 A few biker riders brave the cold winter elements to give back to the Bemidji community food shelf for Bemidji's first ever cranksgiving event. Cranksgiving is a biking event that has been held in over 80 cities worldwide. The event works like a food drive scavenger hunt. Bike riders are assigned to go to different grocery stores in the community and collect a variety of different donations. The items the riders must find are all items listed as most needed by the food shelf. It's basically giving back to the community, supporting a local food shelf in a time of need as well as a way to promote active living. You hardly also see people biking in a winter and the fact that people are biking in a winter supporting the food shelf, it's a great way to raise awareness for the food shelf as well as to show that winter biking is a peaceful way to get around the city of Bemidji. Five people participated in the first cranksgiving. Together they donated more than 500 ounces of food and once they returned from their rides each person walked in with a door prize that was dedicated to the event by various community businesses. My my route was going to Lucan South and Harmony Foods with X-mon items to grab and come back here and check in and the weather conditions were great. Slightly windy but if you dress for it it was awesome it was a lot of fun. Grocery stores that participated in cranksgiving included Lucan South, Target, Harmony Co-op and Marketplace Foods.