White Rabbit
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I've just done a RTW trip for my own pleasure and on the way round I called into a town called Harvey in North Dakata just because it's my name.
On further investigation I found that the US has a total of 10 'Harveys'. This then sparked my imagination and using the US Mapquest site I put in all my familys names including surname. The results are as follows.
Family name - Ringrose; Mount Ringrose found in B.C. Canada
Father - John; x1 VA, US
Mother - Heather; x3 MO/OR/WA, US
Katy; x4 TX/LA/MO/WV, US
Harvey; x10 IL/LA/AR/IA/ME/MI/ND/KY/MO/MS, US
Elspeth; x0
Hannah; x8 ND/SC/AL/GA/KY/MI/MS/PA, US
Megan; x0 closest was Megansett?
Emily; x1 MN, US
Now this gives me a start/finish of MT Ringrose and 27 towns to find on my way round, and the ability to do a ride for someone elses benefit.
Now my question is, has anyone here been involved with any large scale fundrasing rides. Are there any pitfalls I need to be aware of? Do I split the fundrasing between one family charity or do I split it between the choice of each family member. How do I go about getting sponsor ship from big firms, is it as simple as just writing a letter begging. My list of questions is/could be endless, i'm just hoping that someone on here might be able to point me in the right direction
Harvey
On further investigation I found that the US has a total of 10 'Harveys'. This then sparked my imagination and using the US Mapquest site I put in all my familys names including surname. The results are as follows.
Family name - Ringrose; Mount Ringrose found in B.C. Canada
Father - John; x1 VA, US
Mother - Heather; x3 MO/OR/WA, US
Katy; x4 TX/LA/MO/WV, US
Harvey; x10 IL/LA/AR/IA/ME/MI/ND/KY/MO/MS, US
Elspeth; x0
Hannah; x8 ND/SC/AL/GA/KY/MI/MS/PA, US
Megan; x0 closest was Megansett?
Emily; x1 MN, US
Now this gives me a start/finish of MT Ringrose and 27 towns to find on my way round, and the ability to do a ride for someone elses benefit.
Now my question is, has anyone here been involved with any large scale fundrasing rides. Are there any pitfalls I need to be aware of? Do I split the fundrasing between one family charity or do I split it between the choice of each family member. How do I go about getting sponsor ship from big firms, is it as simple as just writing a letter begging. My list of questions is/could be endless, i'm just hoping that someone on here might be able to point me in the right direction
Harvey