Proclamation/Downtown D.C.

Good morning.
We wanted to share a few exciting news updates.

1. PA State Senator Jane Orie will create a proclamation supporting the bike ride and its mission. A representative from her office will be on hand to see us off from the fountain in Pittsburgh.

2. We have permission to end our ride on the grounds at the Senate Building in D.C. This will include a ride down Constitution Ave on our bikes. Now, that's cool!

3. The Daily American newspaper in Somerset will feature a story about our ride in Sunday's edition. We've also had some media interest and a few other papers plan to catch us along the route.

3. Thanks to the smarts of Dave Nagy who is on our team, we will have a web page so you can track us along the way. Using Google Maps and creating waypoints on a GPS you will be able to see (approximately) where we are along the trail, read short updates, and even see photos.
Good work Dave. The web page URL will be given next week.

And we have raised over $1300.00 and more messages of support keep coming in.

If you haven't done so, we could really use your name and message to Washington legislators supporting rare disease research. Please visit www.vasculitisfoundation.org/vfpowerpedal

Keep the rubber side down and watch the biker in front of you.

The VF Power Pedal Biking Team