"That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little ride..."

Welcome to my blog! From December 06 to August 07 I intend to devote this space to discussing the trials and tribulations of preparing for and completing a cross-country fundraising bicycle extravaganza. For those who are new to my blog, I am riding my bicycle from New Haven, CT to San Francisco California during the summer of 2007. This is part of the Habitat Bicycle Challenge and about 90 other intrepid young souls will be joining me in this endeavor. Each rider will raise $4000 before May 30, 2007, and provided that all the money is raised, we will ride from New Haven, CT across the country to three different destinations: San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA. All the proceeds go towards the construction of houses for low-income families.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

25% There!

Today I took stock of my contributions, and I have successfully raised $1005 dollars (that I know of, HBC doesn't notify us immediately of new donations). I am officially one quarter of the way towards my goal. If every dollar was a mile on my bicycle, I'd be over halfway through the great state of Kentucky. ** Tangent: Did you know that George Clooney is from Kentucky? He was on the cover of Kentucky Monthly in December 2006 to celebrate "Kentuckians of the year." It strikes me as curious that one of Hollywood's most liberal devotees is Kentucky's chosen son, but perhaps the times they are a changin'.**

Also, please tell anyone that is looking to part with a few dollars, that I could use as many donations as possible this month. My matching grant ends Feb 1st!
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