WaterAid Mountain Bike Ride 2009
Hello!
This is the 2nd Annual WaterAid Mountain Bike Ride fundraiser and ride info page! Please come bike with us on November 14, 2009. We will meet at 8 a.m. in the parking lot near the Corte Madera Recreation Center, 498 Tamalpais Drive. To support WaterAid America, you can make a donation of $107 (or more or less) right here through Firstgiving. Your contribution goes to a great cause! Some examples are at the bottom of this message. Thank you!
We will provide a map to all riders before we ride and will mark the routes with arrows along the way. Routes as currently envisioned will be (1) a shorter loop up to Blithedale Ridge, cut down to RR Grade, across Hoo-Koo-E-Koo, then back down to Town Park, and (2) a longer loop up to Blithedale Ridge, cut down to RR Grade, up to Westpoint Inn, down Stagecoach and Coastal to Muir Beach, up Green Gulch or Coastal, down Miwok and through Mill Valley, then over the hill to Town Park. We'll have volunteers at SAG stops along the routes.
WaterAid (www.wateraidamerica.org) supports life-saving water and sanitation-related infrastructure projects in developing countries. WaterAid has been widely written up about its amazing work around the world. Here are some statistics that might help to guide your donation:
* $30 trains a mason to build latrines in Nepal.
* $50 pays for tools for a hand-dug well in Ghana.
* $120 buys a rope pump in Uganda.
* $360 pays for a borehole and a handpump to serve 15 families in Bangladesh.
* $700 pays for an improved hand-dug well in Salima, Malawi fitted with a Malda direct action handpump.
* $3000 pays for a 40 foot hand-dug well fitted with a handpump that provides water for 250-300 people.
Please help spread the word! We had a blast last year. This year we have a space rented at Town Park for post-ride get together and snacks.
Thank you for your support and participation!
Peter and Kelly