When: July 4th, 2006
Where: Intrepid Aircraft Carrier, NYC
The Route - Virtually the same that the Sisters took in 1916:
NYC thru NJ to DuBois PA , 7/4, 95 and humid, then rain, then cool breezes
Ackron OH, 7/5 at Quaker Square
Fremont OH, 7/6 with a warm reception from Bob, Janet, June, Sue, & Julie and a nice article in
the Fremont News-Messenger by LaRaye
South Bend IN 7/7
Davenport IA, 7/8
Omaha NE, 7/9, rain, rain, & more rain
North Platte, NB, 7/10 with a nice article in the North Platte Telegraph by Teresa
& Beth (thanks Rebecca)
Colorado Springs CO, 7/11 & 12 with a nice article in the Colorado Springs Gazette
by Tara & David and a gracious tour of the Springs by Jerry & Barbara. Thanks to Larry & Alice for coming
to our aid and for making it all happen. You are the best.
Frisco CO, 7/13, 9,200 feet (where's the Oxygen?)
Grand Junction CO, 7/14 (Oil Change at the Harley Shop - thanks guys)
Moab, UT, 7/15 (Looks like Mars but it's 105 degrees!)
Delta UT, 7/16 (100 degrees in the shade)
Eureka NV, 7/17 (beautiful little town with friendly folks)
Truckee CA, 7/18 (ah, cool fresh air)
Roseville CA, 7/19 (back to the oven)
San Francisco CA, 7/20, Yes! Made it Coast to Coast...3,772 miles
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This was our appeal for support just prior to the 2006 cross country ride:
You might have heard of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund which is the focus of this effort. They
are a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization and part of the Intrepid Foundation in NYC. They are building a state of the
art rehabilitation facility at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio, TX. which is called the
Center for the Intrepid. This will be of great benefit to our returning wounded soldiers from
Iraq and Afghanistan. Many are returning with serious wounds which require special advanced treatment and rehabilitation.
They, and their families, deserve the best care possible. We can help with donations, large and small, 100% of which
will go directly to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
Our 90th anniversary ride spread the word about the need to support the Center for the Intrepid. With
the help of press releases and newspaper publicity (of which we were fortunate to get four nice articles), we collected
donations for this worthy cause as we traveled cross country. Maybe you would like to contribute?
The Intrepid Fund can be found at
www.fallenheroesfund.org. You can donate directly to the Fund, but we suggest you send a check made out to the "Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund"
to our address at Van Buren LLC, PO Box 926, Northborough, MA. 01532 so we can register the donations. Write "Van Buren
Sisters" in the note section. We will collect and submit them monthly to the Fund in NYC.
