Ride 4 Education
November
2012
Welcome to the first post on the Ride 4 Education blog. I have spent
much time thinking about what to write and reflect on and have written this
first post about a million times in my head. Finally I am sitting down and
typing something that I hope will provide you with information about what the
Ride4Education is, the vision, hopefully what you can do with the ride4education course.
So where did the whole idea come from? Hmm… on reflection this has been a dream that
has sat in the white puffy cloud in my head for a long time. As with everything in nature, there is a time and a season for everything. I finally feel the
spring buds pushing me forward for the launch of the Ride4Education. So here we go!
I believe in the power of the individual and that you can achieve
anything! The only thing stopping you is … YOU. I believe that we are all
super heroes waiting for the call to spring into action and working together
with all our super talents and let greatness unfold. So who is with me?
Lifting my head and gazing upon the future, which is both uncertain
and exciting, the vision that I see for the Ride4Education is this: To not
stand on the side lines and shout the odds but to roll up our sleeves and get stuck in!
The vision is therefore to create, empower and mobilise a community of individuals who are working together to make a difference for all by either making a contribution
financially or by just getting stuck in to use whatever talents, skills or connections you have to help
others. Lets aim to “embark on a journey where we create, empower and mobilise people to
make a difference through the “Education” and in turn pay it forward, give
back, one person at a time.”
The Ride4Education is a Non-Profit Organisation where funds raised
by myself (through my riding efforts), or
those taking the Ride4Education course journey and providing assistance to
those in need, either by providing funds to continue studying or giving the
materials for education to continue i.e. Books, Stationery etc.
At this point I would like to explain that the words ‘Ride and
Education’ must be viewed in a broad sense, that is to say Ride and Education
would be the journey and not one of you getting on your bike and trekking
across the country, as said, it is your journey, your road working with the
course to make a difference to educate, teach, share and make a difference.
Make sense…
As I am a bit of Mountain Biking nut I will be taking myself and my
faithful Iron steed through some of the most beautiful and awesome mountain
bike tracks in South Africa during the 2013 Sani2C Mountain Bike Race. Prior to
the race I will have secured funds, which will be donated to the
Ride4Education Trust and used to support a worthy course, for the blessing I
received by being sponsored an entry in
to this race by Varsity College.
During the time leading up to and during the race I will be keeping
the Ride4 Education community updated through Facebook, Twitter and the Blog on
my training and day in the saddle at the race.
In closing, I hope to lead by
example as this is the only way I know how. I hope to inspire you to take the
course, make it your own, share it with others and give the course the opportunity to share on the blog what you
have and or contributing to Ride 4Education cause.
By faith in Almighty God alone we move forward unsure of what the
future holds but riding on, doing the most with what we have been blessed with
today, trusting it will make a difference.
Cheers,
Kevin
