Thank you for joining Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC) and Ibis to provide Coronavirus relief and support trails!

A winner has been selected for this giveaway - you can read all about Trail Aid results in this news story.

The COVID-19 pandemic is unlike anything our organization or our community have faced before. We’re presented with a choice - do we sit back and hope for the best, or do we come together, take action, and support the things we care about most during this time of need?

The team here at MBOSC is making it easy for you to make an everlasting difference in the health of our public lands and collective health. For every $5 you contribute to support Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC), a 501(c)(3) trail stewardship organization, and the COVID relief fund of your choice, you can protect vulnerable communities, support trails, and earn a chance to win the Ibis Cycles bike of your choice. What are you waiting for? Let’s beat this thing, give our trails some much-needed love, and get back in the saddle with our friends. This is a 4-week flash fundraiser, so make sure to get your contributions in before time runs out!

Through this campaign, MBOSC will give 25% of each contribution to a COVID-19 response fund making a major impact in the fight against this pandemic. You can choose whether you’d like to funnel a portion of your contribution to:

Direct Relief, an organization channeling emergency healthcare equipment to communities across the globe
Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, an organization providing much-needed support right here in Santa Cruz
Second Harvest Food Bank, a group working to end hunger throughout Santa Cruz County
Project PPE 4 Central Coast, a movement to pool engineering and manufacturing resources from local businesses to provide PPE to front line workers across the Central Coast.

We’re in this together, and leveraging one of our biggest annual bike giveaways of the year is the best way to support recovery at both the local and global level while also furthering our mission of expanding and maintaining sustainable trail networks across Santa Cruz County and the bay area at large.

Since the onset of COVID-19, we’ve seen parks and public outdoor spaces flooded with visitors. Our trails provide much-needed healing during times of crisis and serve as venues for exercise, meditation, and relaxation for thousands of people every day. The value of robust, sustainable trail networks is clear now more than ever, as is the need for community-driven trail stewardship. Your support right now will help us hit the ground running with new trail projects and trail maintenance.

Wow! Thank you for helping us raise over $100,000, for trails and COVID-19 recovery efforts. We are blown away by the support!

Do you think we can make it to $110,000?

Thanks for the support, and good luck!

The online fundraiser closes Monday, May 25, 2020, at 11:59PM Pacific. The drawing will take place Tuesday, May 26, 2020.

The Trail Aid campaign and the drawing for the Ibis Cycles bike is now closed, but you can still donate to support trails in Santa Cruz County.

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MBOSC is helping you get more trails!

Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz was founded in 1997 to support, preserve, and expand trail access and responsible mountain biking in Santa Cruz County and has since become a highly-skilled trail stewardship organization with expertise in advocacy, trail, and bike park design, construction and maintenance, and project funding. We are driven by passionate volunteers and high-caliber professional staff who promote legal and sustainable mountain bike access through trail building, hosting races and events, and collaborating throughout the county. MBOSC has proven to be an invaluable partner for local land managers, investing nearly $1,000,000, over 10,000 hours of staff time, and over 20,000 hours of volunteer time (a $550,000 value) in trail construction and maintenance since 2012. We are focused on furthering our mission to make Santa Cruz the best place to be a trail user!

Thank You to Ibis Cycles, Longtime Supporter of MBOSC

We’re grateful for the support that Ibis Bicycles has provided our team throughout the years. We’ve been working with them since 2014, and have collectively raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for trails alongside their team. Ibis not only provides bikes for an annual fundraiser and our volunteer raffle, but is also a title sponsor of our annual Old Growth Classic gravel race in Little Basin State Park. THANK YOU, Ibis! We could not run this fundraiser without your support.

The “Trail Aid" drawing is open to contestants worldwide.
The “Trail Aid" drawing is being conducted by Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz, Inc. (MBOSC), a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation under the laws of the State of California.
There is no limit to the number of tickets one (1) person may purchase.
MBOSC Employees, Board members and their spouses are not eligible to participate in this drawing.
Drawing tickets are $5.00 each. Drawing tickets can be purchased by credit card only.
By IRS declaration, ticket purchases for valuable prizes are not eligible for charitable tax deductions.
Odds of winning will depend on the number of tickets sold.
Tickets may be purchased by the following methods: on the internet at: https://mbosc.givingfuel.com/trail-aid
All ticket orders forms must be received with full payment no later than 11:59PM on May 25, 2020.
Prize: One prize will be given away. First Prize: Ibis Cycles bike of winner's choice, not to exceed $10,000 in value.
Drawing will be held at the MBOSC office in Santa Cruz, CA on May 26, 2020. The winner will be determined by random selection.
Winners will be notified by via phone and email within 1 day of the drawing.
The prize winner is solely responsible for all local, state and federal taxes, title, transfer fees, license duties, insurance and all expenses incurred in claiming the Ibis bike. The Prize winner understands, acknowledges, and agrees that the First Prize winner is receiving a prize and will hereby release and discharge MBOSC, and any additional sponsors, their employees, agents, officers, directors and legal representatives and assigns from any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses arising from or caused by the award of such prize, including, but not limited to the payment of any and all taxes that are due.
Prize must be claimed by May 29, 2020. Any unclaimed prize after that date will constitute forfeiture and be transferred to MBOSC as a donation.
MBOSC, its Board of Directors, and its agents assume no liability for lost, late, misdirected, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, or entries without payment which will be deemed invalid and disqualified.
The decisions and rules of MBOSC are final on all matters concerning the drawing.
Void where prohibited by law.
No purchase necessary to enter the sweepstakes. To enter without purchase, mail a handwritten postcard to Administrator at: MBOSC, P.O. Box 331, Santa Cruz CA 95061. Containing your (i) full name (if a minor, your parent/legal guardian’s name as well); (2) mailing address, including street address, city, state/district, and zip code (P.O. boxes not accepted); (3) telephone number; (4) email address; (5) date of birth; and (6) a statement that, “I have read, understand, and agree to be bound by the Official Rules for the Trail Aid Sweepstakes”. All write-in entries must be postmarked by May 20, 2020 and received by May 25, 2020. There is a limit of one (1) write-in entry per person.