[NCNCA] Donate Spare Tools to Project Rwanda at Cat's Hill

[Joshua Adelman]

At the end of May, seven Cal Cyclists will be traveling to Rwanda to  
work with Project Rwanda on the Coffee Bike Project. We will be  
assembling 'coffee bikes', training mechanics and setting up a network  
of bicycling cooperatives that serve independent coffee farmers.

The goal of the Coffee Bike Project is to help Rwanda by helping its  
farmers. Mountain bike legend Tom Ritchey has designed and shipped  
special 'coffee bikes' to Rwanda to distribute among the independent  
farmers through a special micro-loan system. These bikes have been  
designed to carry extremely large loads of raw coffee beans to the  
washing stations in a shorter amount of time. This results in a  
fresher product that the farmers can then sell at a higher price. You  
can find out more about the the bike and the amazing work that Project  
Rwanda does at http://projectrwanda.org

We are looking to raise awareness about the project and to gain  
support from the local cycling community. You can help us in two ways:
1. We are collecting spare tools that people might have laying around  
that we will use to supply farmers and the cooperatives so that they  
can maintain their bicycles.
2. We are soliciting donations to help fund our trip. Funds will be  
used for airfare and transport of materials to Rwanda.

We will be at the Cat's Hill Classic on Saturday May 3rd collecting  
any spare tools that people have laying around and are willing to  
donate. If you can't make it to the race, please contact us and we'll  
try to arrange a time to pick up the tools from you. We particularly  
need multi-tools to distribute to the farming cooperatives.

Donations can be made through the Project Rwanda website at http://projectrwanda.org/Donate.php 
  . You can either donate online via Paypal or by filling out a  
donation form and mailing it to Project Rwanda. Please make sure that  
you select the box that shows that donations should go to the Cal  
Cycling trip. You do not have to select a specific rider if you want  
the donation to go to the group.

Even if you don't have any tools to donate, be sure to come visit us  
at our booth and test ride a coffee bike and find out more about the  
project and our trip.

Any questions about this trip can be directed to Joshua Adelman (jadelman at berkeley.edu 
).

Thank you for your support,
Josh Adelman
Elliot Brenner
Alvin Chang
Gretchen Faust
Josh Jamner
Maureen Kunz
Wes Willett