At the Santa Cruz Salvation Army Corp. we were warmly welcomed by Vivianna and her husband Adrian. They kindly came in on their day off,  let us into the centre and directed us to the days tasks.  Roland sorted and displayed the many beautiful donated clothes and Belinda wrapping fleece blankets destined for a seniors Christmas event. Together we managed to  wrapping over 300 blankets. These newly acquired fine motor skills will put us in good standing for a job up at the north pole, any time we want one. We attended the church the following day and enjoyed meeting other members of the congregation. The kids wanted to make sure we did not forget Santa Cruz, so they strategically put some 'sweet as' stickers on our bike. Plus as you can see we even managed to pick up our first hitch hiker.
 


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Supportalk

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:52

Kiaora, Roland and Belinda. Roland - while I understand you have a personality that means you sometimes demonstrate apparent amusing behaviour, my concern is that as this trip goes along this latest act may be showing a tendency for you to confuse your wife (as demonstrated by the parcel switching shown in clip). Belinda needs support and love NOT confusion. Belinda, it could be helpful for you to contact and explain how you are really feeling and why you recently felt the need to "Break Free" on a single bike. Don't feel concerned this is to be expected as TBS (Tandem Bike Syndrome) often occurs around this period of time into an Epic ...did you say adventure??? … er er mumble mumble -perhaps delusional as well............ PLEASE CONTACT URGENTLY!

 

Helen

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:07

Looks like it was a great place to be. Nice to have helped with that big task of wrapping. Love the photo of the 'hitchhiker'! Shape of things to come?

 



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    Volunteer work with the Salvation Army

    Part of what we wish to accomplish over the next year is not only the cycling, but also giving back to the communities which we will pass through. 

    When we hit a town that has Salvation Army services, we offer our hands-on help for a day or two in the hope of encouraging the regular volunteers and also providing some relief in the volume of work that is demanded of them.

    We chose the Salvation Army because they are well respected, give practical help to those that are in need and they are also situated throughout Pan-America.

    We feel very priviledged to be associated with this hardworking organisation.   We hope that the work we do (albeit small) will be of some worth and also raise awareness of all the good work the Salvation Army does for others.

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