Penny for your thoughts, dollar for a mile?

Hey folks, we’re so glad you’re coming to visit our blog. We would love to hear from you and receive support during the training phase. So “penny for your thoughts” translates to: Please leave a comment on the blog. To do so, just click on the Comments link at the bottom of the post. Not only will you be able to read what others wrote, you will also be able to leave a comment there yourself. Your message will be available for others to read, and will be forwarded to the riders. Let us know your thoughts!

Now, to the real business…..dollar for a mile. You may be hearing buzz in your state about folks who are contributing $1/mile for the Renovation Ride. That’s $258 to be precise! Just be glad we’re not charging for the training miles or you’d all be broke! If you’re not hearing the buzz, we want you to start it. Will you help by encouraging friends, family, neighbors, and others to contribute $1/mile?

For those who haven’t heard the news, our NACD officer team voted to move forward on construction and renovations during the August recess so we have some serious money to raise. Help us meet our $280,000 goal. If you need help spreading the word, check out the humorous Renovation Ride PowerPoint and flashy flyer available on the NACD website at http://www.nacdnet.org/events/509campaign/ride/. Rumor has it, there’s a picture of Bob Cordova on a bicycle—and he’s wearing a cowboy hat to boot!

Till next time…..give us your thoughts and your dollars too.

Announcing Chef Daddy Hammon

The Renovation Ride Team is thrilled to announce they will be joined on their trip by the one and only CHEF DADDY HAMMON! Who is that, you ask? Well, he is known to many of you simply as Fred Hammon, SWCD Administrator from Ohio. However, he also happens to be the father of Mary Hammon (a rider on the newbies team), as well as an excellent chef.

Fred has agreed to take the full week to be our #1 cook, fix-it man, doctor and cheerleader. He'll be cooking, shuttling, repairing, supporting...you name it! We are so grateful that Fred has decided to drive our support vehicle, and we think Mary is looking forward to some quality "Dad time."

Hats off to Fred. Send him your encouragement, he'll need it!

Get Out and Ride!!!

Welcome back to the Renovation Ride Blog! We've been in touch with many of you recently, discussing ways to energize your state to support our ride. You can also say we've "been in touch" with our bikes!

The Renovation Riders have been putting the miles in, rain or shine. We're training on flatland, on hills, in the city, in the country...you name it. We are each pedalling as much as we can trying to get ready for the big ride. The photo on the left was taken right before we all headed out for a group ride the last time Brad came to D.C.

We're trying to do our part. Are you? If you have ideas to keep the momentum for the Ride going, please let us know. We have $20,000 more to raise to meet our ride goal, and more than $150K to go to meet our overall goal to renovate 509 Capitol Court. Keep that money coming!

As always, thank you for your support.