Buffalo, NY

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Event date: November 8, 2025
Website:
Organizer(s): GOBike Buffalo
Location Name: Essex Street Arts Center
Address:
28 Essex Street, Buffalo, New York 14213, United States
Description:

Last year, 155 of you showed up for Cranksgiving and we stocked the shelves for Food Not Bombs and Provisions 139!

If you aren’t familiar with Food Not Bombs in Buffalo, they are an organization run entirely on volunteers with no budget. They take food donated directly to them, and cook up some delicious recipes, then go out onto the street and serve it directly to anyone who is hungry.

Provisions 139 is a pantry run by West Side Community Services that invites folks in need to shop there twice per month, with the number of people in their household determining the number of points they receive to shop with each time.

Cranksgiving is a nationwide event that cycling organizations like GObike organize around the country from October – December, and often benefit organizations just like these. We’ll ride bikes around the city to various grocery stores. Because you must also participate in the fun and games at check points, you or your team can choose the route you think is most efficient and compete to return back to the start first!