Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
is the the 2nd Annual
“Think Globally, Ride Locally”
Bike/Walk to Help Sudanese Survivors Access Education
The second annual Friends of the Sudanese “Think Globally, Ride Locally” bike ride will take place Sunday, Sept. 28th. This is a leisurely ride/walk along a 25-mile route on and near the Assabet River Rail Trail that winds through the towns of Hudson and Marlboro. Various intervals are available along the route, from 2 to 25 miles. The ride begins and ends at Mulready Elementary School, 306 Cox St., Hudson.
Registration is $35/person, families $50 and groups are welcome. Suggested fundraising goal is $125/person. Free FOS “Think Globally, Ride Locally” teeshirts available to first 50 registrants. For more information, email janet.g.wheeler@gmail.com.
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FOS Gift Cards
Looking for the perfect gift for someone who
has everything? Consider making a tax-deductible donation in any amount to FOS in honor of
someone special and we’ll send you a gift card
to pass along to them announcing your gift.
Gift cards feature photographs from Sudan
taken by Alex Reiser during Charles Chayor and
Marko Akec's trip home earlier this year to
reunite with family members. <order>
Mission Statement
Friends of the Sudanese is an all volunteer, 501(c)(3) charitable organization committed to providing assistance and financial support to improve the quality of living for Sudanese refugees resettling in this country as a result of civil war. For the past six years, FOS has been working with a group of the Lost Boys of Sudan,young men between the ages of 16 and 23 who were brought to the Boston area in 2001 by the United States State Department after spending nine years in a refugee camp in Kenya. Having had next to no formal education and no previous exposure to western culture, most of these young men have been required to work full-time menial jobs, making it virtually impossible for them to get an education.
Our goals include:
- Ensuring a solid educational grounding in order to improve their future prospects for financial independence and quality of life.
- Assisting them in securing safe housing with proximity to public transportation and services.
- Giving them access to proper health care
- Helping them to secure part-time work during the academic year and full-time work during the summer so that they can begin to take responsibility for themselves
- Assisting them financially with housing, living, and educational expenses while they are still in school
Updated Sunday
July 27, 2008
