A lot of time preparing this winter for the Sea to Sea has been spent bothering people for donations. And I mean Bothering.
THANK YOU. You have been generous, you have been gracious and you have been excited for me. Keep it coming!
I wanted to speak to the fantastic students at Woodland about the tour, but I didn't want to bug them about money.
(A more prepared, well-organized version of Shannon would have taken her camera to school. That Shannon doesn't exist this spring.)
On Wednesday this week, we had an assembly focusing on a recent missions trip a group of grade 12 students took to the Dominican Republic. Since returning, one of the students has also been doing an interdisciplinary project on poverty.
Perfect.
I took my bike to school, and rode circles around the students as they entered the gym. My colleague and friend Mandy interviewed me.
I told the students that my biggest fear was hitting a wall. Oops. I meant that figuratively, not literally.
M: "What do most people say when you tell them you are riding across the continent in 9 weeks?"
S: "They think I'm crazy."
M "Are you crazy?"
S: "Well yeah, but..."
My message to the students was that we all have something we can do to help those in need. Biking isn't the only way I can be helpful. Biking combines my passion for new adventures with my passion for creating change, and that's why I'm biking.
THANK YOU. You have been generous, you have been gracious and you have been excited for me. Keep it coming!
I wanted to speak to the fantastic students at Woodland about the tour, but I didn't want to bug them about money.
(A more prepared, well-organized version of Shannon would have taken her camera to school. That Shannon doesn't exist this spring.)
On Wednesday this week, we had an assembly focusing on a recent missions trip a group of grade 12 students took to the Dominican Republic. Since returning, one of the students has also been doing an interdisciplinary project on poverty.
Perfect.
I took my bike to school, and rode circles around the students as they entered the gym. My colleague and friend Mandy interviewed me.
I told the students that my biggest fear was hitting a wall. Oops. I meant that figuratively, not literally.
M: "What do most people say when you tell them you are riding across the continent in 9 weeks?"
S: "They think I'm crazy."
M "Are you crazy?"
S: "Well yeah, but..."
My message to the students was that we all have something we can do to help those in need. Biking isn't the only way I can be helpful. Biking combines my passion for new adventures with my passion for creating change, and that's why I'm biking.
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