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Bike & Build is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which organizes cross-country cycling trips to benefit the affordable housing cause in the United States. Participants on Bike & Build trips are of ages 18–25, and may or may not have previous cycling or volunteer experience. Rides have up to 34 participants (including 4 designated leaders), and take 8–11 weeks to travel across the United States. Bike and Build riders spend 8–16 days en route building houses. Since its inception in 2002, Bike & Build has directly involved over 2,000 young adults and has donated over $4.5M〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=http://bikeandbuild.org/cms/ )〕 to affordable housing charities to fund projects executed by young people. Riders are required to raise $4500〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bikeandbuild.org/cms/content/view/75/140/#before )〕 each before starting: part is used to run the trips, and the remainder is donated to affordable housing organizations. Additional donations are sometimes collected en route. Some trips donate their money to specific organizations or chapters, and others work on a grant system. Under the grant system, groups benefiting the affordable housing cause can apply for grants through Bike and Build. The grant applications are delivered to the grant-based trips during the ride, and the riders on those trips vote on which groups receive money, and how much to allocate to each group. Participants need not have previous building or cycling experience, or even a bicycle; Bike & Build provides the bicycle, which participants are allowed to keep upon completion of the trip. Riders are required to complete ten hours sweat equity working with affordable housing groups before beginning the trip, and are required to ride at least 500 miles in training before their summer begins. There have been three fatal accidents on Bike & Build trips since 2010. Paige Hicks, Christina Genco, and Patrick Wanninkhof have all died while biking on roadways. 〔 〔 〔 ==Life on the road== As the overwhelming majority of Bike & Build participants are college students, the trips are scheduled to fit within the confines of collegiate summer breaks. The trips depart between the middle of May and the middle of June, and finish approximately two months after the departure date. Most days during the 8–9 weeks of each trip are spent riding. Participants ride an average of about 70 miles per day. Overnight stays are arranged in advance of the trip, and are usually at churches or other community centers. Occasionally, the overnight stay will be outdoors. After breakfast and packing up, riders perform a quick cleanup of the overnight location before heading out. Each ride has a van and trailer to carry the riders' gear. Once the trailer has been loaded with everybody's gear, one of the trip coordinators (the duty of driving the van is rotated between the four coordinators) drives it out and sets up a rest stop on the route where riders break for lunch. After all the riders have eaten lunch, the van and trailer continue on to the destination for the day, or to set up a second lunch stop, on longer days. Once arrived at the daily destination, riders usually have a couple of hours of free time before dinner. Showers are available either on-site, or as arranged with a local athletic center or school where shower facilities are available. Dinner is either provided by the overnight hosts, or prepared by the riders, and is often preceded or followed by a short presentation given by the riders about Bike & Build and the affordable housing cause. There are two types of non-riding days: build days, and days off. In either case, the usual routine is broken, as participants need not pack up their bags in the morning. During build days, participants are taken to a local build site where they make direct contributions of effort towards the affordable housing cause by assisting at the site. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bike and Build」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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