Donate !!!

Please use Paypal when possible. All donations will delivered to the Invisible Children Charity when we arrive in California. We thank you for any amount you can give. If you wish to be a sponsor for us by helping us get supplies and equiptment, please contact me at jtk34@drexel.edu.



Thank you all!!!

More Stuff

Hey everyone. So we decided to explain some more about what we're really asking. When we get to California, we want to deliver all of the money raised directly to the Invisible Children, which means we will have to raise some money for them. We would like to have donations based on the miles that we ride, something on the order of 10-20 cents per mile, or any other donations. The second purpose of trip is to raise awareness for the cause. The Invisible Children film documents one of the least publicized humanitarian crisis of our generation. So in addition to talking to people everywhere we can, we'd like to make and sell t-shirts along the way in an attempt to keep the conversation going even after we've left. But we will need money for shirts and ink. So we are looking for any donations (there's still some t-shirts and dvds from the movie screening) and we are looking for sponsors to help us with making shirts and other things we'll need along the way (like food).

Stuff we will have:
Bikes - Abby, Suhali, Jim(not yet), Nick(not yet)
Racks and bags (we'll have to carry our whole life across the country) - Not yet
Camping/Living gear - not yet

Stuff we'd like to get sponsors for:
Blank t-shirts
Ink and screen printing accessories
Living expenses
There's probably more I'm forgetting, but that's the basic idea. We'll try to get a paypal account going and linked to this blog so anyone can donate anytime.

Thanks all!
Cheers.

First Entry

Hey everyone!
So this is the first entry in our official Bike Trip for Invisible Children blog. Thanks for checking it out. I guess the first thing I should do is explain what Invisible Children is and what we are trying to do. In 2003, group of 3 filmmaker students went to Uganda and recorded the tragedy of children who are abducted to fight as child soldiers. To escape abduction, children must leave their homes in the villages and commute to large cities every night to sleep. These night commuters travel many miles to sleep in hallways, parking lots and verandas. My friends and I were moved by the documentary and decided to bike across America to help raise awareness and money for their foundation. Over the next few months we will get sponsors and prepare for our trip that will take us from the east coast to California to deliver the money we raised directly to the Invisible Children Foundation.I modified a picture from invisible children and added our information and blog.

Our first event was to screen the documentary at Drexel. We held it on April 10th at Drexel's Nesbitt building. There was a decent turnout and we raised almost $300 in donations and merchandise sales. Thanks to everyone for helping and coming out to see it. Thanks to CAB for helping us out.

Through this blog we will document our journey. Check back for updates and pictures.



For more information on Invisible Children check out their website at www.invisiblechildren.com


I found the following picture and edited it. I thought it was pretty cool. Pass along our story and info to everyone you know, we can use all the help we can get. Edit: I was informed that the "I want change" guy was a piece done by a graf artist named Meek. Thanks Meet, great work. Thanks Nate.
Thanks!