Ever wanted to ride a bike across a country?
Ever wanted to support health initiatives locally and abroad?
Did you know that there is a great way to do both?
Ride for World Health is looking for riders for its 2012 team!
The Ride for World Health 2012 is a 3,700-mile bike ride across the
United States that will take place during April and May of 2012. This
will be the 7th annual medical student initiated event aimed at
raising knowledge and awareness of global and domestic health issues
through education, advocacy and fundraising.
In addition to biking, riders give a Coast-to-Coast lecture series on
topics relating to global health, relevant domestic health, general
safety, and health maintenance. We fundraise year round to support
three chosen non-profit organizations in line with our overall
mission. In previous years our fundraising campaigns have raised
hundreds of thousands of dollars for various global health
initiatives. This year’s beneficiaries are MANA nutrition, Louie’s
Kids, and Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL).
The Ride for World Health 2012 leadership is looking for individuals
to join us who are motivated and interested in creating a dialogue for
discussing global and domestic health needs. No extensive biking
experience necessary! We can use both national team riders who will
join us for the whole distance and portions team riders who can join
us for part of the trip. For those who are not interested in riding
but still want to help, we can use volunteers to help organize events
and donations to help fundraising efforts.
In past years, many medical schools have been willing to allow Ride
for World Health as an elective for credit, making the ride more
feasible for 4th year medical students. We are willing to work with
our national team riders and their medical schools to help them get
credit toward medical education.
This years ride will begin on April 8th in San Diego and end in
Washington DC on June 3rd.
**Please consider this unique opportunity! For more information visit
our website at www.rideforworldhealth.org or contact our 2012
recruiting chair at R4WH.recruitment@gmail.com.**
Ride for World Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.