thrilled to put another person on a sweet frame by Lauf! 
11/13/2024 match day 2024 - success!The Pink Gravel Fund was fortunate to have been accepted as a participant in this year's Emporia Community Foundation's Match Day event making it our second year. Our intentions are always to do more and go harder each year, so of course we wanted to improve on last year. While it didn't quite happen, we still raised a good chunk of change. Thanks to all of you that support Pink Gravel by sharing our social media, donating, wearing our shirts, jerseys, etc., attending our events and just being out there with us. None of this would happen without you all! We are also very appreciative for all the wonderful organizations and families that contributed to Match Day as the events Matching Donors. 11/29/2023 2023 ecf Match Day ResultsWHOOP! WHOOP! THANKS TO ALL THAT DONATED!
Emporia Area Match Day was held on Monday, November 13, 2023 and held incredible opportunity for nonprofit organizations within the greater Emporia area. On that day, online & check contributions were matched on a prorated basis. There was $175,000 in matching funds from: the Antes Charitable Family Fund; the Clint Bowyer 79 Fund; the ECF Fund for the Future; the Emporia Masonic Lodge No. 12, A.F. & A.M.; Joyce French; the Gilpin Family Fund; the WS & EC Jones Testamentary Trust, Bank of America, N.A. Trustee; the Laurent Charitable Family Fund; the Fred and Paula Neuer Fund; the Preston Family Trust; Merry and Charles Rayl; the Jane and Bernard Reeble Endowed Fund; and the Trusler Foundation. The money earned by each non-profit group was an outright donation and may be used as they wish. PINK GRAVEL FUND choose to keep donations in the fund with the Emporia Community Foundation for future use toward grants offered year round to breast cancer patients and survivors. 11/9/2023 EMPORIA MATCH DAY - NOVEMBER 13, 2023
8/28/2023 information dump. . .Just a blog to put some things out there as I feel I am not doing a good job keeping active on social media and such. I do have a regular full time job, 3 teenage girls at home starting school (scary right?!?), gravel events, community/foundation meetings, and occasionally talking to my husband to catch up on each others week.
With that, we will see ya at the Pony Express Gravel Dash in Marysville, Ks in a couple weeks! 7/23/2023 bounce with it (this post)An emotional moment occurred and I need to share. Stumbled on a random, unexpected Facebook comment thread where someone mentioned me and Pink Gravel. Got me in the feels and tears emerged. That is proof to me that we, human beings, never know the kind of impact or the impression we may make on another till days, months or years later. I, personally, have been on a two year non-riding hiatus. My bikes collecting dust - Blue, Fatboy and Kona Love have not been feeling the love lately. Sorry my literal bike tribe. . . next year (I promise). Till then, I will continue to work SAG and Checkpoints for gravel events; because, if I am not participating, I am going to encourage and support others so they can feel the win of completing the current ride/race. I have said it before, and I will say it again, I believe I was meant to find gravel cycling and the awesome gravel family to prepare me for the mental and physical struggles the diagnosis of breast cancer brought in my life. And if you, the public, don't know, it was my husband who introduced me to this sport of gravel and the Black Squirrel Cycling League out of Marysville. (Jon, remember that when I tell you that Pink Gravel has added another weekend of gravel to the calendar. You played a huge roll in this :) Pink Gravel exist due to a diagnosis of breast Cancer and my (and Jon too) love of gravel cycling. 🧡👍🤪 On that note, we will see you again up at Gravel Worlds / Pirate Cycling League in August for their Expo and race. Don't be a stranger, stop by and say hello. We don't bite. See, emotional. . . As this post was a little all over the place . . . like your front bike tire bombing a hill with fresh chunky flint hills gravel! Just relax the hands and bounce with it 😉 5/9/2023 big Pink gravel fund news! ! !
3/12/2023 2023 Gravel Season beginsThis past weekend was our kick off to the 2023 gravel season by attending The Mid South expo followed by the main event, the gravel race on Saturday. I was excited for this expo as they had a smaller space for vendors which also made it feel "busier" with people be it the vendors themselves or visitors. Felt more apart of things in Stillwater this year.
It was also nice as The Mid South held their rider check in, in a large tent just to the right of us which meant those in line finding themselves looking at the Pink Gravel booth. Maybe one of you folks reading this received a piece of candy from me as I treated those waiting with candy. BTW, did you know Payday is a gravel favorite? I was also thrilled to see several riders in Pink Gravel jerseys cross the finish line. Thank you Trisha, Tayla, Jon, Doug & Tony for looking so "drip" by representing Pink Gravel. Oh yeah, I just said that. ha! I can tell this is going to be another great Pink Gravel season!       |
AuthorI am just a 40 something married lady with kids who likes to ride gravel when life lets me. Just so happens I was called into the Cancer Club on October 31, 2019. Fought my fight with surgery, chemo, radiation, friends, family and lots of dark humor. I find sharing my experience helps me. Maybe it can help you. Archives
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