Free Kayaking and More
Check out these great happenings at Kayak Pittsburgh!
University Week
Both locations of Kayak Pittsburgh
College students - kayak for free at both locations of Kayak Pittsburgh from September 24 through the end of October.
To celebrate this event, during University Week (Sept. 24th - Sept. 28th), students will also receive a free T-shirt when arriving at either Kayak Pittsburgh location.
Valid student ID is required.
University Week is offered as part of Pittsburgh Connections, a project sponsored by Venture Outdoors and Richard King Mellon Foundation.
For more information visit www.ventureoutdoors.org/universityweek.asp
250 & Fit Kick-off Celebration - Free Kayaking
Tuesday, September 25
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Roberto Clemente Bridge
(6th Street Bridge, Downtown Pittsburgh)
Take a break from the work day! Stop by Kayak Pittsburgh, located under the Clemente Bridge, and take out a kayak on us to help kick-off Pittsburgh 250 & Fit. No RSVP required. First come, first served.
Venture Outdoors, its outdoor recreation partners, and Pittsburgh 250 invite you to bring your bike, paddle your kayak, or walk on over for a mid-day celebration.
250 & Fit is an initiative designed to help the people of southwestern Pennsylvania transform their lifestyles by improving their health, wellness, and fitness.
For more information, visit imaginepittsburgh.com
Trash Cleanup by Kayak
Saturday, October 6th - Sunday, October 7th
Kayak Pittsburgh North Park
Grab a bag and get out on the water!
All day Saturday and Sunday, the first weekend in October, stop by Kayak Pittsburgh at North Park and help us clean up our lake. For every plastic bag you bring back, we’ll knock $3 off the hourly rate.
September 24 2007 10:42 am | Uncategorized
Klaus on 15 Oct 2007 at 6:53 pm #
Klaus see you expect people to pay to clean up YOUR lake. Lazy Hippies!!!! If only you were efficient like Klaus! You expect people to pay you to clean up lake. Kayak ride should be free if doing work to benefit your company. Klaus think you quite silly.
Courtney on 13 Dec 2007 at 10:47 am #
Thanks for your input, Klaus. However, it seems that you are misinformed about a few things.
First, the lake is not our lake. It’s owned by the county. Therefore, it’s not our official responsibility to clean it up when people decide that it’s OK to use it as a dumpster. Of course, we do want to help out as much as possible when we are able. It would be great to offer free kayak rides in exchange for helping to clean things up. Unfortunately, it’s just not within the realm of possibility for us to run our operation for free.
We charge kayak rental fees to support the mission of our organization (to get people outside), but the true cost to run the kayak concession is much greater than the fees incurred. We are also subsidized by our donors and foundations who also believe in and support our mission.
We simply offered this promotion as a community service for Allegheny County. Those who came out and helped clean up the trash realized this. Hopefully, you will now, too. We could use someone with so much efficiency.