Our motto is "the right to wind in your hair", and our principles are Storytelling, Generosity, Slowness, Without Age and Relationships. We have now all experienced the effects of isolation and we want to seize this opportunity to create communities that are welcoming to people of all ages and abilities - encouraging and prioritizing the forming of new relationships. The good news is we can do this without compromising the health of volunteers and beneficiaries. We believe in the right to wind in our hair, the right to experience the city and nature close up from the trishaw and the opportunity to tell our stories in the environment where we live our lives. That way we build bridges between generations and we reinforce trust, respect and the social glue in our society. Unlike many other recreationally-focused activities found for older adults, taking off on an adventurous ride together offers a real life experience and reinvigorates our appetite for life and new experiences. It works, it’s fun and there’s a demand, how else would 33,000 volunteers in 50 countries do rides in their communities every day?
Our motto is "the right to wind in your hair", and our principles are Storytelling, Generosity, Slowness, Without Age and Relationships. We have now all experienced the effects of isolation and we want to seize this opportunity to create communities that are welcoming to people of all ages and abilities - encouraging and prioritizing the forming of new relationships. The good news is we can do this without compromising the health of volunteers and beneficiaries. We believe in the right to wind in our hair, the right to experience the city and nature close up from the trishaw and the opportunity to tell our stories in the environment where we live our lives. That way we build bridges between generations and we reinforce trust, respect and the social glue in our society. Unlike many other recreationally-focused activities found for older adults, taking off on an adventurous ride together offers a real life experience and reinvigorates our appetite for life and new experiences. It works, it’s fun and there’s a demand, how else would 33,000 volunteers in 50 countries do rides in their communities every day?
We want to reach people in new ways. As a Library we have always focused on the materials inside our wonderful branch. However, we know that its a challenge for many of our residence to come to the library. We want to create a program to expand access to people. We have two senior living centers with a short walk of our branch and we would like this grant to allow us the ability to have patrons brought to us. This underserved group could be given access to everything our library has to offer with the help of this project.