<div>Hi friends and family!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>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.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>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.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>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.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>In the upcoming school year, we’ll be sponsoring:
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>25 children in primary school
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>26 in secondary school
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>3 in college/university
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>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.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Beyond education, IBSH also helps families with basic healthcare, food subsidies, housing, and small business endeavors when possible.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Any amount you can contribute will go directly to these kids and families — every dollar truly makes a difference.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Thank you so much for your consideration and continued support + generosity over the years!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>—Brian and Bert
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>A few pics of some of the kids we sponsor below:
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760408610449487_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760319256718840_r." width="100%" />
<ul>
<li>Pic up top: Mama Mary and her family
</li>
<li>Pic below Mama Mary with 2 of her sons, Geoffrey and Joseph (twins). Set to start Form 2 ["9th grade"] this year
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760319060106537_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760319147755229_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760408806463084_r." width="100%" />
<ul>
<li>John, about to start his 3rd year at the University of Dar es Salaam. Getting his degree in Telecommunications Engineering. A standout student every since he was young
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760409330103399_r." width="100%" />
<ul>
<li>Rachel with one of our Australian board members Toby this past summer
</li>
</ul>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760408493152590_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/95586345_1760319159841378_r." width="100%" />
<div><br />
</div>

Anonymous

Donna Ford

Robert Green MD

Alexandra Gossner

john gauthier

Regina Ebert

John Walsh

Rick Mullins

Roman S Ebert

Rob Vander Leest

Lance Armstrong

Tom Wainman

Stan Puzio

Matthew Grosso

Craig Rodner

Thomas Dugdale

Tom McDonald

Brian and Bert's 7th Annual 80-Mile Trek for IBSH

Enter your donation forBrian and Bert's 7th Annual 80-Mile Trek for IBSH