By Michael Clemons | Founder
Getting fit and giving back continues to be the mantra by the Knights in White Lycra who have never let the pandemic get in the way of adjusting, re-inventing, and pivoting in the face of many challenges.
While it is very clear that the children in the homes continue to need to be supported, the enthusiasm by either fundraising or creative ways to make the live events virtual are just many ways that KIWL has been moving forward in 2020 and 2021.
Meanwhile, YouMeWe has been meeting weekly with children in the homes whether it was socially distanced coding classes at St.Francis or the team remotely working with volunteer instructors to build their own typing software. Many skillsets are being applied by the team members.
We also are teaching HTML courses and IT Passport lessons while we have volunteers from around the globe volunteering their time to teach online and mentor the kids in person.
After KIWL member Andy Abbey's ride along the coast of Japan, we mapped the children's homes along the route and started to call them to see if they were interested in joining our program or at least receiving computers. Donated machines are brought in and the kids are conditioning with new operating systems and then shipping out.
Several hundred laptops have been committed to us as companies are refreshing their inventory and more people are working from home. This allows us to not only upgrade the original laptops bought in 2013 but expand our reach to as far south as Nagasaki, 4 new homes in Kyoto, 1 in Osaka as we continue to teach weekly in Nagoya, Tokyo, and Tohoku.
We look forward to the October KIWL 500km challenge as well as the GoGo Run in November as more events leading up to the KIWL Santa Ride in December.
We really appreciate everyone's continued support and marvel at how much we are able to accomplish with your generous help.
Thank you,
YouMeWe NPO
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