Water Pressure - Brittany App & Garrett Russell Cycle Coast to Coast for WaterAid
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In the Fall of 2010, Brittany App & Garrett Russell pedaled their bicycles across the United States of America...
They followed the Southern Tier – a route established by the Adventure Cycling Association – covering 3,159 miles between San Diego, California and St. Augustine, Florida. They completed the journey in three months – averaging 50 miles a day.
Britt & Garrett camped and stayed with friends and colleagues along the way. Brittany, photojournalist extraordinaire, wrote stories & photographed the adventure, and published blogs frequently. Garrett, film-maker extraordinaire, filmed a documentary about the journey that includes outstanding interviews with all the people they met along the way. He is now in the beginning stages of post-prodution on the film, and needs your help! Watch the official trailer and find out how you can help here.
The reason behind it all, you ask? ... in the Fall of 2008 the two sailed around the world as staff with Semester at Sea. Brittany as the Photographer, and Garrett as the Video Editor. Since then, their collective focus in life shifted. Brittany explains... "The goal now is to BE the change we want to see in the world. And we want to inspire others to do the same. We rode to raise awareness about global water issues, and to raise money for WaterAid. Our fundraising goal is $20,000, and we're close. But secretly we'd love to raise even more..."
"We are doing what we can to help. And if every single one of us does just a little bit, the world will change for the better faster than we can even imagine."
Their chosen charity, WaterAid, is an incredible international non-profit that works in Africa and Asia to provide the world's poorest people with their most basic need: access to safe water and effective sanitation. Clean water is something that no one should have to live without, but there's nearly 900 million people who do not have access to it and 2.5 billion who have nowhere safe and clean to go to the toilet. As a result, 4,000 children die every day from easily prevented diarrheal diseases, and millions more are unable to attend school. But we all, every single one of us, can help... and that is the reason for the ride, and now, the film.
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We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for taking the precious time to read this page. Please invite all your friends and colleagues to join in and support the most basic of human rights. Cheers!
- Brittany App & Garrett Russell