Bike from Ohio City to the lovely Stanford Hostel in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Spend the evening hiking, playing Frisbee, cooking out and relaxing under the stars before the hostel’s annual pancake breakfast on Sunday morning.

See parts of the Industrial Flats you’ve probably never seen and then enjoy the early signs of spring from the flat, paved ride on the Towpath (the hostel is near Peninsula right off the Towpath). If you’re interested in biking, email John McGovern.

If you don't want to bike but would like to come down to the hostel on Saturday for all of the fun, you can spend the night at the Hostel for under $20.

And if you're not up for a night at the hostel, bike or drive down on Sunday and join us between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the pancakes! Its $8/adult and $4/children 10 and under. Eat lots of pancakes, local maple syrup and sausages. There's also a Trash 'N Treasures garage sale.

Ohio Canal Corridor invites you to make a difference -- to support RiverSweep 2006, its 17th annual clean-up event where volunteers from neighborhoods, businesses, government agencies, non-profit organizations and schools come together to clean those places within the Cuyahoga River Valley where one day a new park or trail will be built.

For information on how to volunteer, call 216-520-1825 or visit Ohio Canal Corridor.

A benefit for the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless. The evening will feature a complimentary wine tasting with an assortment of fine Italian wines, along with an Italian dinner buffet, raffle, and poetry readings throughout the night by local homeless artists.

For more information, call Teri at 216-432-0540.