OUR GOAL. Approximately one year and one week from now, a small group of cyclists from Canada, USA, and India will begin a 2,000 mile bicycle ride from the southern tip of India to New Delhi in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Umri Christian Hospital. Our goal is to raise enough funds (approximately $600,000) to rebuild this small but vital hospital in rural India. It is a primary healthcare center for several hundred thousand people. We hope you will join us with your attention, your prayers, your gifts--and by information and appeal that you can share with your associates.
OUR TEAM. I am proud to be part of this effort that is the heart and brain child of Bob Yardy of Champaign, Illinois. We are both avid cyclists, riding in cross-country events, with local ride groups, and solo trips for years. Bob grew up in India. I am from Indianapolis, Indiana. I have never been to Iowa, much less India! We will be joined on this ride by Joe James, a native of Canada. We are all avid cyclists. We will be joined in India by riders as we pass through various regions of the country.
YOUR PARTICIPATION. Please tune in to this blog for frequent updates throughout out 2006. This is the official "journal" of our effort. We hope to upload daily updates and photos during our six-week ride that begins the last week of December 2006 and concludes early in February 2007. We also hope there will be a variety of ways you can participate and have input with us. Your comments are one way you can share your ideas, insights, contacts, etc. as we plan and prepare in 2006.
-- John Hay, Jr.
2 comments:
Best wishes, John!
Mary Mitchell
Indianapolis Peace House
God's speed, be safe!
Rick Posson - Carmel, IN
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