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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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Travel magic

I finish the last 60miles of skyline drive, it's getting late and the next place I know to camp at is farther than I want. My phone is out for taking my triumphant photo... And it rings. What luck! With it packed, while I'm riding, I never hear it. Habitat Philadelphia's Cassie is calling. She asks me if I visited the "Afton cookie lady?" and I'm clueless. Apparently, somewhere near the Blue Ridge Pkwy a bicyclist enthusiast invites TransAm-ers into her home for cookies, food, shower and a place to eat. More miraculously, Afton is a mere 2miles from my spot. I'm about to hook into the TransAm network.
Since 1976, June has been inviting thirsty and weary bikers into her 2nd home; now called the bike house it is covered wall to wall in post cards, pictures and paraphenalia left by guests. June and Steve, a biker coming from west, chatted on the porch.
But man, this magical place was that much more magical b/c of how I ended up there. How'd Cassie know the perfect time to be calling?

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