We’ve been in Belgium for almost two weeks now and Race to Belgium really feels like a success. However, our goal for fundraising has not been met and we’re beginning to scrape our accounts pretty thin at this point. To date our fundraiser has brought in $3600.00 towards the cost of our mission over here. This money helped us pay for some of the travel that got us here and it has sustained our needs as bike racers up to this point. Thanks again to all of you who have made this possible! We’ve been living a very cost effective existence over here (short of the full cost bike parts we have had to buy) and we’ve been very fortunate to find the exchange rate tipping back in our favor a bit—but we could still use some more contributions. Without them it’s going to mean even more Nutela and bread and less fruits, vegetables and barbecued delights. Another set back is that most places don't take our US credit cards around here--this includes the grocery store--so your contributions, which can be made into cash/Euros, really make the difference.
Donations to Trips for Kids - You may have noticed in our posting that we are already accounting for the donation of our race winnings to Trips for Kids even though our budget is uncertain. So far this tally has reached $95.00 Euros, and with less than half of our races complete and our fitness and ability to compete over here improving every day we’re feeling rather optimistic that we’ll be able to improve that total. We’re really hoping to climb into those higher places in a couple of the upcoming races so we can start picking up the big Euros. :)
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