Bike Love in Ottawa!!!!
This Friday, July 29th, you are invited to drop in for a fun “Bike Love” summer social event at Maker House (987 Wellington St. West in Hintonburg, beside the LCBO). For those not yet familiar, the store is a new social enterprise (8-months old) with a curated collection of handmade home and furniture made by over 100 local artisans, from candles to coffee tables. Maker House will be donating $2,300 to non-profit Right Bike this month as their recent #CraftChange partner, and for the next quarter (July-Sept) they are raising money for Ecology Ottawa!!!!
There will be tons of funs things, including free craft beer samples, 10% for cyclists who bike to the event (have your helmet and bike ready to show as proof), bike fashion photo both, live music, and so much more!
See you all there!
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