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Thank you for your kind hospitality
you provided during our 1000km Ride4kidz bike ride that
Greg and I completed recently from the Gold Coast in
Queensland to The Blue Mountains in NSW. We wanted to
finish on a high and to be met my students at Blaxland
High then to be greeted by friends and family was an
excellent finale to a long and arduous ride. Lower Blue
Mountains Rotary Club also provided a wonderful
reception.
We visited such horrible places
like the Gold Coast, Byron Bay, Goonellaba, Grafton,
Coffs Harbour, Urunga, Macksville,
Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Taree, Wingham, Forster
Tuncurry, Nelson Bay , Belmont , Wallsend, The
Entrance, Gosford, Galston and then home. Overall we
rode 1000 kms and did a total of only 12 km on the
Pacific Hwy.
To stay off the trucking trek we
rode through such scenic places as Grassy Head , Scotts
Head Rd, Crowdy Bay, Crescent Head and caught ferries
at Port Macquarie, Mungo Brush , Tea Gardens and
Stockton.
We were in contact and spoke at
Grafton ,Nelsons Bay and Wingham Schools and 12 Rotary
clubs.
So far we have raised almost $20K in
order to build Mando High School in Goroka in the
Eastern Highlands of PNG. Classrooms and library will
be constructed in an area which has never had a High
School before. Resources and funds will also be
provided for disabled students eg for students who
require cataract surgery and those who are hearing
impaired. Our goal however is to raise $40k before
construction can be complete and true support for the
disabled can occur.
The fund raising work must continue
and we will be involving local schools like Blaxland, St
Dominics College, St Marys Senior, and Penrith High
Schools to lend support.
If at all possible your club can lend
further support and provide financial assistance to our
cause we would be immeasurably grateful. The Rawcs
project has already been successful in constructing
Mando Primary school and now we need to complete the
project. Please check out our website as it details ride
photos and project information
http://www.ride4kidz.com.au/
We believe that true support for our
neighbours is through education in providing them with a
base to direct and manage their own future.
Thank you once again for your
hospitality and hoping we can meet up with you again in
the not too distant future.
Cheers Michael and Greg Harriden
26 Explorers rd
Glenbrook
2773
NSW
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