Nothing like the first blast of winter to get you thinking about... biking? Yeah, biking. Chilly temps swept down into Brooklyn, NY today--inaugurating a new 88bikes endeavor. Last year at about this time, we raised enough money from sponsors in the United States, Canada and Germany to purchase bikes for 88 kids at the Palm Tree Center Orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Moment of Happy has stayed with my brother Jared and I ever since. 3:46 PM. January 12th, 2007. A big truck backs into the orphanage. The kids go wild and ride around the rest of the afternoon, some even going to bed with their bikes.
This year, we're escaping the frigid St. Paul, Minnesota and New York City winters and endowing a school in Patongo, Uganda. This time around we've got 200 or so kids to provide bikes for. You can see many of the kids we'll be sponsoring in the film War/Dance, directed by my colleague Sean Fine. It's playing in select theatres right now. Sean's been invaluable in setting us up with the Patongo school and connecting us with folks in country to help with logistics. We're partnering this year with a terrific NGO working in Uganda: The Global Youth Partnership for Africa (www.Gypafrica.com). Check out the fantastic work they're doing in knitting the youth of the world together in mutual understanding.
We'll be ready to take donations this weekend and we'd love to have you join the endeavor!
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