Sea to (Almost) Sea For Water

Carol & Sara on their first ride Here are some questions that people usually ask about the ride, with the best answers I have at the moment.  If your question isn't here, ask away.  Don't be shy.  Some of these answers need a longer explanation, and you can expect these to get their own blog entries. And don't forget to donate to Water Life Hope. The Fundraiser Does the money we give fund the trip? No.  0%.  Definitely not.  We don't touch the money.  You give it directly to Water Life Hope, and 100% goes to water projects.  No part of it goes to administration or fund raising. How did the fundraiser happen? I was at an Outreach meeting at Holy Trinity Parish  (HTP), telling folks I was going to be gone for a while.  We started talking about using the trip as a fundraiser.  The parish has given to Water Life Hope over the years and its founder, Ed Buckley , goes to HTP and lives just a few blocks away from...

I'm Sara Yurman.  Here I am unboxing the bike I'll be riding across America with husband Steve and pal Carol.  We're  raising money for Water Life Hope (WLH) .  WLH brings clean water to Haiti (300+ artesian wells and counting) and throughout the Caribbean.  With 0% administrative cost.  Every dollar goes directly to providing water.  Each of those Haitian wells serves up to 5000 people, and has a local person who takes care of it.  This is a very good deal. So.  Here's the what happens next.  I'll report on the ride -- should be entertaining.  And we'll all chip in for Water Life Hope.  I'd really like to raise $10,000.  We'll be riding a bit over 2900 miles, reporting in every day or two with nifty trip pix.  Here are some ways to give.  Donate here. Pledge a penny for each mile I ride.  That works great.  Cheap and fulfilling.  My bac k of the envelope calculation has me riding 29...