The motley TLG crew managed to finish and remain standing last year, anyway.

Greetings! It’s been a long time between posts, but Team Little Guy is alive, well and gearing up for more athletic adventures – all in the name of credit union philanthropy!

For the moment, we’ve set aside the running shoes, and we’re grabbing the bike helmets and heading to the mountains for the Black & Blue Relay Race! The race, which is an all-day bike relay on Saturday, July 18th, is a 208-mile biking odyssey through the mountains of Virginia & NC! (To get a flavor for what the Black and Blue is like, check out the TLG relay recap from last year.)  

At last check, 15 teams had signed up for this unusual relay – and three of those teams have TLG connections! Team Little Guy is fielding a four-person team made up of NCCUL President/CEO John Radebaugh, NCCUL Director of Education & Financial Literacy Ed Agnoli, Choice Community Credit Union Member Service Representative Josh Chavez and yours truly, Jeff Hardin, NCCUL director of communications.

A second four-person team is made up of representatives from CUNA Mutual Group, including Sales Manager Robin Kolvek and Sales Executives Tim Gardner (GA), Scott Binder (FL) and Randy Coleman (SC).

These four-person teams will divide the riding chores up fairly equally and will pedal two stages & 50 miles apiece.

TLG will also field a two person team made of NCCUL EVP/COO Eric Gelly & CUNA Mutual Group Senior Sales Executive Tom Heyden. These men of steel will both wind their way up and down the mountains for more than 100 miles apiece!

We’ll be providing updates on our progress via Team Little Guy’s Twitter page, and updating the blog as we are able. So if you are on Twitter, follow us there!

Of course, the primary focus of Team Little Guy is to raise awareness of credit unions, and to promote the community involvement & philanthropy of credit unions in North and South Carolina through the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation. While we have not actively been fundraising for this weekend’s event, we are going to announce some exciting opportunities for your credit union to be involved with sponsoring TLG later this year.

One thing we can share with you – we’re making plans to ride in the MS Tour to Tanglewood on Saturday & Sunday, September 26-27. Moving forward, we’ll be inviting your support and participation of Team Little Guy in this ride — and a variety of other ways.

In the meantime, Ride Strong Team Little Guy!