Fraternity Men Cycling Across Country In Support Of People With Disabilities Travel Through Wyoming

June 24, 2011 - PRLog -- WYOMING, (June 24, 2011) – On June 25, the Journey of Hope’s TransAmerica cycling team will make their way through the Grand Tetons on their cross country trek to Washington D.C. in support of people with disabilities. The team will spend six days cycling 690 miles through Wyoming’s breath taking landscapes on their way into Fort Collins, Colorado. The cyclists will make stops in Jackson, Dubois, Shoshoni, Casper, and Wheatland visiting with a multitude of organizations that provide support for people with disabilities. These organizations include Teton Adaptive Sports, NOWCAP Services, Arc of Natrona  and Laramie Counties and Friends of Pathways—an organization advocating for inclusive safe pathways and trails in Jackson Hole for all users.  The Journey of Hope will be visiting some of these organizations for the first time. The team will be dispersing Circle of Giving Grants to many of these organizations for their continued community support of people with disabilities.

Journey of Hope is a program of Push America, the national philanthropy of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, which raises funds and awareness for people with disabilities. The Journey of Hope team consists of men from Pi Kappa Phi chapters across the country. The team will cycle an average of 75 miles per day, beginning in San Francisco and Seattle and ending in Washington, D.C. on August 13.

For the team, the real journey will not be on a bike, but spending time with the people for whom they are riding. The Journey of Hope team members will spend every afternoon with people with disabilities in many different community events and activities. These men are striving for community inclusion of people with disabilities and are helping to break the barriers of society that keep people of all abilities from living life to the fullest.

Links:
Push America - http://www.pushamerica.org
FAQs- http://pushamerica.org/pushcontent.aspx?id=279
Itinerary- http://pushamerica.org/pushcontent.aspx?id=288
Track the Team - http://pushamerica.org/PushAmerica/JourneyOfHopeTracking.aspx?id=1335
Team Roster - http://ipush.convio.net/site/TR?fr_id=1040&pg=entry-trainer
Social Media Release - http://pitch.pe/154344

Push America was founded in 1977 with the hope of committing its members to enhance the lives of people with disabilities. With the combined efforts of sponsors and individual team members, this year’s Journey of Hope will raise more than $550,000 on behalf of people with disabilities. Push America and Pi Kappa Phi have raised more than $15 million to date and continue to be on the cutting edge of the disability movement.