Happy 24th, Bunny!

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In the limbo between her BS and her Masters, Bunny is working locally. Four jobs. I had a nice, long phone chat with her today.
Two part time not-for-profit jobs, and waitstaff in two different restaurants.
She remains concerned about the Gulf and is organizing a group of St. John Fisher alums for a trip to Mississippi [...]

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5 young people riding bicycles across America to raise money for Habitat for Humanity in the Gulf.

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Bunny is the woman I have called PG, for Pretty Girl, on this blog for several years.

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Remember Bunny? Here’s the latest on the Ride to Rebuild.
After biking 1,500 miles, we are almost done with Wyoming! And while it has been beautiful we are ready to head into Colorado. Our highest climb of 11,000 feet will be coming up in a few days.
These five young people put months in helping on the [...]

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Bunny [the friend formerly known as PG] has updated me on her ride across America.
We are currently in Riggins, ID for the night. We’re taking an easy day tomorrow-about 27 miles into Whitebird. Then the next day will be a climb up to Grangeville. We’ll be in Missoula August 2nd or 3rd. Then we’ll be [...]

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A group of young people ride to help rebuld the Gulf

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A woman’s story of Gulf reconstruction

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The Pretty Girl [PG] called. She’s on her way back to Sacramento from service in America’s Gulf Coast. Her commitment ends July 12, and she says that she has lots of stuff to tell me about hurrican recovery efforts.
They are driving back, through the Southwest and should be at their home base today sometime.
After July [...]

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PG writes:
I was scheduled to leave for New Orleans this morning, but they cancelled our project two days ago because of safety concerns. It turns out we were to be doing debris removal alongside a highway and semi trucks are still launching debris (2×4s, garbage, etc) into the area we would be working in. A [...]

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PG writes:
I did get sick on Disaster Relief, but not as bad as others on the team. Three of us were quaratined. People on other teams went to the hospital. One AmeriCorps person actually died. Thank goodness no one on my team was afflicted for longer than two days with the same illness. Mine was [...]

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