May the Fundraising Begin!!!!

As many of you know, and some of you do not, in order to be a part of the Bike and Build journey each participant must fund raise $4000 before the start of the trip. This money pays for our bikes, the support van and other needs along the way. Donations have been trickling in over the past month. I have to give a HUGE shout out to Rich and Edy Clark for their generous donation, support and overall passion for the affordable housing cause. Other thank you's go out to Renee Siegersma, my first contributor, and to the kindness and generosity of strangers. I am so thankful for all of the support. Donation letters will be going out as soon as brochures arrive in the mail!!! In addition to sending out support letters I am doing a few fundraising dinners. The first dinner is taking place tomorrow, Dec. 29th at The 1st Allendale CRC basement. (5734 Country View, Allendale, MI 49401) thanks to the generous Marlene and Gary Dyke :) Beautiful people. It is a spaghetti dinner so come hungry. There will also be lots of desserts and wonderful people. So come join me and my supporters for a night of fellowship and fun! Learn more about Bike and Build and the affordable housing cause, your support means the world to me!!!

Peace, Love and Dogs!

Summer

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH and so it begins....

( this post is from NOv 23rd before I decided to do a seperate blog for Bike and Build)



So over the course of the past year I have put a lot of thought into what exactly I wanted to do with my summer this year. With a lot of thought and a huge amount of faith I decided that I was going to apply to bike across America. Yup that's right, I applied to BIKE ACROSS AMERICA this summer. So I started the application process and I was SUPER excited. But it gets better! One of my closest friends decided to apply also! (Shout out to Kelly!!) So the two of us applied together and then waited very impatiently to hear back. After much anticipation and lots of cyber stalking we both found out that we will be biking across america together this summer! (SUS 11 here we come!) raising money and awareness for adequate, affordable housing and growing in so many ways! TOGETHER! And so the craziness begins. We will spend the next 6 months fundraising and training in preperation for our upcoming adventure :):):) Stay tuned for updates on the madness and links to how you can help :) AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! God is good! All the time!