- You can now easily donate
to the Ride of Silence and help support the efforts and growing
expenses related to our mission.
While all of the expenses related to developing and growing
the Ride of Silence events & mission around the world have been
graciously absorbed by either the founder, Chris Phelan, our board
members and individual organizers, we feel that much more can be
accomplished with the financial assistance of others who support our
mission.
- You can also help the Ride of Silence mission by purchasing
merchandise from vendors that contribute a portion of their sales back
to RoS, like our t-shirt, jersey and water-bottle vendor Heated Ink Designs
or custom buttons from Buttons
of Hope. $1 from each button will be donated to the RoS; click here to go straight to
ordering info for the 2010 Ride of Silence button featuring Larry
Schwartz whose
death in 2003 inspired the Ride of Silence.
Examples of our expenses include but not limited to:
- legal costs related to applying for 501c3 status.
- costs related to developing promotional materials and better organizer resources.
- occasional travel expenses to present the Ride of Silence mission (e.g. ROS representative's travel expenses to the Michigan Bicycle Summit, March 27, 2010; ROS representative's planned ride across America to personally bring the Ride of Silence message to communities & raise awareness of our mission along the way)
- costs related to developing, maintaining and enhancing the functionality of our web site.
Additionally, we believe there is a lot more work that needs to be done nationally as well as globally to protect and enhance the safety and rights of bicyclists on the roadways where we ride, so if you'd like to assist us to that end we ask for your support.
Donations can be made online via Paypal (see link/ button below) or checks can be made out and sent to:The Ride Of Silence
609 Trail View Lane
Garland, TX 75043
Thank you for helping us spread the word and making our streets safer.
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