The Great Outsmores

I was happy to hear this morning that my good friend, Chad Hagan, and his wife to be Emily will be climbing Mt. Hood to benefit Climbing for Kids. They’ve made a personal goal of raising $3,200. Climbing for Kids is run by Bay Area Wilderness Training to benefit at risk inner city youth. It works by getting them out into the bush, and teaching them self reliance, self-confidence, and exposing them to a greater world out side.

To help out, please consider a donation for Chad’s cause, or maybe spread the word.

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One of the reasons I’ve been away from the blog so much lately is a charity project I started this holiday season, and hope to do again next year (with help). About two and half weeks before Christmas, I started the first annual Business for Kids Bicycle Roundup. The idea was simple, to spread the word about North Fulton Community Charities Santa shop, and get businesses to donate a kids bicycle to the cause.

Well, it worked. We initially put a goal of 100 bikes in two weeks, which may have been a bit ambitious. We ended up collecting 33 new bikes for the Santa shop, and getting another dozen or dozen and a half used bikes to be donated to the NFCC thrift shop. It ended up being around 20 trips all around Northern Atlanta to pick them up, and some long days between the day job and the roundup.

For both of my readers, sorry, but this was something I have wanted to do for some time. Next year, we plan on starting in November, and getting a few more folks involved with the pickups and deliveries. Any one interested in chipping in, please feel free to drop me an email at wade (at) outdoorsblogger.com.

Lastly, a special thanks to Roswell Bicycles for their generousity and for discounting bicylces bought for this charity event.

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