Glad to see this is moving forward, guyz & galz. Have fun on your ride Sunday.....hope you get some of the route nailed down. Sounds like fun "work."
Salsa, Knotted, Mimi, & East Hill (& others farther down the thread) -- thank you very much for your help on this. I wish I were closer to help out, too (...but 1000 miles is a bit hard to breach
). I'm not totally positive that I'll be able to come up to see the fruition of all your efforts, but I'm sure going to try.

Originally Posted by
zencentury
groups that are being considered hmm...'considered"
The producers of the Banana Keeper are a commercial entity and don't need donations.
So as it stands, this is a big advertisement for a real estate mortgage company.
Now Zen --- I must ask -- what have you got against this ride? Why all the negativity? The people who benefit are the riders! Sure, the companies who pitch in the dollars to make it happen get advertising, but they can pay for advertising on ugly billboards too. But instead, they are choosing to invest those same dollars into something that people will actually enjoy looking at -- at bunch of fun ladies on bikes, dressed to the nines, who (yes!) ARE healthy and trying to raise money for others who aren't. Think of the charity organizations that have been mentioned already that could REALLY benefit. That alone should make anyone jump on board. I wish you would.
Thanks, all!
~BikeMomma
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." --Albert Einstein