Hi friends and family!

Our 7th annual bike ride fundraiser is coming up on October 25, 2025! Brian will be biking 80 miles and Bert 65 miles in one day alongside friends — all to raise money for The International Brothers and Sisters House (IBSH). Each year’s success has been thanks to the incredible generosity of friends and family like you. Last year we collectively raised around $10,000, which covered over half of our charity’s annual budget and made a huge impact on the lives of the kids we support.

This year’s route runs from Farmington, CT to Westfield, MA and back, and as always, we’re riding for a cause that means the world to us.

For those who don’t know, IBSH is a small nonprofit very important to us. Brian is a board member as well as the active manager and founder of the charity’s current program in Tanzania, Africa, which is where all donations fundraised during this bike ride campaign will go. Every dollar raised from this ride goes directly to that program, which currently supports 54 children across 22 Tanzanian families, most of them single-parent households.

In the upcoming school year, we’ll be sponsoring:

25 children in primary school

26 in secondary school

3 in college/university

Although Tanzania offers public education, families are still responsible for paying for school fees, supplies, meals, transportation, and housing — which can cost anywhere from $100–500 per year for primary and secondary students, and $1,000–2,000 per year for those in college. For families living on just a dollar or two a day this can be a substantial amount. Our goal is to remove that burden entirely and give these kids the opportunity to build the futures they deserve.

Beyond education, IBSH also helps families with basic healthcare, food subsidies, housing, and small business endeavors when possible.

Any amount you can contribute will go directly to these kids and families — every dollar truly makes a difference.

Thank you so much for your consideration and continued support + generosity over the years!

—Brian and Bert

A few pics of some of the kids we sponsor below: