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Our friends, Alison and Tim, over at 2wheels4water.com arrived back home yesterday after an exhausting 6 day trip accross The Carolinas. Here are some pictures. On their Blog , you can read more about this trip and their efforts to raise money for people who currently do not have access to clean drinking water.
Congratulations to Alison and Tim!!
An update on the trip of our friends, Alison and Tim, from 2wheels4water.com . I am sorry I did not get a chance to update earlier but I am getting ready for my vacation and got distracted.:)
If you’d like to read more details on this project that we proudly sponsor, please visit:
Day 1: Total Success!
And because no one tell it better than Alison, here is what she wrote on her Blog:
“We made it to Columbia safely… sweaty but safe! We got hit by a few bugs, got turned around in Union and had a scary moment with a wild turkey, but other than that it was a smooth ride. We are now relaxing in the Hampton Inn in downtown Columbia– a complimentary stay thanks to the wonderful people at Hampton Inn!
I received a nice e-mail from a lady who heard us on HIS Radio the other day. She has donated to the trip and written a very nice blog about us. Her name is Lisa and we are really encouraged by her and her husband’s support!
We also got an e-mail from JoAnn in North Carolina. She runs the Arby’s restaurants up there and offered us free dinner when we get there! How sweet is that?? I think that is another example of using what you have for God’s glory. I will try to write more later about day one and post some pictures. But we are hungry!I almost forgot– thanks to WYFF for covering our departure this morning! I believe you can catch it sometime between 5-6pm tonight. Thanks guys!!”
Day 2: Made it to Beaufort
“Boy was it hot today. We didn’t even make it out of Columbia before breaking into a sweat. In all we covered about 180 miles that took us through some neat little towns including Denmark and Norway. But perhaps the most interestingly named town is North. Yes, North, South Carolina. That seems kind of confusing.
We met some nice people today and one that wasn’t the friendliest. We decided to take a short detour into Hilton Head since neither of us had ever been there. On our way to the island we went through a toll booth. I told Tim he should give the toll booth operator one of our 2 Wheels 4 Water cards. He handed the toll booth operator the card and she said, “you can’t pay with this. What is this? I don’t want this.” Tim explained quickly and the lady just handed the card back to him, completely uninterested. But when we left Hilton Head and went back through the toll booth the new operator immediately asked us about our scooters. We not only gave him a 2 Wheels 4 Water card, but also a card for Touring Sport BMW because he was interested in buying his own scooter.
Now it’s picture time… here are some of the best.”
Today is their third day on this journey. I hope they are doing well. If you want to read more on their SAVE GAS. END THIRST. project and how you can help people who do not have clean drinking water, please visit their website at www.2wheels4water.com
Photo credit: www.2wheels4water.com
Our friends, Alison and Tim, at 2wheels4water.com have started their journey this morning!
As we announced earlier, we are proud to be their sponsor!
For those of you who don’t know anything about this project here it is in a nutshell: they are trying to fund-raise money in order to help improve the lives of those who do not have access to clean drinking water.
BUT HOW?
Well, they are going to ride their Vespa scooter 1200 miles accross North and South Carolina. Every mile driven on a moped costs just 3.5 cents. Every mile in a typical car costs about 17.5 cents. They are asking you to pledge the difference: 14 cents for every mile they cover.
Thier message is: SAVE GAS. END THIRST.
This is their route:
August 1: Greenville to Spartanburg to Columbia
August 2: Columbia to Bluffton to Hilton Head to Beaufort
August 3: Beaufort to Charleston to Myrtle Beach
August 4: Myrtle Beach to Cape Fear, NC to Raleigh
August 5: Raleigh to Greensboro to Winston Salem to Charlotte
August 6: Charlotte to Asheville to Greenville
If you’d like to know more about this project or show your support, please visit 2wheels4water.com
You can also read an article about them in The Link.
photo courtesy of The Link.
We are proud to announce that we are an official sponsor of www.2Wheels4Water.com in their endeavor to “help improve the lives of those who currently do not have access to clean drinking water”.
This post was submitted by one of our contributors, Alison Storm. You can visit her website at www.AlisonStorm.com
My husband and I decided tickets to Costa Rica were a little outside our budget. And a road trip to New York City would probably cost as much as a real Gucci hand bag. So instead we decided to do something different for our summer vacation. We will spend a week riding our Vespa around the Carolinas, raising money and spreading the word about an amazing organization, Hydromissions. They are working to give children and families in third world countries access to clean drinking water.
We met the founders of Hydromissions, Steve and Jennifer Lorch, a few months back. The idea for Hydromissions came to Steve about five years ago. Steve, a surgical nurse, went to the Dominican Republic to help out at a medical clinic. In just three days he treated 800 patients and 85-percent of those people had problems that were water related. Tired of just treating the symptoms, but not the problem, Steve and Jennifer decided to do something.
Using sets of 100-year-old encyclopedias as research tools, Jennifer and Steve started inventing water pumps and drills out of bicycle parts and cheap items you might find at Home Depot. In just five years since the organization formed, Hydromissions has worked with close to 100 agencies in 30 different countries. Currently they fund all of their trips (about four a year) by selling soap they manufacture in their garage. Because we were so inspired by HydroMissions’ practical approach to this massive problem (1.1 billion people around the world don’t have access to clean water) we decided to do what we could to help them out.
The problem is huge. The statistics on the lack of access to clean water are astounding:
The problem may be big, but we can do something about it. That’s why we created 2 Wheels 4 Water. The idea is simple. We are combining a topic that’s on everyone’s mind (high gas prices) with an important mission (providing access to clean drinking water.) This summer my husband and I (and whoever else wants to come!) will spend a week logging hundreds of miles through the Carolina’s on scooters, spreading the message of 2 Wheels 4 Water: Save Gas. End Thirst. With soaring gas prices, every mile driven on a scooter costs just 3.5 cents. Every mile driven in a typical car costs about 17.5 cents. We’re asking people to pledge the difference: 14 cents for every mile we cover. That money would directly fund Hydromissions’ efforts to bring access to clean drinking water to third world countries.
You can give the gift of clean water by logging on to the 2 Wheels 4 Water website, our Facebook page or our MySpace page and supporting us either through a donation or by spreading the word. It’s hard to imagine life without clean water, but for 1.1 billion people in the world, that is reality. Join us in our commitment to make a difference.
Photo Courtesy of Hydromissions.
