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Steve Lopushinsky's Children in the Wilderness Tour de Tuli 2010

Steve Lopushinsky's Children in the Wilderness Tour de Tuli 2010

Funds Raised:
R 14 325
Fundraising Target:
R 20 000

Personal message

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page.

Children in the Wilderness is a wonderful non-profit organization run by incredible people. Please donate generously. Your donation will help to make it possible for CIW staffers to take children from the rural villages into safari camps for 6 days of life skills training and teaching conservation methods with the idea that the next generation of adults will have the desire and ability to make Africa a better place.

This four day fundraising ride, called Tour de Tuli will take place August 3-8, 2010 and will take approx. 270 mountain bikers from around the world through 220 miles of wilderness on mostly single track trails following various migration routes in restricted wilderness areas in S. Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. We will be lead by guides on mountain bikes and will be sleeping in tents set up by the volunteer staff that we will meet up with each night. I am honored to be one of the official photographers- So far the only professional photographer to ride the tour while photographing it.  When I return from this epic journey I will be posting on line the best of the images. For each 775.00 Rand (100 US dollars) in donations you make you will be given a free 8x10 as a thank you gift- Just notify me with your favorite image(s) and I'll take care of the rest.  You may view last year's images here: http://turville.zenfolio.com/tourdetuli09 Also, there will be an open house event at Turville Photography after my return featuring South African food, wine and images from the ride. If you would like to be put on the guest list for this free event please email me at [email protected]

I am on facebook and will be detailing my training and preparations as they occur. I will be returning August 10th so look for the on line posting of images a couple of weeks after that. 

Many thanks for your support, I appreciate it very much!

Steve

Donations

  • Aug 30, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "This donation is from my mom, in honor of my birthday. Isn't she a sweetie?!" - Billie Lopushinsky
  • Aug 28, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Great job Steve, it's good to have you back!" - Bill Steiner
  • Aug 27, 2010 - R 750.00
  • "Oops! Didn't notice the exchange rate." - Uncle Art
  • Aug 27, 2010 - R 200.00
  • "Never expected this of a Snubber. We are proud of you." - Uncle Art and Aunt Katherine
  • Aug 03, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Can't wait to hear about this trip. Be safe. " - Gary Remland
  • Aug 03, 2010 - R 100.00
  • "Have a fantastic ride, Steve!" - Andrew Munro
  • Jul 29, 2010 - R 500.00
  • "Steve, we hope this helps a little. Enjoy and God Bless!" - Jim and Laurie Prizmich
  • Jul 29, 2010 - R 100.00
  • "I didn't think I would ever give you money to get hot and sweaty." - Mike Gillmore
  • Jul 28, 2010 - R 200.00
  • "have fun and be safe" - The Chongs
  • Jul 28, 2010 - R 500.00
  • "Steve, be careful and come back with wonderful stories and images to share with all of us in Rotary!" - Jeanne Carter
  • Jul 27, 2010 - R 1 000.00
  • "Good luck and have a great time." - Denise Cooper
  • Jul 27, 2010 - R 500.00
  • "Have an amazing and safe trip! Thanks for everything!" - Mike & Donna Buxton
  • Jul 27, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Good luck Steve with the ride, hope you have a great time and take lots of great photographs!" - Eric and Valerie Simonson
  • Jul 26, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Have a great trip!" - Matt, Nicole, and Charlie Brown
  • Jul 24, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Have a safe and happy trip!" - Jean Abdalla
  • Jul 21, 2010 - R 1 000.00
  • "Best of Luck Steve, we're looking forward to seeing the pictures!" - Russell Moore
  • Jul 16, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Have a great adventure Steve!" - Denise Bittel
  • Jul 15, 2010 - R 1 000.00
  • "Good Luck Steve. This is a great cause." - Chris and Janette Horton/ PayRunner Payroll, Inc
  • Jul 13, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Thanks Steve for doing the peddling for us!" - Cathy & Michael MacKenzie
  • Jul 13, 2010 - R 775.00
  • "Good luck Steve!" - The Adams Family
  • Jul 08, 2010 - R 1 000.00
  • "I'm not saying that I'm competitive, but I really can't have my sweet wife donate more than me, can I?" - Steve- Turville Photography
  • Jul 06, 2010 - R 500.00
  • "Chase down those riders and grab the moment! Can't wait to hear all the bush stories!" - Your Partner in life

Statistics

Fundraising target

R 20 000.00

Donations to date

R 14 325.00

Children in the Wilderness

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Children in the Wilderness is a life-skills and environmental educational programme. Through these programmes we teach rural children the importance of conservation and strive to instil a passion for the environment creating custodians of these areas