Ride for Haiti begins June 7
The crisis in Haiti is not over. That is the message that The Michigan Area Haiti Task Force wants you to hear. The Task Force will conduct "The District Challenge: Ride for Haiti," June 7-12. This 400 plus mile, six day journey will go from the Michigan-Indiana border to Mackinaw City. The cyclists, representing each district, will participate in a "Blessing of the Bikes" service at the West Michigan Annual Conference at Calvin College in Grand Rapids.
Prayers and partners for Haiti earthquake relief are being gathered at Haitiride.org
A cyclist from each district will be recruited. Churches will be asked to sponsor their district rider in per mile pledges to raise funds for supplies, equipment and materials to be used for reconstruction projects in Haiti by the Michigan Area VIM teams in the coming months.
"We want America to know they can do something today about the crisis in Haiti," said ride organizer Reverend Rob Nystrom of Battle Creek. "The 350,000 injured, more than a million homeless and families reeling from the sudden death of more than 275,000 loved ones need our Christian Compassion."
"While the story has fallen from the front pages, people are still sleeping outside, drinking water from puddles and trying to feed large families on less than a dollar a day." Says Nystrom, "We continue to get daily reports that the most basic human needs of food, shelter and water are still not being met and poor sanitary conditions are placing 9 million people at risk of a preventable and major deadly health crisis."
For more information, to donate or to follow the ride live, visit HaitiRide.org, follow the Twitter feed #HaitiRide or join the Facebook group West Michigan Conference. For interviews and more information contact Terrie Eisenmann, Haiti Ride Spokesperson at (989) 506-6937 or email at terrieblue@power-net.net
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