[mit-habitat] GBM Thursday AND Bike and Build

[Nina Mann]

Habitat for Humanity General Body Meeting

WHEN: Thursday, October 11, 7:30PM
WHERE: 56-154
WHAT: Habitat for Humanity General Body Meeting

Come get more info about upcoming work dates, spring break trips, and ways you
can get involved! Food will be provided!

Also, we'll have a special presentation about Bike and Build from Kyle Magida:

*What are you doing this summer?*
If you want to travel, be active outdoors, meet new people, build homes,
and help raise awareness about the affordable housing problem, you
should spend your summer with Bike & Build. Bike & Build events are
cross-country cycling tours which raise funds for affordable housing
groups and help educate and involve communities in affordable housing
efforts across the nation. We're organizing seven tours this summer
including one from Boston, and we're looking for young adults like you who
want to be active, make a difference, and have the best summer of their lives.
We also have trip leadership positions available.

*Choose from seven different routes:*
-Boston to Santa Barbara (Boston, MA on June 11 - Santa Barbara CA on August
15)
-Central U.S. (Virginia Beach, VA on May 17 ? Cannon Beach, OR on July 25)
-Northern U.S. (Portsmouth, NH on June 18 - Vancouver, BC on August 24)
-Providence to Seattle (Providence, RI on June 4 - Seattle, WA on August
11)
-Providence to San Francisco (Providence, RI on May 31 - San Francisco,
CA on August 11)
-Southern U.S. (Jacksonville, FL on June 12 - San Francisco, CA on
August 16)
-North Carolina to San Diego (Manteo, NC on May 25 - San Diego, CA on
July 27)

Each of our trips offers a beautiful route, visits national parks and
other attractions, and has several dedicated Build Days, where you'll
spend the day building a home with local affordable housing groups. The
Southern trip spends a week rebuilding homes in sections of Louisiana
destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Check out our entire route network and
see which tour appeals to you.

*What are the trips like?*
Check out our online photos and FAQ for more info on what to expect.
Also, read through past journal entries to get a feel for life on the
road. I was on the Southern Route last year and we went through the Gulf
Coast and the Southwest along with a lot of other really cool places. For
more information email info at bikeandbuild.org or me at kmagida at fas.harvard.edu or
check out www.bikeandbuild.org for more information.


Hope to see you there!
-- 
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the
safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
                                      - Mark Twain