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Event date: November 23, 2025
Organizer(s): Fatima Cecunjanin, Ben Midyette, Amanda Levi, Martin Chamberlin, Elise Granata, Kai Addae
Location Name: New Haven Green
Address:
250 Temple St, New Haven, CT 06511
Description:

Join us for Cranksgiving — an annual food drive on two wheels!
Where: New Haven Green
When: Sun Nov 23rd, 11am

This cranksgiving will be a team-based bike ride/food-drive to pick up and donate non-perishables to local soup kitchens!

We will meet at the New Haven Green at 11 am. Riders will be split up into teams, and then we will take various routes to local grocery stores to pick up food, and then drop it off at Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen at 266 State Street, New Haven CT and Community Soup Kitchen at 84 Broadway, New Haven CT This event is FREE, but you’ll need 30-$40$ to purchase food.

All you need is:

  • A bike
  • A helmet
  • A lock
  • A way to carry food (a backpack, panniers, a bike trailer, etc.)

Please join the Signal group so you can get push notifications about the event, any important information will also be published to the website. Joining the signal group will also give us a good idea for the turnout and it will help us out a lot with organizing.

A link will be provided which can be opened on mobile devices/bike computers and a cue sheet will also be available.
Routes will be provided publicly before the event. More information at https://newhaven.bike/cranksgiving_2025.html.