11.9.10 — Bikes To Rwanda was invited to participate in the 2010 edition of Willamette Week’s annual year-end fundraising drive, Give! Guide. Give! Guide is a publication, accompanied by a website, whose primary goal is to facilitate year-end giving to a cross-section of Portland-area non-profit organizations. Give!Guide’s goals are to encourage people age 18-35 to get involved in philanthropy; to attract new donors and/or volunteers to these causes; and to provide publicity and exposure for a variety of local non-profits.

To learn more about Give! Guide and to support Bikes To Rwanda’s work click here.

Bikes To Rwanda (BTR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Gilmore as the organization’s new Executive Director. Brian assumed responsibility for day-to-day operations of BTR on June 1st, opening a new chapter for BTR and setting the stage for an exciting second half of 2010. To read the press release detailing Brian’s appointment, click on the link below.

Thank You,
The BTR Team

July 25, 2007
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Hillary and I were in SF for the weekend and it was fantastic.
The event at Ritual started a little after high noon on Saturday.
There were five racers in the beginning – each had to, in any way they could, transport the 130 pound bag of green coffee via bike from
Ritual 1 on Valencia to Ritual 2 on Jerrold. We were thinking this wasn’t very far, but I am pretty sure 3 miles with that weight was far enough!
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So it went like this:
Matthew from Ritual, with his POLIZEI helmet and bullhorn P.A. rode the BTR bike, we thought about trying to get Hill on the back also with her camera, didn’t quite work. So Matt rallied the troops from the Valencia location. There were a ton of people out, blocking traffic, placing their bets and buying raffle tickets for everything from bike shop gift certificates, free coffee, hats, books, you name -t green tea with hoodia. Free Shipping Offer. Mega Hoodia Get Hoodia Facts & More. Mega Hoodia is a pure hoodia gordonii diet pill that gives a dramatic control over hunger, appetite and thirst. it.

The second rider was Laird with an Xtra-cycle rigged to his bike – dude was clad in USA racing jersey and a powder blue motorcycle helmet.

Then we had old-school messenger Eric Zo (Zo bags) in these crazy turquoise balloon pants, and maybe a little eye-liner and a front load cargo bike much like Joel’s. (He seemed to be the favorite for betting)

So then there was Andy – the only guy that strapped the coffee to himself rather than his bike, with duct tape and some straps this guy ended up beating everyone on his road bike. Except for a little help in stopping, He killed it, and no one bet on him. Woohoo for the underdog!

So the race began…


When we arrived at the second location, everyone had some coffee, we drew some raffle prizes, and rounded everyone up to view the documentary and talk about our project. Great response – people were excited to see the footage, ask questions and throw down the cash for the cause. Ritual’s second location is beautiful, nesteld in the back of a nursery – you can wander around incredible plants with your coffee. I loved it there, very peaceful.

We took a break for an hour or so, found some food at a great Italian We have the answers you seek. Find nicoderm coupons & save up to 75%. Zyban Become a non-smoker in 7 days. Compare Zyban prices from every licensed pharmacy & saveUnschlagbar günstige Preise finden. deli. Then it was on to the bar to drink for bikes. Matt found these two lovely lady bartenders at a little bar down the way from Ritual, Homestead – they donated half their tips from 3 until 8, small group, but I think everyone pulled their weight in cocktails.

We met some really great folks that were very excited to hang out and learn a bunch about the organization and what we are doing. We were blessed with some of the best weather I have ever witnessed there and it was all in all a fantastic weekend!

Thank you again to all the folks at Ritual and our new SF friends – totally a great event!
And Hillary and I had a great time.
Stay tuned for more event coverage.
Best,
Clara Seasholtz
Executive Director

The first 400 bikes are being distributed in Rwanda at the cooperative. Throughout the next several weeks the bikes will be assembled and distributed to 400 farmers that have expressed interest in the Bikes to Rwanda program.

We are following the progress as the bikes hit the ground. Stay tuned for more information. Thanks to all who have helped to make this happen so far!

The farmer’s need tools!!!
We need your help to round up as many tools as we can in the next few
weeks to send off to Rwanda to accompany the bikes that are being
distributed. We are accepting new and used tools fitting the following
specifications:
- multi-tool such as Park IB-1 or IB-2
- individual allen keys: 2.5, 4, 5, 6, 8 mm
- screw drivers
- ISIS bottom bracket tools such as Park BBT-22
- crank wrenches
- crank pullers
- Shimano style freewheel remover such as Park FR-1
- cone wrenches
- patch kits
- tire levers
- pumps for schrader valves

Donations can be dropped off at the BTA (Bicycle Transportation
Alliance), downtown at: 1979 SW 5th Avenue, donation box is just inside
the door.
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Thank-you to everyone who gave it their all the last week of April. We
raised just under $7,000 in only 6 days. We couldn’t have done it
without the hard work and help of so many people.
- Melissa, Aaron and their staff at River Maiden in Vancouver, WA
- Jody, Jessie, Sera Cahoone’s amazing music, KEXP, Sub Pop, and all
the staff at the Verite/Cupcake Royal – Ballard event in Seattle, WA
- Mark, Paul and their staff and dedicated customers including David
Bazan of Pedro the Lion who played for over an hour at the ZuKafe
anniversary party up in Edmonds, WA
- All the folks at Holocene and our performers, Jatun, Life at These
Speeds & The Science of Yabra, who brought in a crown on a Sunday
night.

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lot of people and are looking forward to further fueling the budding
excitement of all the supporters we talked to and spent time with. Many
new events are in the works, stay tuned for the next event in your
area. (to be added to our mailing list, email info@bikestorwanda.com)

Thanks again to everyone for their continued dedication and support of
this great cause.

Ask Irene, a local old-timey band, played a show at Mississippi Pizza a couple of weeks ago and when banjo player Stephanie Noll arrived her band mates were talking about passing the hat. Since there was no cover for the show they wanted to raise money for a local non-profit. The local non-profit they chose was Bikes To Rwanda(BTR). One member had a flier they had picked up at a coffee shop and liked the idea so much they thought they should let others know about it, and support it directly, so they taped the flier to the front of a jar and started playing. That night, Ask Irene raised enough money, with a little subsidy from the band, to buy a BTR bike.

The French Club at West Jr. High School in Columbia, MO together with faculty and parents raised enough to purchase 5 bikes for for coffee farmers in Rwanda. An instructor there, Janet Russell saw our blurb in the February Food & Wine Magazine. It is amazing what people can make happen when they put everything into it. The students at West Jr. High in Columbia have really made an impact in sending Bikes to Rwanda.