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The Ride for Refugees

October 6, 2009 // 1233No Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/10/the-ride-for-refugees/The+Ride+for+Refugees2009-10-06+14%3A03%3A14JR+Rozko

Amy and I had a great time this past Saturday participating in the inaugural (for the US anyway) Ride for Refugees.  We were joined by about 200 other riders in Geneva, IL who, together with the rest of the riders in the US, helped to raise over $100,000.  Here’s us on our way.

We wanted to say a HUGE thanks to those of you who sponsored us, to Stephanie and the Olson’s who let us borrow their bikes, and to the Tebbe’s for their bike rack and helmet!

We raised $700 of our goal of $1000!  Not bad for just beginning to get sponsors 5 days before the race.

If you were still interested in contributing to the assistance of refugees by sponsoring our team, you can do so here until the end of the month.  Maybe we’ll meet that goal yet!!

It was a cool morning and the expected rain managed to hold off until close to the end of the race for those who were doing 60 miles.

I got caught up helping with traffic and parking duty and missed the 30-mile wave of riders, but rode with Amy for the 15-mile wave.  When we got back, we switched bikes, and I went and did the 15-mile circuit again.

My cousin Gwen and her husband Rob joined our team at the last minute.  They showed up later in the morning and each did the 15-mile ride as well.

Here’s a few pictures from the ride.

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Riding for Refugees

September 29, 2009 // 1222No Comments »http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/09/riding-for-refugees/Riding+for+Refugees2009-09-29+17%3A12%3A17JR+Rozko

This Saturday Amy and I are participating in a Ride for Refugees.  I did my first concentrated work with refugees when I was living in midtown Memphis and much of Amy’s current work has to do with refugees around the world.  Helping people to become aware of the great needs of refugees here in the states and around the world as well as providing what assistance we can are things we both care about deeply.  We’re hoping that you’ll help us by making a pledge to our ride, no matter the amount.  I am planning to ride 30 miles, further than I have ever biked before and Amy will probably do 15 as she wants to get back sooner to help with other things that need done during the event.

You can see the details of the Ride for Refugees here.

You can visit out pledge page here.

The Facebook Fan page is here.

If you’re a Twitterer, you can follow here.

Thanks for checking it out and for your help.  I’ll try to throw up some pictures and thoughts on the event next week.

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