Dear People,

I hope that the world doesn’t quite feel as fragile to you as it does at times for me, but from the perspective of public education, however, it often feels at risk.  

I’m writing to you because I count you among the people that have been supportive of me and I hope you’ll join me in this endeavor to support the teachers and students of Oakland and Alameda.  I’m hopping on my bike in April to join Ride 4A Reason- an annual fundraiser and bike ride to Sacramento and I am asking you to join my fundraising efforts.

Last year, thanks to the riders and supporters of Ride 4A Reason, more than 6,000 kids in eleven public schools in Oakland and Alameda had field trips, got to visit their school libraries, experienced the awe of river rafting, and wore official team uniforms for their sports teams -- for many, these were firsts.  

This is the 17th year that R4R will be making the trek to Sacramento and I’m proud to be part of it. Over this time we have raised close to $1.8 million for public schools in Oakland and Alameda. 

COVID-19 highlighted the glaring inequities in our education system, and, especially now that the short-term funding from the pandemic years has expired, the challenges facing our school children are as great as ever. I’m even more committed to ride and raise awareness for our dismally underfunded school system that affects us all as students, parents, teachers, and neighbors.

My goal is to raise $ 500 by the time I hop on my bike on April 26th - Help me celebrate my 70th birthday and chip in what ever you can!  100% of the funds I raise will go directly to these public schools in Oakland and Alameda. 

Thank you so much!

PS. If you want to send in a check, you can make it payable to "Social Good Fund" and put "R4R 2024" in the memo line.  You can mail it to:

Ride 4A Reason
PO Box 11386
Oakland, CA  94611

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