Bike and Beyond...: October 2008

Torrey Pines.

We had to shoot a tournament for Apple Comp. and after Tim and I snuck
in 9 holes!!

Vote!

This year has been an amazing year with record numbers of people registering to vote. In this country it's not only a privilege but a right. This election has been a long and exciting one. The best part is the fact that people are getting so excited about issues and candidates.
No matter what side you're on, talking and friendly respectful debates only keep people on their toes and informed of political policies that do and will shape our daily lives. No matter what you believe just make sure you do make your opinion count on Tuesday and VOTE!

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Bike and Build

So I originally started this blog way back when I decided to ride my bike across the country, from Seattle to Providence. I did it to raise money for a cause that I really believed/believe in. Affordable housing. Although Bike & Build is it's own organization, a lot of the money from it's trips go to Habitat for Humanity. I was very involved with it in college spending my spring and winter breaks, with friends, building houses for others. Thats the best thing about doing charity work, it's good for you because it makes you feel great that your doing something for others, as well as doing something for others. With all that said I though I would give you a snipet of an E-mail that was just sent from Brendan Newman who is the current Program Director with Bike & Build as well as a friend. Also they just remade a video to promo the organization, Click Here To See It. Here is the E-mail:

"As you may or may not know, 2008 was our most successful year to date. We introduced a new route, Boston to Santa Barbara (B2SB), bringing our total to seven trips. We donated over $100,000 more than we did in 2007 - $496,000 - which means that we’ve given more than $1.6MM over the past six years. We are also currently working on finishing the plans for our eighth route, South Carolina to Santa Cruz (SC2SC), which will make its inaugural run next summer. It promises to be an exciting addition to our routes as it will be the longest in terms of miles and feature more build days than any other trip, in addition to the fact that it will fund and build an entire house during a Blitz Build in Colorado Springs. We’ve also made great strides organizationally, once again moving to a bigger and better office (now in Philly), but for the first time ever we now have an actual 2+ year lease. Finally, we’ve expanded the organization to three employees, welcoming Kristian Sekse as a second program director in March and Rosemary DiRita as Executive Director this past August as Amelia moved on to grad school.

Another thing we did in 2008 was run our first ever winter ride, the Chris Webber Memorial Ride. It was a resounding success, donating more than $12,840 to the Chris Webber Memorial fund and building for 3 days with HFH of Broward County. The group consisted of 21 riders as well as Chris’ parents and brother Nick, and as a director as well as participant I can honestly say it was the best Bike & Build trip I’ve ever seen. The group bonded quickly and had a ton of fun right from day 1 and has stayed in close contact since the trip ended. People were honestly trying to sign up for the 2009 trip the day 08 ended."

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My Moms Famous!

Check it out, my mom was honored my I-98 in Willimantic for her work with the Elementary and High Schools. Great work mom, makes me proud. And she even got to meet PETE NICHOLS, and talk with him on AIR!!! Just so you know when I was a kid, (hope I still am), I-98 used to have all the "hit" music and "cool" songs.
Here is the I-98 (98.3) website with it on it, it's about 3/4 of the way down the page. I also took a screen shot, so it should stay up here even if they change the site.

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Apple Picking in Julian

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Carptineria, CA

We are here camping in Carpinteria for the Avacado Festival. It's amazing because we have a great campsite right on the beach. Despite the drizzle (rain to Californians) we got we had a really good time!

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Beach Front View

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Bike and Beyond...

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Torrey Pines.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Vote!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Bike and Build

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

My Moms Famous!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Apple Picking in Julian

Sunday, October 05, 2008

Carptineria, CA

Beach Front View

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