2024 Ride - September 30-October 4
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Description of Ride
The 10th Annual Bike Ride for Haiti begins Monday, September 30. The Outreach to Haiti team of riders are once again riding 337 miles, the length of one tip of Haiti to another, over 5 days. The riders will begin in Maine and ride their way to Connecticut through New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. During the ride, they will visit some of the parishes and schools in Connecticut that are twinned through Outreach to Haiti with parishes, orphanages, and schools in Haiti. This includes a visit to St. Patrick's Cathedral and the Cathedral School in Norwich.
The purpose of the ride is to raise awareness and funds to support our mission in Haiti. Outreach to Haiti has been in Haiti for almost 40 years, serving the poor in the Christ Roi (Christ the King) community of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas with a healthcare clinic, food and nutrition programs, education programs, developing and maintaining twinning relationships, cultural immersion trips, and the FAK program, which empowers women to start their own businesses. Our motto is Helping Haitians Help Haitians, and Outreach to Haiti is truly saving and changing lives in Haiti. More information about Outreach to Haiti can be found on other pages of this website.
Donations from this ride are being earmarked for our nutrition program and the dental clinic building fund. Our medical staff in Haiti has identified the dental program as one of the greatest needs for the Outreach to Haiti clinic. Work is underway to further strengthen this program, and donations from the bike ride will help with this effort. We have also heard from our medical staff that more is needed to support the infant and expectant mothers’ nutritional program.
The people we serve in Haiti ARE IN GREAT NEED OF OUR SUPPORT. Due to the political and social unrest, the demand for our services and the challenges associated with delivering those services have increased significantly. Despite these challenges, and with your help, our staff in Haiti heroically continues to maintain services to their community.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers for a safe and successful ride (and an occasional continual tail wind would be nice!)
These are the daily rides (subject to change):
Day 1 - Portland, ME to Kittery, ME - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46765857
Day 2 - Kittery to Corncord, MA - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41315329
Day 3 - Concord to West Warwick, RI - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/4187030
Day 4 - West Warwick to East Hampton, CT - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26910008
Day 5 - East Hampton to Westbrook, CT - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46495333
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Daily Summaries
Each day, energy and time permitting, we will post a brief description of the day's ride here. We will leave the description of the overall ride at the bottom, and, of course, you can find the donate button on this page, or on the Outreach to Haiti home page.
Also, you can “like” Outreach to Haiti on Facebook to get updates, photos, and live videos.
