TrikeRise’19.
Boston’s Pedicabbers riding to raise hope for those who need more than just a trike ride.
We need your help picking the charity who benefits from our efforts!
During the weekend of August 23rd through 26th, Boston’s pedicab community will get together for a charity ride to raise awareness and funds for a worthy cause. And because we’re doing this together, as a community, we ought to decide who benefits as a community.
Please take a moment and vote to help decide which charity should benefit from TrikeRise’19.
Voting ends on Friday, May 24!
Quick details (and rumor control) about TrikeRise’19
Official announcement, including route details and registration, will be issued June 1 (stay patient!)
The ride is Portland, ME to Boston, MA.
We are doing this in lieu of joining in with a larger charity ride.
More of our money will go to charity this way.
We can be ourselves.
Yes, camping. Yes, probably bonfires.
It’s going to be so sick. Like, double-69 awesome.
Vote here!
The descriptions of the charities are elsewhere on the page – go scroll and read ‘em if you’re not familiar!
About the charity choices
Here are some notes on the charities we need to pick from.
Located in the South End, Haley House the longest existing soup kitchen in Boston (over 50 years!), serving meals to elderly, low-income, and homeless members of the community. Haley House also maintains tons of low-income housing in otherwise gentrified neighborhoods, has a social enterprise cafe that supports folks transitioning out of incarceration, kids nutritional cooking classes, an urban agriculture program and more! Smashing barriers between different backgrounds and building community!
Commonwheels Bicycle Collective
Founded by a slab (forever pedicab driver Gallen Mook), Commonwheels is a bike focused nonprofit based in Allston/Brighton. They teach youth cycling skills and provide free repairs and knowledge to the community. A true community-driven organization, changing the world by changing the city through the social benefits of cycling.
BARCC, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
Founded in 1973, the BARCC is the only comprehensive rape crisis center in the Greater Boston area and the oldest and largest center of its kind in New England, ending sexual violence through healing and social change. BARCC provides free, confidential support and services to survivors of sexual violence ages 12 and up, among all genders, and to their families and friends. Their goal is to empower survivors to heal and seek justice in ways that are meaningful to them. We meet the needs of survivors in crisis and long after, and we also assist them as they navigate the health-care, criminal legal, social service, and school systems.
We all know people afflicted with diabetes, and Joslin is the Boston-based super-charity trying to wipe it out. We’re always hearing stories of people who are literally rationing off their insulin because of how Big Pharma gouges the price of medication. Joslin is on the front lines of trying to correct that.
Headqartered in JP, the AAC provides resources and rice service across all spectrum of living in a world with HIV. They provide testing for HIV/HCV/STIs, distribute Narcan, connect folks living with HIV to stable housing, run a syringe exchange program, organize check-ins with folks living with HIV/AIDS , and do so many other things to help support people living with HIV/AIDS. (They also operate Boomerangs as a way to help raise money to continue their work.) I think any slab who goes to Planet Self Storage will know first hand how needed their work is, especially in regards to the syringe exchange.
Based right in Southie, Artists for Humanity are on a mission is to bridge economic, racial, and social divisions by providing under-resourced urban youth with the keys to self-sufficiency through paid employment in art and design. Their mission is built on twin philosophies: engagement in the creative process as a powerful force for social change, and creative entrepreneurship as a productive and life-changing opportunity for young people and their communities. Creating not just awesome art, but also peace, safety, and the next wave of activists who will tackle the problems of the future in sane, compassionate ways.