you're welcome

feel free to share, if you have as strange of a sense of humor as me

Blog facelift (so punny)

It's almost as obnoxious as wikipedia

In case you were worried...

I'm not just asking for money for this trip, but am also doing my best to earn a healthy chunk of it.
Here's an update on the ways I'm trying to make extra money for this ride and its amazing cause
(which I'll be posting a whole lot more of)

• I've started selling magnets I make on cardboard at a local art gallery called Bricolage 
• go check the shop out, or buy magnets or other art directly from me!
• my art: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesstornga/sets/72157627003376533/
• the gallery where you can get my magnets: http://bricoshoppe.com/
• soon I might start selling handmade goodies on etsy.com, so keep checking in!
• I'm grabbing up as many hours at my current job as I can get (I work at a daycare)
• I will be cooking dinners for friends and asking for donations of ten dollars per person 
• I make a mean spinach manicotti, and vegan chocolate chai cookies (if you're into that)
• Soon I will also be shaving my head and am looking for the best way to turn that into a fundraiser. Perhaps by gathering a large group for a potluck-type dinner, with at the door suggested donations and having a silent auction while people eat. 
• A silent auction to shave my head, maybe having people bidding on shaving a few stripes, or to shave it into a mohawk, or to shave it completely.
• if you have any suggestions I would greatly appreciate them
• I have a habit of playing ukulele [badly] and dancing [badly] downtown for personal entertainment and will start bringing a sign stating my cause and a can or hat for donations
• and, unrelated to Bike & Build, I will be doing the Polar Bear Plunge benefitting Make A Wish on January 1st. I mention it because it is AWESOME, and you should do it! Or at least come out to watch it and laugh at me.

SO keep checking this blog for info on my latest adventures and ways you can come out and support me / opportunities to laugh at me. 

UPDATE!

$245 raised so far!
Thank you so much to everyone that has donated, and everyone that has shared this on facebook!
I'm $5 away from being halfway to my February goal of $500, so if you wanna donate $5 and feel super accomplished I have the thing for you!

just go to my cyclist profile at : http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/6006
and click on the donate button!
Paying is super easy with Google Checkout
I also have a short bio on there if you want to read more about me.

Thanks!!

I'm learning how to blog, among other things...

Please be patient as I learn how to manage a blog, this should be entertaining.
This blog will be where I update people on my fundraising efforts for the summer, and where I will hopefully keep a log of my adventures riding a bicycle across the United States with Bike & Build.

The fundraising timeline:
$500 by February
$1,000 by March
$2,000 by April
$4,500 by May 23rd

Those are big numbers, but they are totally possible.
So keep checking in to watch me; learn how to blog, do some serious fundraising, AND bicycle across the US.
Sound easy? If you're crazy. Sound fun? If you're crazy. This is going to be crazy. Crazy Awesome.

you can start helping by donating here: http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/6006
or learn more about the program here: http://bikeandbuild.org/cms/
and here is the route I'll be riding on: http://www.bikeandbuild.org/cms/content/view/110/277/