Fundraiser Preparations

I have recently done 2 big things in preparation for a fundraiser that I will be running along with help from the Virginia Tech Parkour club.

Firstly, I've learned how to do backflips. I did my first outdoor backtuck on Saturday January 29th. A video of that may be added soon. This is very exciting for me because I have never been able to do backflips during our previous fund raisers.

Also, I have cut out massive letters from cardboard spelling BIKE THE US FOR MS. The letters are approximately 4 feet tall and will help gain the attention of passers by wondering what the fundraiser is for.

Raking For MS

Yesterday, I got in a van with some rakes and a few awesome members of Bike The US For MS headed for Roanoke. We visited 2 victims of MS who were unable to rake the leaves in their yards. We got our rakes out of the van and went to town. After about 5 hours of raking, the yards were leafless and beautiful.

The team after raking a gigantic yard with a beautiful view.

After all the raking was complete I could not help myself. I had to jump into the pile of leaves, with a flip of course.

Spring Cleaning!

Its been over a month since the first day of donations, and there have literally been no donations added to the account since then. Im heading back to school for the Spring semester tomorrow. When I arrive, I'm going to switch gears and make some progress.

I will do some hardcore Spring Cleaning and get organized. Then I will try to take a systematic approach to fundraising. I need to reach out in the right places in the right ways. I can take some time to think about it, but I must ultimately take action before time runs out.