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iding season is in full swing now and this month’s Ladies
Up Front highlights some rides and events that support
women centric charities. For additional details on these
rides please see the event’s page online or visit the link
listed on the event for start times and locations.
Be the Gift Ride – June 4th, 2016
http://www.bethegift.com/
This ride benefits “Be the Gift”. This non-profit provides homes
repairs for single moms and their children at no cost to them.
They restore the homes to be full function as well as enhance the
overall appearance to improve value within the neighborhood. The
first priority is a focus on safety issues. Last year approximately
75% of the homes required repairs that address health needs
such as mold, poor air circulation and unsanitary polluted carpet
contributing to respiratory illnesses.
Special Victims Unit, Mariska Hargitay founded the Joyful Heart
Foundation in 2004 to help survivors heal and reclaim their lives.
Over the last 11 years, Joyful Heart has evolved into a national
organization that is paving the way for innovative approaches to
treating trauma, igniting shifts in the way the public views and
responds to sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse,
and reforming and advancing policies and legislation to ensure
justice for survivors.
NO More - is a unifying symbol and campaign to raise public
awareness and engage bystanders around ending domestic
violence and sexual assault. Launched in March 2013 by a
coalition of leading advocacy groups, service providers, the
U.S. Department of Justice, and major corporations, NO MORE
is supported by hundreds of national and local groups and
by thousands of individuals, organizations, universities, and
communities who are using its signature blue symbol to increase
visibility for domestic violence and sexual assault.
Breaking the Silence Benefit and Poker Run – July 19th, 2016
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/breaking-silence-poker-run2015-tickets-14464992181
We know that “service changes the server” and Be the Gift
organizes and facilitates home repair projects for individuals and
organizations that help to fulfill their goal of community involvement
and team building. We connect those who want to help with those
who need help.
Breaking Silence Poker Run is a motorcycle event designed to
bring awareness to our community about local sex trafficking and
child exploitation. Sex trafficking is the fastest growing criminal activity
in the world. A person can sell a kilo of cocaine one time in a single
transaction but a person can be sold over and over in a day.
We at Be the Gift believe that everyone has a dream and
desire of doing something significant with his or her life. We are
connecting every day ordinary people with an opportunity to do
extraordinary things by facilitating acceptance, compassion,
kindness and change in their community through home repairs for
single moms.
Last year in Colorado 59 teens were rescued in the fourth largest
bust in our nation. We believe that by bringing awareness to our
communities the issue will no longer be silenced. We must shine
a light on this issue. The more we know the stronger we will be at
fight sex trafficking.
Steel Horse Sisterhood Summit - June 9th, 2016 - June 11th,
2016 http://www.steelhorsesisterhoodsummit.com
Inspiring Women on Motorcycles - From the woman who rides
her own motorcycle, no matter the make or model, to the woman
thinking about riding her own motorcycle, to the male and female
coriders who enjoy the lifestyle as a passenger rider you are invited
to learn, laugh, and celebrate at the heart of the 2016 Steel Horse
SIsterhood Summit in Ouray, CO.
The Steel Horse Sisterhood Charities makes the Women’s
Motorcycle Summit, The Summit Challenge, and Charitable Giving
a reality through event registrations, donations, and corporate
sponsorship. The charities supported this year are:
Grace After Fire – Needing to expand our program through
teaching, developing, and listening to the woman Veteran and
her needs upon returning home. We commit to assisting in her
transition back into family life, achievements in the work place, and
her pursuit of happiness.
Joyful Heart Foundation - Inspired by her role on Law & Order:
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Our Breaking Silence Poker Run can help bring awareness that
is desperately needed. An abolitionist in 1812, William Wilberforce,
once said, “You may choose to look the other way, but you can
never again say that you did not know.”
Sister’s Centennial Motorcycle Ride – July 15th, 2016
http://sistersmotorcycleride.com/
This coast to coast ride commemorates the 100th anniversary
of the motorcycle trip taken by Adeline and Augusta Van Buren’s
historic ride across the United States from New York to San
Francisco. The cross-country motorcycle ride for women,
scheduled for July 3-23, 2016 with opportunities to register for day
rides. “Local riders can now join us for one to three days, sharing
the road and the event experience with us, without a three-week
commitment.” The day rider option includes riding with the “main”
group of riders, a route sheet of the day’s ride, rider support, dinner
with the group and a commemorative T-Shirt. This registration
option is for a maximum of three days. Riders wanting to join the
event or four or more days would need to register differently. The
day rider option does not include tolls, fuel, hotel rooms or entry
fees to museums or other venues.
June 2016
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