When longtime Lafayette residents Bob and Barbara Frick celebrated his 70th birthday last summer by joining 140 other cyclists in Minnesota for a 500-mile ride to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity (HFH), they expected an invigorating and worthwhile challenge. They did not plan to chase an even bigger dream for Bob's seventy- first birthday a year later.

"We were so impressed by Habitat's mission and principles", says Bob, retired vice chairman of Bank of America's Board of Directors and presently an MBA instructor at St. Mary's College. "We wanted to do more and find a way to help our own community".

That desire to do more has culminated in a personal commitment to raise at least $71,000 for HFH East Bay by riding from California to Florida for a total of 3,300 miles. Planning to start September 3rd and finish in early November, Bob's wife of 48 years will follow by car and handle logistics. The Fricks will cover the actual trip expense of $12,000 as part of their contribution to HFH. They are currently gathering individual and corporate sponsors for Cycle of Hope. With help from Bob's former students, already onboard are Sutter Health, Schwab Bank, Clif Bar, and Convergent Computing (CCO) AND SKC.

Bob will be blogging his journey on this website. You can sign up for instant Twitter updates by following www.twitter.com/bobfrick.

Bob & Barbara Frick

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