Sunday, January 8, 2012

Fundraising

Hey everybody, like I said in my last post; it's time to get to work on my fundraising. So here come the shameless solicitations. My fundraising goal is 4500 dollars, nice bit of money. This money goes to support Bike and Build and affordable housing in general. Money raised by this trip is donated to groups like Habitat for Humanity who are focused on providing affordable housing.

Now is the time when I have to rely on my friends and those around me and ask for their support. Any donations would be greatly appreciated, from both me and those that this trip will benefit. If you'd like more information send me an email, I'd love to hear from you. If you'd like to donate the link is attached below, please select my name from the drop down menu (Kennedy, Lucas (NUS)). Also below are a link to the bike and build website, as well as an online brochure. I really appreciate any support that you can provide.

http://www.bikeandbuild.org/cms/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,118/

http://bikeandbuild.org/Documents/2012_Brochure.pdf

http://www.bikeandbuild.org/cms/index.php

http://www.bikeandbuild.org/cms/index.php

Thursday, January 5, 2012

New Year

As the new year rolls along, it's time to get into Bike and Build mode.
Training regiment? Check.
Fundraising? Getting Started.
Excited? Little bit too much so.
2012 is finally here, and my trip this summer is finally starting to feel real. While I'm unbelievably excited, I'm also a little intimidated. Having never undertaken a project of this magnitude, the sheer scale of it is starting to really become evident. The nervousness isn't the kind of petrifying, hide in the corner kind, but rather the "wow, let's do this" kind. As I prepare to ask my friends around me for their support I realize that it starts and ends with me, and that's where my motivation for this trip will come from.