Cebu Bikers' Trail blazed 2nd Outreach Event

On its second outreach project, Cebu Bikers joined hand in hand with Gawad-Kalinga in their ongoing housing project for the less fortunate located in Tubodville, Toledo City. Considered to be this year's highlight community project, the CebuBikers online community of motorcycle enthusiasts conceived this activity for months right when the idea initially came up early this year and CB started to contact Gawad-Kalinga for possible volunteer work. Since then, it was non-stop planning and preparation for all of us starting with the actual site visit by the CB Admin Team and GK Orientation general assembly with members of the CebuBikers Community to last minute ride and group organizing, setting of expectations and itineraries that finally culminated to the actual CB-GK Outreach at the housing project in Tubodville, Toledo City held last August 30, 2009.

The level of support, enthusiasm, commitment and undaunted dedication to help was overwhelming as almost sixty CB registered riders (not including family and friends) showed up with their shovels and powers to participate in the manual labor.

"La ko nag expect nga daghan ang mangapil.. 57 kabuok, daghan jud and i thought, dili au hago ang buhatonon didto mao kumpyansa ra nga wai tulog, pero in ato diay, di sad to lalim..! (I didn't expect such a big turnout from the riders. And I thought there's not much to do so I was confident not getting enough sleep as I came from work. But it struck me, it wasn't easy for sure!) -Mejie, CB member.

Although just a half day affair, it was no easy feat as the participants had to endure the heat and deal with the steep terrain in moving the construction materials. Some of them just came from work and didn't have a wink's sleep, while others had to report for work later that day but it didn't stop them from going. No matter what the circumstances were, unexpected or not, more and more CB members flocked to our tambayan at Jollibee-Kartzone in Mabolo as early as six in the morning to participate in this activity. By seven, the ride was on the go.