Wheels Can Take Me Places Project
Uncategorized December 23rd, 2008Laurel Green, one of the Bay Area’s most enthusiastic supporters of female cyclists and development of new riders, emailed me about a project her friend Kenneth Walker in Kansas City, Missouri is working on called the Wheels Can Take Me Places Project. I’ve included the email below explaining his effort-
Hey Laurel,
I am working on a project called the Wheels Can Take Me Places Project. I am training a class of twenty two 7th grade youth from a local charter school to participate in the 2009 Katy Trail Ride- 225 miles in one week. Fourteen of those 7th graders are girls. We presently have some used donated clothing for boys, but nothing for the girls. We are hoping that we can get some help from people wanting to support this project, and ask that if you have it, to donate some used clothing (or equipment) for the girls.
Please send clothing to:
Urban KC Community of Cycling
3008 Drury Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64128
(816) 326-7924
Kansas City, MO 64128
(816) 326-7924
Thank you for your support.
Best Regards,
Kenneth Walker
Community Cycling Representative for Urban Kansas City Community of Cycling
In the spirit of promoting the sport and good health I’ll be sending some of my Vanderkitten kits to the girls. If any of you out there have something you can part with don’t hesitate to do so! You never know what your donation could help inspire in the future…
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Good for you! If you don’t mind, I’ll pass the word along as I can as well.
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Liz,
You’re beautiful! But we already knew that. Thank you! Thanks to everyone who will consider helping Kenneth out. He is rocking KC with his advocacy and ally work with young people.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I think both boys & girls may want to freshen up after all those miles. I’ll send them some Action Wipes. Thank you for letting us know about this, it’s great!
January 5th, 2009 at 11:35 am
What a great cause! Great timing for i am staying inside today because I can’t move around because my very cluttered house! i too will be more than happy to make a donation — thank you so much for the post for I would have not known about it otherwise.
January 17th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I volunteer in poorer areas of my home city in Bristol, it is personally satisfying bringing a smile to peoples faces-hell its great isn’t it?! Well done Liz.
And thanks for the choice in Music (some cool training tunes) good luck too for the future!