Anyone else ride to support charities, or aware of charity rides perhaps.
We could list good causes here.
Mine is www.threecupsoftea.com which incorporates 'pennies for peace' and the Central Asia Institute.
Building schools and providing religion free education to the Pakistan/Afghan Border region. The schools also educate girls who are traditionally excluded from the education process, but who are likely to be the ones that stay in the community and help support it.
Best bit about this charity is that it doesn't ask for donations (well it does, but that's a separate thing) instead it's arranged with Amazon the on-line book and electronic retailer that if you go to www.threecupsoftea.com and link to Amazon from there, that Amazon will take a portion of the discounted price you were already going to spend and give it to the charity. So a no cost donation and whatever you bought at a discount price too...bargain. Plus a chance that some kids won't grow up being taught to hate us, just because we are different. Ignorance is fear, so ignorance is the real enemy. Here's a way to overcome that ignorance. Ta.
One day soon I hope to take a ride to see the schools for myself, but there's a whole lot of ignorance and fear to be sorted out first.
3 cups of tea?!! where?!
I used to do the xmas ride for the women's local refuge but the organiser stopped doing it. By the time I knew they weren't doing it it was too late for me to organise it and now I don't have a bike on the road.
There was a camp in the USA called Camp Pheonix. They were located throughout the country and were refuges and holiday breaks for kids who had suffered burns injuries, some had ...excuse the terms but it's accurate...melted, their features had gone, their hands and extremities just gone in some cases, but they were still kids. We'd take them for rides, because full face helmets meant they could go out without folks staring at them. Only short rides, but enough to show them people could still see the kid beneath the scars.
It's not easy, because of the emotions that hit you and the fear that you'll show them revulsion in your facial expressions, but that goes away really quickly.
Anything like that that members here are involved in?
Am not actively involved in bike involved charitys but would willingly ride/pilly for fundraisers.Maybe we should think about a bm charity ride out?it could cover the whole country(possibly)
each leg benefiting that groups chosen charity.logistical nightmare i know but worthwhile.
Also stonking publicity Matt
I'm with Cassie on that.
I've done charity mountain bike rides in the past including the gruelling 72 miles in a day Wetherby to Filey ride which nicely fell on the hottest day of the year (felt fine though except for my feet which were on fire and the fact that I emptied a three litre camelbak five times!).
However, I've never actually done a charity motorbike ride (seems a bit like cheating) but would be happy to do so.
i would too, our family have sponsored a child in africa every year now for around 10 years and give to nspcc, but would be nice to do a ride out for a charity too
most of the inter-club runs in SA were for charities ,ie; the blanket run (blankets for the homeless) , the blood run (donating blood) , the Pets run (petfood and cash donations for SPCA) various runs for schools and the biggest which is the annual Toy Run . These were all preplanned involving the communities where items and cash were collected from private people and businesses , and needless to say helped maintain a decent image for bikers within those communities .
Done the usual toy runs, pet food runs easter eggs but always open for something different. It's funny I have raised funds for a couple of charities by jumping out of planes, abseiling down buildings, bungee and a variety of other things but have never thought about sponsorship for a bike event.
The taking burns victims worked because no money needed to be raised, but there was a bbq and that raised a few hundred dollars as hungry riders bought nosh.
I'd like to find an idea where people aren't just asking folk for money.
The Pheonix rides worked because the money came from those who attended the ride and bought bbq and raffle tickets, plus gave the kids rides. Three cups of tea works because no one is asked for money, just to redirect their online purchases from amazon to amazon via the three cups of tea portal...amazon give the money. Asking for and collecting in money is always the problem.
I know what you mean, when I was doing a lot of fund raising for Guide Dogs and DeafBlind UK people started to avoid me at work, I'm not sure if it was the demands for money or BO
riders for health - day of champions is a cracking day out, meet at the vic coalville, have some celebrities cook the bacon cobs for ALL the bikers, last year if i remember it was the hairy bikers, then a procession ride normally led by niall mckanzie to donnington park, then 2 x parade laps of donnington ( which normally does not end up as a parade lap ), but its well worth it, lasttime i got about 6 ft from valentino rossi, in his trailer, as you also get to gp round the paddock too, any one interested then ring 01327 300047...enjoy
On the Thursday before the British GP at Donington Park the stars of MotoGP come together to help support the official charity of MotoGP. Day of Champions is the only place where you can see all the stars of MotoGP when they appear on stage in the famous Day of Champions auction.
There is also lots going on during the day in the Entertainment Zone, with live music, quizes, displays from the X-treme trials teams and much more. It is the perfect place to take family during the summer holidays.
For those with paddock and pit-lane tickets MotoGP opens its doors so that fans of the sport can see behind the scenes. Lucky ticket holders can walk around the paddock and meet some of the stars of the series. Fans also get access to the pit lane, and teams open up their pit garages so fans get a close up view of the bikes that will be tearing round the circuit at the weekend.
For those who fancy bringing their bike along for the day, why not join the ride-in? Ticket holders can enjoy breakfast at the pub and then ride in convoy led by three times British Superbike champion Niall MacKenzie. In 2008 the ride-in will meet at Mallory Park where participants will complete two laps of the track before heading for Coalville. There they will enjoy breakfast before setting off for Donington Park. Finally the ride-in will take to the track to complete two laps of the famous circuit.
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