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Angel York Davis Bike Collective

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Eric Kufta eric.kufta@gmail.com wrote:

Good Morning,

Dreams For Kids is biking across America to raise awareness for the growing epidemic of youth homelessness. Our Street Dreams Campaign” will send one passionate man, Alex Petrou, cycling across the country to increase awareness for the 1.5 million children currently living in poverty in the U.S. He will ride from Los Angeles to New York in two months, sleeping in homeless shelters and stopping at bicycle collectives, schools and universities to educate the country on the increasing number of homeless youth in the U.S.

We are looking to partner with bicycle collectives due to your unrelenting support for sustainable, educational and egalitarian programs. Our aligning interest and values are present in both Dreams For Kid’s and bicycle collectives’ passion to empower, sustain and take responsibility for the future human condition.

Homelessness is a product of the way cities, administration and individual lives are structured. We have chosen to partner with the cycling community because it aims at disrupting these habitual attitudes towards transportation and customary routines. We believe this can consequently lead individuals out of homelessness.

We have contacted you to invite you to participate in our Street Dreams project through various different avenues. The simplest way to get involved is to call us at 231-557-9422. We would love to hear more about your organization and how you could potentially get involved in the Street Dreams Initiative.

Here are a few ways you and your organization can get involved with the Street Dreams Project;

1. Provide Alex a place to stay while he is travelling across the country.

A place to stay has not been secured in a majority of the 52 cities Alex is staying in. Offer your couch to Alex and keep him from sleeping outside! Attached is a list of cities he is staying in with dates.

2. Put us in touch with others affiliated with your organization. Simply

forwarding this information to individuals who are passionate about our values can be extremely powerful.

3. “Like” Street Dreams Project on *Facebook*:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Street-Dreams-Project/152908178113999 and * Follow* @StreetDreamsPro on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/StreetDreamsPro

4. Sign the petition at http://www.streetdreamsproject.com/ to pledge

your support of the campaign.

5. Host a community event. Alex would be thrilled to come to your shop

to hear about what you are doing to promote your passion and vision as well as speak on the Street Dreams Project.

6. Alex would be happy to just come in for a chat if you are available.

Check his riding schedule attached, reply back to this email address or call 231-557-9422 for more info.

Thank you for taking the time to read this note and I appreciate any time you can take to circle back. I am available by phone anytime to speak with you about what your organization is doing as well as how we could potentially partner to advance our goals. Best, Eric

-- Eric Kufta Project Manager Dreams For Kids 231-557-9422 www.DreamsForKids.org/dc http://www.dreamsforkids.org/dc 926 N St., Studio 3 Washington, DC 20001 Sign up for Dreams For Kids bi-weekly newsletter to stay up on events, incredible stories and all things Dreams For Kids! http://dreamsforkids.org/dc/newsletter/

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