Hello everyone,
We have now raised over $80,000 in pledges and paid donations and money is still coming in!!! This came from nearly 200 separate donors. You may remember our target was to raise $71,000 to match my age of 71 by riding my bicycle across the country. Thanks to all of you who supported the Habitat Cycle of Hope ride to help those less fortunate purchase good housing. Your financial support as well as ongoing encouragement and other assistance was very important. I want to especially thank my wife Barbara who was with me all the way providing help morning, noon and night. Or as my oldest son said to me, Dad you owe mom big time !
The trip was a great adventure in many ways for both of us. We were able to experience the diversity of people and geography of our great nation. Also we were able to visit Habitat for Humanity affiliates in nine different locations across the country. They are doing a great job of providing housing to those in need in a very cost effective manner. As a donor you should feel good that your funds are very effectively utilized. We had a Thank You celebration at our house this past Sunday afternoon and had a great group of people attend. Everyone had the opportunity to experience the bike grub and drink that I had during my ride. I did notice that a great deal was left over after the guests left. Guess everyone did not really fully appreciate it!
In addition we served Humanitas Wines. (www.humanitaswines.com) The wine was consumed much more than the other food and drink! I am sure you have seen the Humanitas logo and URL on the home page of this website. I hope that you will click on it and read the Humanitas story. Their wine is very good value and 20% of the money spent to purchase the wine goes to Charity. You can order wine or gift baskets with wine for yourself, individual gifts and corporate gifts or join the Wine Club for ongoing wine/contributions!! There is still plenty of time to order in time for the Holidays. When you order please use the promotional code of HFHEastBay so Habitat East Bay receives the 20% donation through Cycle of Hope. Barbara and I will be purchasing more. Also look at the wine club section on the Humanitas website. It offers good value on an ongoing basis.
At the Thank You celebration we had a quiz for everyone. The questions are below and I will publish the answers on this website in two days. Stuart Alsop was the winner of the quiz with the most correct answers or almost correct answers. But it should be noted that he accessed this website on his cell phone to get some answers. Good idea Stuart. Your prize will be in the mail shortly!! Look for it.
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