Tour de Tuli - Sidney & Aaron
- By: Sidney Harris
- Short URL: http://www.backabuddy.co.za/tdtsidaaron
Personal message
Thank you for visiting our Children in the Wilderness/Tour de Tuli 2010 fundraising page.
The father-son team of Sidney and Aaron will be participating in raising funds for Children in the Wilderness through riding Tour de Tuli, which is more than just an endurance mountainbike ride...allow us to provide you some background.
Children in the Wilderness is a charity program that hosts vulnerable, rural children that live alongside National Parks and Game Reserves and teaches them life skills and the importance of conservation. The Children in the Wilderness program aims to develop environmental leaders who are inspired to care for their heritage so that they become the custodians of these areas in the future. Children in the Wilderness exposes children to their wildlife heritage, builds and strengthens their capabilities to cope with life's challenges and educates them with the life skills necessary to actualize their greatest potential.
To raise funds for this cause, Children in the Wilderness are hosting an annual 6th epic mountain bike tour in Africa. It will be a four day adventure ride, called Tour de Tuli and it will take place this summer. There will be 200+ mountain bikers cycling through more than 200 miles of largely untouched wilderness on mostly single track trails following various animal migration routes in restricted wilderness areas in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Each group of approx. 20 riders will have a game ranger on mountain bike accompanying us and we will be sleeping in tents set up by the volunteer staff that we will meet up with each night.
Children in the Wilderness is a wonderful initiative that positively touches and impacts the lives of the least fortunate children in Africa. It is managed by people who have a passion for what they do in some very challenging environments and situations. I am honored to be one of the riders on this journey raising funds for an incredible cause!
When we return from this epic journey we will be posting images for you to have a peek into this adventure.
Donating through the backabuddy/easygiving website is simple, fast and secure. It is also the most efficient way to donate. Your contribution will directly benefit Children in the Wilderness, which will have a direct influence on bettering and changing the lives of young people in Africa. Please note that your donation will be made in South African Rands...a rule of thumb is each US Dollar is approximately 8 South African Rands, thus a R800 donation will be about US$100. You can also visit http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic for more up to date currency conversion information.
To DONATE US$ using Paypal, please use the link below:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4FL7LJA5WFXTA
Many thanks for your support, we appreciate it very much!
Sidney and Aaron Harris
To learn more about Children in the Wilderness, please visit: http://www.childreninthewilderness.com/
Donations
| Name | Comment | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesley Bindloss | From Lesley Bindloss | Jun 30, 2010 | R 185.00 |
| Jeffrey Turcotte | Best of luck. God Bless, Jeff Turcotte | Jun 30, 2010 | R 1 125.00 |
| The Griffith Family | Good luck on your ride through Africa! | Jun 29, 2010 | R 300.00 |
| Kelly Dudley | Good luck and have fun with your son | Jun 28, 2010 | R 750.00 |
| Burt Christian | Good luck to you! | Jun 28, 2010 | R 560.00 |
| John France | From your friend at Tustin Ranch | Jun 27, 2010 | R 150.00 |
| Nivedita More | Good Luck with your tour- Thank You for sharing the details about the tour. From, Nive, Nitin, Ninad and Neha | Jun 16, 2010 | R 750.00 |
| Charles McKinnies | Best of luck, Charles from Tustin Ranch | Jun 13, 2010 | R 150.00 |
| Jeffrey Ballard | good luck and have a great time, Jeffrey | Jun 08, 2010 | R 765.00 |
| Todd Phillips | Good luck on the trip and the ride | Jun 07, 2010 | R 785.00 |
| Phil Quinn | Good Luck from your friend at Tustin Ranch | Jun 06, 2010 | R 785.00 |
| Stan Jones | From one of the TR regulars | Jun 05, 2010 | R 185.00 |
| Stuart Blakeney | Good Luck | Jun 03, 2010 | R 375.00 |
| Mark Manne | Good Luck Boys | May 26, 2010 | R 800.00 |
| Granny | For Daddy. Take care of the boys! | May 26, 2010 | R 400.00 |
| Granny | For Aaron, can't wait to see you! | May 26, 2010 | R 400.00 |
| Barb V | Best wishes for a successful adventure! | May 24, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Rick Kahn | Good Luck Sidney | May 19, 2010 | R 378.00 |
| Jerry Nepon-Sixt | Best of luck! | May 18, 2010 | R 400.00 |
| Rochelle Hawkins | Hope your project is very successful as well as your upcoming ride!! | May 18, 2010 | R 100.00 |
| Lynn Sopwith | Ride carefully don't have any elephants step on you | May 17, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Pete Jarvis | Sidney-good luck to you and Aaron | May 17, 2010 | R 1 000.00 |
| Michael Hasday | Good Luck | May 15, 2010 | R 220.00 |
| Boerseun | Oom Sidney, jy moet hard oefen, dit is 'n lang stofpad wat voorle! | May 15, 2010 | R 1 500.00 |
| Boy Scouts of America | We wish you the very best on your trip. | May 14, 2010 | R 750.00 |
| David Taffet | Avrille twisted my arm! | May 10, 2010 | R 100.00 |
| av sid's sister/aaon's aunt | be safe-take care-enjoy the scenery. | May 10, 2010 | R 300.00 |
| Jim and Susan Males | best of luck on your adventure!! | May 06, 2010 | R 500.00 |
| A fan of yours | Best of luck | May 05, 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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