Tuesday, December 9, 2008

RideForTheTrees.com

Hello lovely family and friends,

I just wanted to let you know about a campaign called rideforthetrees.com, led by a former Peace Corps volunteer from Paraguay, named Sam Hagler. He's is taking an amazing trip, more than 10,000 miles on bicycle, from Paraguay to the United States, over the course of one year. He leaves from his former site, in Itapua, in January 2009 and hopes to make it to Arizona by January 2010. Right now, he is just visiting volunteers in Paraguay and preparing for his trip and I had the pleasure of hosting him one night here in Altos! He's got all the gear he needs to basically live on his bike, it's pretty impressive! And the goal is to raise awareness about deforestation and funds for the San Rafael Reserve in Itapua, Paraguay. Just thought it might interest some of you out there, his website has a map of trip plan, so check it out!

"La Yvy ndaha'ei nane mba'e. Jaiporunte nande membykueragui"
"The Earth does not belong to us. We are borrowing it from our children."
WWW.RideForTheTrees.Com

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