Media hits

First distribution for our education program was yesterday, Associated Press in attendance!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-zambia-bikes_thujun25,0,6318406.story

Media hits in the Trib, NPR and NBC Chicago confirmed so far ...

June

Hard to believe June is half over -- and the first bikes are going out for the education program!

More on that later, in the meantime, check out this write-up from VeloNews on the bikes we used for Project Zambia:

http://www.velonews.com/article/93508/tech-feature-world-bicycle-project-zambia-bike

June 4 Newsletter!

Super-exciting stuff this month: Volunteer power, new Grassroots web site, web site updates and more! Check it out ...

Grassroots at its best

Big thanks to Kurt Refsnider -- putting himself through the most grueling MTB race in the world in support of World Bicycle Relief next month. Go Kurt!

... and watch this space for exciting news about our web site, including increased volunteer/Grassroots support!

World Bicycle Relief on WGN

World Bicycle Relief was profiled on the No. 1 morning show in the Chicago market this morning!

http://www.wgntv.com/pages/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3669969

Congratulations!

Big congratulations to Grassroots fundraiser Kurt Refsnider on his victory in the self-supported Arizona Trail 300 this weekend! Kurt blistered the course record, finishing in 2 days, 15 hours, more than an hour in front of his nearest competitor. Way to go Kurt!

Kurt will be at Boulder CycleSport tomorrow evening with World Bicycle Relief Grassroots head Katie Bolling if you're in the area. This after-hours event will be a great opportunity to learn more about supporting World Bicycle Relief through your own activities.

Congrats Kurt, and thanks for raising awareness and contributions for World Bicycle Relief!

Copper

From the BBC:

Zambian mine lays off 1,300 staff

The volatility in copper prices was a contributing factor to Zambia being in the economic situation it is today ... let's hope history isn't repeating itself too closely ...