19 Friday Oct 2018
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For those who love great fall weather, cyclocross, and an opportunity to spend a day or two at the Soldiers’ Home, this weekend you are in luck. The annual DCCX races are scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21. The full schedule of events can be found at https://dcmtb.org/dccx2018/
Visitors can access the race area via the Randolph Street Gate located on Rock Creek Church Rd., NW.
20 Thursday Oct 2016
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Top athletes in the sport of cyclo-cross will descend on the Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington on Saturday and Sunday for the 10th annual DCCX. DCMTB, a grass-roots team of mountain bikers that puts on the race, are great supporters of Friends of the Soldiers Home and we are proud to be involved for the fifth consecutive year. Friends will be hosting a hospitality tent for Soldiers Home residents on Sunday afternoon, and we will be volunteering at the race by helping with parking and serving as crossing guards on Saturday and Sunday. If you want to help us out volunteering, particularly on Sunday morning, write volunteerfriendsofsoldiers (at) gamil (dot) com. Otherwise, it should be a beautiful weekend, so come on out and enjoy the free races! For more information, visit the DCMTB website, https://dcmtb.org/dccx2016/
05 Thursday Nov 2015
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Friends of the Soldiers Home provided some nice front-row seating for Home residents at a hospitality tent on a beautiful day at one of the biggest BMX bike races on the East Coast. Friends volunteers, as well as members of DCMTB and Crosshairs cycling, teamed up to collect donations and provide services that benefit the AFRH residents at the race held last weekend at the Home’s campus. Catholic University student nurses made hearty chili with corn bread to serve the residents who came to the event. This was a win-win all around as everyone enjoyed the chili and the races on a beautiful day on the campus! Story and photos courtesy of Mike Potvin.
20 Monday Oct 2014
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A dozen Armed Forces Retirement Home-Washington residents came down to the southwest corner of their 250-acre campus Oct. 19 to enjoy free hot chili, chips, cookies and drinks supplied by Friends of the Soldiers Home. The goal of the Friends VIP Hospitality Tent was to encourage residents to come out and enjoy an annual activity that has been happening on their campus for several years — the DCCX Cyclocross Race. The chilly day undoubtedly kept some residents from venturing out, but those who did enjoyed watching the race in the company of friends!
Pictured in photo below, left to right, residents Lloyd Bylund and Phil Ford, and volunteers Zach Hartman, Lori Lincoln and Jeffrey Knudsen and Jeffrey’s daughter Autumn; in the other photo, the Friends banner marked the hospitality tent.
18 Friday Oct 2013
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Two great events — the bike race at the Soldiers Home is ON this coming Sunday now that the government shutdown has ended. Follow that with our fundraiser next Wednesday evening at DC Reynolds!
Full slate of bike races goes from 8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on the southwest corner of the Armed Forces Retirement Home campus. Enter through main gate at Upshur and Rock Creek Church Road. Free event, food and drink available. Friends of the Soldiers Home will honor some Home residents during the afternoon award ceremonies. DCMTB, which puts on the race, are major supporters of the Friends, so come on out!
Then on Wednesday, Oct. 23, between 6-9pm go to DC Reynolds, 3628 Georgia Ave., D.C. for our Friends Fall Fundraiser, $10 per person suggested donation.
https://www.bikereg.com/net/dccx-2013-race-4-in-the-bikeregcom-super-8-series
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