Hi friends,

As many of you already know I will be spending this summer biking 4000 miles cross-country in an effort to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity on the Habitat Bicycle Challenge (HBC). Along with 29 other riders, I will bike between 60 and 120 miles per day from New Haven, Connecticut to San Francisco, California. In order to do so I need to raise $4000 before the trip begins on May 27 ^th and I’ve got a ways to go. I am hoping that you or someone you know will be willing to contribute to my fund-raising. Even the smallest donations add up so if you are willing to donate $10 that will really help. Habitat sends special sponsorship tee-shirts to those who donate over $100 so there’s some incentive to go big! All donations are tax-deductible.

Most of the money I raise goes straight to building homes because HBC does a great job at getting corporate sponsorship for things like our bikes, your tee-shirts (if you donate big) and other trip costs. For more detailed information on Habitat as an organization see the bottom of this email.

Donating is easy, just go to: http://www.yale.edu/habitat/donate.html and click on the donate now icon to donate online via credit card or send a check, made out to Habitat Bicycle Challenge (with my name in the notes section) to:

Habitat Bicycle Challenge
37 Union Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Once the trip begins, you can go to http://www.yale.edu/habitat/about/challenge.html to track our route, read the web-blogs and take a look at the photos we will be uploading all summer. Also, please email me your addresses so that I can send postcards along the way.

Finally, I know some of you have talked about coming out to ride with us for a day or two. Check the link above for our route and the dates. HBC loves company and I encourage anyone interested in coming out to join us!

Thanks in advance for your support!

Morgan Weibel

General Habitat Information

Habitat for Humanity is an international non-profit organization that has built over 200,000 homes world-wide. Each home goes to a low-income family that has contributed at least 400 hours of ” sweat-equity,” and Habitat for Humanity also provides a 0% interest mortgage to the new homeowners. Although, Habitat originated as a Christian organization, neither race nor religion is a factor in choosing the families who receive Habitat houses. Instead, local affiliate organizations choose homeowners based on their level of need, their willingness to become partners in the program and their ability to repay the loan. Every affiliate follows a nondiscriminatory policy of family selection. Since home ownership is the primary source of capital accumulation for families in the United States, Habitat homes provide more than just shelter. If you are interested in learning more, please feel free to check out Habitat’s website at www.habitat.org.