About Richele

Richele Jackson and her two daughters, Iviana and Jasha currently share a two-bedroom apartment in a Philadelphia subsidized housing high-rise. While completing her 350 sweat equity hours that will be her down payment on her Habitat Home, she has held two jobs and often contends with a leaking ceiling and 12 flights of stairs when the building elevator is broken. With your help, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia will complete her house. She'll pay a zero interest mortgage. The money generated from her payments and the 140 other Habitat families in Philadelphia empowers Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia to build more affordable homes.

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You can help Richele achieve her goal of home ownership. On my trip I'll cross around 3000 miles of the US. By pledging dollars or cents per mile, by the time I jump into the Pacific Ocean, Richele could be jumping for joy. All donations should be made directly to Habitat for Humanity in Philadelphia and are tax deductible.

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Goals:
$1000 washer and dryer...
$2500 furnace...
$4500 kitchen cabinets and countertops...
$7500 bamboo floors...
$13000 completes the house!

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Skyline Drive

Skyline Drive is a national park and highway that traverses the peaks of the northern shenandoah mountains. Front Royal to Waynesborro, 105miles and a lot of up and down. The big challenge wasn't steapness; in my easiest gear I could make it with my 60lbs of stuff. It wasn't even the relentlessness of the climbs; the first is 4miles of up without a break. The big hurdle is sucking it up as the speedster bicyclists literally do laps up and down the hill I'm struggling with. I met one woman that asked, "how many miles y'do a day?" I'm not sure the jury is in on that yet, but looking at skyline drive stretched before me I replied, "30". After applauding she told me she could do it in one day, that she does up to 160miles in a day. You know, I believe her... But she probably wouldn't bike away with a picture of every elevation sign. Also, the mama bear and 3 cubs were adorable, in my face
and definitely able to chase me down. That intimacy, and resulting fear, the speedster can never know.

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