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What's this photo of??? Keep Reading...Please read to the end --- I need something from you, and it isn't money (yet).
Of course, I enjoy riding - but this is more important than a bike ride... this is about raising awareness (and ultimately money) for the families of children with cancer. Cancer is both emotionally challenging and financially devastating for many families. Team Will is an incredible organization that is raising awareness of childhood cancer, and raising funding for the affected families. I am doing my little part to help by riding across our great (... and wide... )country for Team Will. The event is called "Go the Distance".
We will pedal 3600 miles, visit 17 children's hospitals, conduct countless media interviews, meet a huge number of our heros (children battling cancer), raise a bunch of money and eat like crazy --- about 80,000 calories!
At a high level, we will have three teams: Team 1, Team 3 and..... Team Intel. Each team rides 120 miles per day in 8 hours. Riders will be on the road 24 hours per day; 8 hours per team x 3 teams. In total, we cover 360 miles per day... and 3600 miles in 10 days.
This is the third time the 100% volunteer group at Team Will has conducted this cross-country event. These guys are really amazing... They work all year to setup this event.
So what do I need from you? I need your network. Who do you know that can help move 15 cyclists, 8 drivers and 2 support crew across the US? Email me (m a g r i n d s@g m a i l . c o m) or post a comment.
We need people that can help us with in-kind contributions to this great cause and our heros. Every dollar in in-kind donations we receive is one more dollar that goes to the heros and their families. We need:
6 Mini-vans: 1 way rental from Sacramento to North Carolina
~25 1-way airline tickets: North Carolina to Sacramento (with bike box transport)
~225 hotel room nights across the country: About 30 locations across the country x 6-10 rooms
Gasoline: Cards for gasoline -- need about 1000 gallons
Any in-kind (or cash) contribution of this type would warrant appropriate logo placement, if desired. Our "platinum" sponsor level is $25K and gets a logo on the Team Will jersey worn by each rider. Limited jersey space is available. Logo space is also available for Gold and Silver sponsors on vans, helmets, the t-shirts worn while not riding, the website (both the main site and the live blogging site), etc.
I will blog - and try not to bore you - about the ride, fundraising progress and ride preparation, as well as blogging during the ride.
The Team Will website can be found at http://www.team-will.org/.
Team Will is a 501(c)(3) non-profit.
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