Steve Lopushinsky's Children in the Wilderness Tour de Tuli 2010
- By: Steve Lopushinsky
- Short URL: http://www.backabuddy.co.za/lopushinsky
Personal message
Thank you for visiting my fundraising page.
Children in the Wilderness is a wonderful non-profit organization run by incredible people. Please donate generously. Your donation will help to make it possible for CIW staffers to take children from the rural villages into safari camps for 6 days of life skills training and teaching conservation methods with the idea that the next generation of adults will have the desire and ability to make Africa a better place.
This four day fundraising ride, called Tour de Tuli will take place August 3-8, 2010 and will take approx. 270 mountain bikers from around the world through 220 miles of wilderness on mostly single track trails following various migration routes in restricted wilderness areas in S. Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. We will be lead by guides on mountain bikes and will be sleeping in tents set up by the volunteer staff that we will meet up with each night. I am honored to be one of the official photographers- So far the only professional photographer to ride the tour while photographing it. When I return from this epic journey I will be posting on line the best of the images. For each 775.00 Rand (100 US dollars) in donations you make you will be given a free 8x10 as a thank you gift- Just notify me with your favorite image(s) and I'll take care of the rest. You may view last year's images here: http://turville.zenfolio.com/tourdetuli09 Also, there will be an open house event at Turville Photography after my return featuring South African food, wine and images from the ride. If you would like to be put on the guest list for this free event please email me at office@turvillephotography.com
I am on facebook and will be detailing my training and preparations as they occur. I will be returning August 10th so look for the on line posting of images a couple of weeks after that.
Many thanks for your support, I appreciate it very much!
Steve
Donations
| Name | Comment | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billie Lopushinsky | This donation is from my mom, in honor of my birthday. Isn't she a sweetie?! | Aug 30, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Bill Steiner | Great job Steve, it's good to have you back! | Aug 28, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Uncle Art | Oops! Didn't notice the exchange rate. | Aug 27, 2010 | R 750.00 |
| Uncle Art and Aunt Katherine | Never expected this of a Snubber. We are proud of you. | Aug 27, 2010 | R 200.00 |
| Gary Remland | Can't wait to hear about this trip. Be safe. | Aug 03, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Andrew Munro | Have a fantastic ride, Steve! | Aug 03, 2010 | R 100.00 |
| Jim and Laurie Prizmich | Steve, we hope this helps a little. Enjoy and God Bless! | Jul 29, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| Mike Gillmore | I didn't think I would ever give you money to get hot and sweaty. | Jul 29, 2010 | R 100.00 |
| The Chongs | have fun and be safe | Jul 28, 2010 | R 200.00 |
| Jeanne Carter | Steve, be careful and come back with wonderful stories and images to share with all of us in Rotary! | Jul 28, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| Denise Cooper | Good luck and have a great time. | Jul 27, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Mike & Donna Buxton | Have an amazing and safe trip! Thanks for everything! | Jul 27, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| Eric and Valerie Simonson | Good luck Steve with the ride, hope you have a great time and take lots of great photographs! | Jul 27, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Matt, Nicole, and Charlie Brown | Have a great trip! | Jul 26, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Jean Abdalla | Have a safe and happy trip! | Jul 24, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Russell Moore | Best of Luck Steve, we're looking forward to seeing the pictures! | Jul 21, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Denise Bittel | Have a great adventure Steve! | Jul 16, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Chris and Janette Horton/ PayRunner Payroll, Inc | Good Luck Steve. This is a great cause. | Jul 15, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Cathy & Michael MacKenzie | Thanks Steve for doing the peddling for us! | Jul 13, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| The Adams Family | Good luck Steve! | Jul 13, 2010 | R 775.00 |
| Steve- Turville Photography | I'm not saying that I'm competitive, but I really can't have my sweet wife donate more than me, can I? | Jul 08, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Your Partner in life | Chase down those riders and grab the moment! Can't wait to hear all the bush stories! | Jul 06, 2010 | R 500.00 |
Children in the Wilderness |
Children in the Wilderness is a life-skills and environmental educational programme. Through these programmes we teach rural children the importance of conservation and strive to instil a passion for the environment creating custodians of these areas |
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