Sunday, June 14, 2026
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Family Friendly
Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 11:00 AM
Meet at 11:00am, ride at 11:30
1:00 PM
End location: Gateway Green
Ride length: 3-8 miles
This is a ride to support awareness for organ donation, specially pediatric organ donation and Children’s Organ Transplant Association! It's a casual and fun ride that is kid and family centered. Will start at Laurelhurst Park at 11:00am and rally at the playground, will do a few laps around the park, and then we will head to Gateway Green at 11:30am on bikes via Ankeny, NE 41st, Davis, NE 47th, Everett, NE 58th, Davis, NE 71st, Burnside, and NE 99th. We hope to arrive at Gateway Green 12:30pm and then have fun riding there, where there are a lot of bike jumps that Calendula's big sibling loves! To help celebrate and call attention to the ride, you can decorate your bikes with calendulas or other flowers or hearts or other organs to celebrate Calendula's journey and promote organ donation awareness. We will have signage for COTA in honor of Calendula and organ donor forms and giveaways from Donate Life Northwest. This ride is organized by the mom and 10-year-old sibling of Calendula, who is a 2-year-old who just received a heart transplant! This was after living at Seattle Children’s hospital for over a year. We're celebrating with community and enjoying life outside the hospital… We are so lucky that someone shared the gift of life with us through pediatric organ donation and we're no longer living in the hospital. As an anarchist mom having lived in Portland for 22 years, storytimes, seed giveaways, and bike rides with Bike Summer! feel true to our roots as we endeavor to promote COTA in honor of Calendula and pediatric organ donation. We learned on our journey that transplant wait times are actually longer here in the Pacific Northwest! Our family is on the other side of having waited for an organ, but the experience has left us with a passion for potentially helping other children and families to not have to endure such long hospital stays and more intense medical interventions, separations, and isolation. This event is outside, but we ask those who are able to mask to do so, we will provide n95 masks and we will provide hand sanitizer. This helps keep events accessible to people like Calendula, who are immune compromised. Please message blue crow, Calendula's mama, with any questions or feedback or ideas about the event! This is a free event but we are asking for a suggested donation to go to COTA in honor of Calendula or $5-$20. http://www.COTA.org/COTAforCalendula
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