"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.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Thank you!

Well, the February 1st deadline came and went, and with it came an influx of donations. Thank you to all those who donated! I have not totaled my contributions for the past month as of yet, however I can estimate that they are over $2225 with the matching grant. I will have to get back to you with the official tally.

However, another stroke of luck befell my fundraising campaign. Traveler's Insurance of Hartford, CT matched my parents' contribution! My father works for Traveler's where apparently there is an employee matching contribution program. As you can imagine, they really had to twist my arm to take the unsolicited donation numbering in the three-digits. Tempted as I was turn it down, they just insisted, so I did what any soul cornered like a wounded dog would do - I took the money and ran.
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