"Bike & Build Maine to Santa Barbara" with MoJoe's owners Andy and Cindy Kofile
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Dinner in Payson and on to Santa Barbara for housing for Americans
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It was just after lunch on Thursday, August 10 when the "Bike & Build Maine to Santa Barbara" group peddled into MoJoe's Grill on the hope of finding a place that could accommodate and feed 34 bikers.
Route leader Catherine Atwood and others came in with the hopes to get dinner donated for their 34 riders, because their previous dinner plans had fallen through. After hearing of their predicament and once they learned that the group was riding for Habitat for Humanity and raises funds for affordable housing projects, Andy & Cindy Kofile of MoJoe's Grill & Micro pub were more than happy to provide a free meal for the young bicyclists. The next night, dinner was provided by Kathy Bickert, Manager of the Re-Store. The bicyclists enjoyed spaghetti and homemade peach cobbler.
The group presented bikeandbuild.org t-shirts to the Kofiles and Bickert. The Kofiles had all the bikers sign their name and home state on the t-shirt which Cindy plans on displaying in their restaurant.
"These kids are just a delight!" said Cindy Kofile, "I commend them for their dedication to such a great cause; they were all gracious and polite, their parents would be proud!"
The group started on June 19th in Portland Maine and will end their trip on August 27 in Santa Barbara, CA - total miles estimated at 3,846. They spent August 11 helping to build at the Payson Habitat for Humanity family homes on Longhorn & McLane roads.
Bike & Build envisions future generations who are committed to a lifetime of civic engagement and who inspire individuals and communities to create fair, decent housing for all Americans.
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