The Dirty Duo will once again be supporting a great local charity at the race. Actually, two charities.

EARTH RIDERS TRAIL ASSOCIATION (ERTA)



ERTA (Earth Riders Trails Association, Inc.) is a recreational trails advocacy group created to increase the quantity and quality of sustainable singletrack trails throughout the Midwest. ERTA is a federally recognized 501(c)3, not-for-profit corporation whose board members, officers, advisory board, and volunteers are outdoor enthusiasts dedicated to achieving it's mission of adding and maintaining singletrack trails in an environmentally proactive and responsible manner.

ERTA was formed in February of 2001 in order to meet the requirements of Land Managers who like the idea of making more singletrack trails available to their park users. ERTA seeks to enter into formal partnerships and contracts with land managers to assist them and their agencies with three primary concerns:

* Protect the land which they manage.
* Increase the number of visitors to the lands through the creation and management of singletrack trails.
* Accomplish these objectives through an efficient and economical combination of volunteer and professional labor.

Over the past eight years, working with land managers, ERTA has assisted in gaining access to land that has resulted in an many additional miles of singletrack throughout the Midwest. ERTA fills just one niche in a community of organizations dedicated to mountain bicycling, hiking and the betterment of our public green spaces. We maintain active partnerships with many organizations within that community.

Bonk Hard Racing, LLC is very grateful for the Earth Riders Trails Association and all of the work they do in building and maintaining the trails around Kansas City. You may not know it, but Kansas City is blessed with miles and miles of some of the best singletrack trails in the Midwest, and that is due mostly to the Earth Riders Trails Association and all of the work that they put into the trails. If you would like to give back, you can either join them on a trail work day or donate through their website. To learn more about the Earth Riders Trail Association, please visit their website.


REDEMPTORIST SOCIAL SERVICES CENTER



Bonk Hard Racing is partnering with the KC Redemptorist Social Services Center to help "Sock It To Poverty"! The Redemptorist Center and Bonk Hard Racing are asking for your help at the KC Dirty Duo in supporting "Sock It To Poverty", the Center's major annual fundraising collection for new socks to be given to the homeless and uderprivelaged of Kansas City. NEW socks are the most requested and least donated clothing items. "Sock It To Poverty" is a unique and effective way to help those in need with something that means so much to them. Please help The Redemptorist Center "Sock It To Poverty" by bringing some new white tube socks to the Dirty Duo! We will have bins at racer check-in and also available at the race to collect. Bonk Hard Racing will match the amount of socks donated at the race! Please click here to learn more about The Redemptorist Social Services Center.