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$6425

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Many Thanks To...

  • Anonymous$50
    To ZUZI! Dance Company
  • Sandi Potter & Phil Martien$150
    To Sky Island Alliance
  • Mike Burkholder$200
    What a wonderful way to celebrate your 50th!
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • J. Seibert & J. Strickland$25
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Anonymous
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Shawn Burke
    Thank you to Keri and Sky Island Alliance for all the help with the logistics of this fundraising effort. It's been a real pleasure working with you!
    To Sky Island Alliance
  • Fenton Johnson$50
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Wendy Feuer$150
    To the best ride EVER!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Michael and Nan Salmon$100
    Go Shawn!
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Carol Bussey$150
    Hope it's a great ride!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Rachel Kayne
    To Arizona Wilderness Coalition
  • Fred Lomayesva$100
    Can't wait to join you Monday!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Zippy & Grady
    Your doing an awesome journey for many non-profits. What an impressive thing to do for your 50th.
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • TheHistoricYcle Kick-off Party$535
    From those whomade cash contributions and bought raffle tickets and T-shirts - Thank you!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Gary Pfitzer$50
    What a memorable way to celebrate your birthday, Shawn! I hope it's physically and spiritually deeply rewarding for you!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Kathleen and Jeff Kennedy$50
    Hope you have a wonderful time on your ride - thank you for everything you do for the Historic Y!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Steev Hise$40
    To Western Watersheds Project
  • Gabe Wigtil$25
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Steve Arnquist$50
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Anonymous
    Enjoy the beauty of each day on the road, and may the wind be at your back.
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Sergio Avila$40
    Feliz cumpleaños Shawn. Y buena suerte!
    To Sky Island Alliance
  • Bill Adler$200
    Continued Success, Carolyn
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Kevin Burke$50
    Happy Birthday! A dollar for each year!
    To Arizona Wilderness Coalition
  • Willie Burke$300
    Have a great ride!!!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Fenton Johnson$50
    Happy Birthday to Shawn the Great!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • joyce broan$50
    way to go Shawn! I know Andy is joining you for parts of the ride and I will cheer you on from hot and muggy Milwaukee! Joyce Broan
    To The Rogue Theatre
  • Bob Katz$60
    What a terrific way to celebrate a personal milestone. Have a safe ride and thanks for everything you do.
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Jim Wilson$50
    Such a great idea for a meaningful birthday. Have a great ride.
    To The Rogue Theatre
  • Ellen and Warren bodow$100
    To The Rogue Theatre
  • Harold & Frances Jones
    Thank you Shawn.
    To Sky Island Alliance
  • Gary Kukus$50
    Happy birthday and have a safe wonderful ride. What an adventure. My hat is off to you.
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Doug Watkins$25
    I would love to meet up with you when you get to Vancouver
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Susie Salmon$100
    Happy birthday, and thanks for helping these organizations that serve Southern Arizona!
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Susie Salmon$100
    Have a wonderful ride!
    To Arizona Wilderness Coalition
  • Jennifer Galvin
    Happy Birthday Shawn. What a fantastic idea and great way to celebrate.
    To ZUZI! Dance Company
  • Lydia (Sears) Morley$50
    Enjoy the Ride!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • elaine burke and family
    Have a great ride!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Joe Chavarria$30
    If I do a portion of the ride, do I get some of the money back?
    To ZUZI! Dance Company
  • Scott Phipps`$50
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • David Carlson$200
    Have a great ride Shawn. I hope you make your goal! Take lots of pictures.
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Kevin Burke$300
    Happy Birthday Shawn!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Patricia Leitner$150
    Shawn Have a wonderful ride.
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Kory Hecker$75
    Happy Birthday Shawn! Have fun!!
    To Arizona Wilderness Coalition
  • Wayne Forester$73
    To Arizona Wilderness Coalition
  • Ed Verburg$100
    Go Shawn!
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Kate Randall$50
    What a fantastic idea. Hope the hills will be low, and the sun often shining.
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Leslie Ann Epperson$25
    Happy Birthday!
    To Sky Island Alliance
  • K. H. Burgess$25
    Ride on! Good for you! Enjoy and see the great US of A!
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Bruce Gungle$196
    10 cents/mile; enjoy the ride!
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Michael Tearne$50
    Happy birthday and have a great adventure!
    To Western Watersheds Project
  • Anonymous
    Happy spinning Shawn! Thanks for all you are doing.
    To Western Watersheds Project
  • Anonymous$60
    Best of luck to you and all these wonderful non-profit organizations at The Historic Y.
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Jon Black
    To be divided equally among the organizations
  • Carol & Ed Burke$100
    Wonderful idea, Shawn, to help these great organizations!
    To ZUZI! Dance Company
  • Carol & Ed Burke$100
    Our very best wishes to you!
    To Western Watersheds Project
  • Carol & Ed Burke$100
    We wish you success!
    To The Rogue Theatre
  • Ed & Carol Burke$100
    Best wishes for success!
    To Sky Island Alliance
  • Ed & Carol Burke$100
    Good luck!
    To Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
  • Carol & Ed Burke$100
    Good luck!
    To Arizona Wilderness Coalition
  • Stephen Michael$50
    Go, go, go!!!!
    To The Rogue Theatre
  • Norma Davenport$100
    Happy Birthday, Shawn, and many thanks!
    To The Rogue Theatre
  • David Morden$25
    Thanks, Shawn!
    To The Rogue Theatre

Thank you to everyone who helped make this Ride the most fun, meaningful and memorable 50th birthday celebration I could have imagined. You can read about how it went, and view photos from the road, as well as a photo album documenting the entire Ride, with commentary, on TheHistoriCycle Facebook page. - Shawn

Hi. My name is Shawn Burke, and from July 29 to September 21, 2012, in celebration of my 50th birthday on July 22, I will be riding my bike 1962 miles from Vancouver to San Diego, and inviting friends and family to join me.

This 55-day journey will consist of 40 days of riding (average about 50 miles a day) interspersed with 15 days of relaxing. Our gear will be transported by car and we will spend nights either camping, with friends or family, or in a variety of lodgings. This pace was designed to be leisurely and enjoyable, providing a decent challenge for sure but also allowing for lots of sightseeing, relaxation and other activities.

The Route

The route connects many of my favorite places, going from Vancouver and the San Juan Islands to Victoria, Seattle, Mt. Ranier, Portland, Hood River and the Willamette Valley, along hundreds of miles of spectacular Oregon and California Pacific coastline, through the redwood forests of northern California, Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin Counties, and to San Francisco, Oakland, Monterey, Carmel, Big Sur, Pismo Beach, the San Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, Laguna Beach and San Diego. For a day-to-day itinerary and highlights, click here.

Join Me

I am inviting friends, family and like-minded individuals to participate in this journey with me, either by cycling a portion with us, following a portion of the route by car (including the opportunity to drive mine), or meeting us somewhere along the way just for the day. If interested, please visit TheHistoricYcle on Facebook and let me know.

TheHistoricYcle!

I am also doing this Ride to raise money for six non-profit grassroots organizations whose work has great and positive impact for our communities and environment. I have dubbed the Ride TheHistoricYcle! because the organizations - Arizona Wilderness Coalition, Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, The Rogue Theatre, Sky Island Alliance, Western Watersheds Project, and ZUZI! Dance Company - are all located in The Historic Y [ website | Facebook ], an historic property in Tucson Arizona that since 2004 I have as its owner been developing and nurturing as a Center for the Arts, Education and the Environment. For more information about the benefiting organizations, click here.

The benefiting organizations of TheHistoricYcle do not have huge development operations, and are only able to continue their commitment to the arts, education and the environment by receiving grassroots community support from people like me and you.

Pledging

Please join me and help celebrate my birthday by making a tax-deductible donation. (I, and those accompanying me, will be paying our own way, so no amount of your donations will be used to produce or pay for this ride.)

Thanks so much!

Make Your Pledge

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    You'll be sent to the organization's website to complete your tax-deductible donation. If you select for your donation to be divided equally among the organizations, you will be directed to Sky Island Alliance's website to complete the donation. SIA will forward each organization's portion of the total split donations upon the conclusion of the ride.