SAVE THE DATE!
The 2016 ride is OCTOBER 14th – 16th.
You can read some coverage of last year’s ride from the Advocate, NOLA.com, The Gambit, and WWNO.
The 2016 ride is now full. If you are interested in riding, please sign up for the wait list. Every year we have been able to offer spots to a significant number of riders off the wait list.
Want to volunteer? You can help Nola to Angola by donating to our riders, driving a support vehicle, or helping to prepare food. Contact info@nolatoangola.org if you are interested in volunteering in any capacity!
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An e-mail from a formerly incarcerated gentleman which explains how important the project is.
“Hi Duane,
He who forgets will be destined to remember.”
NOLA to Angola is a bicycle fundraiser established in 2011 to benefit the Cornerstone Builders Bus Project. Cornerstone provides free bus trips for families in New Orleans to visit their incarcerated loved ones. For information about the bus project, please visit our page about Cornerstone.
In 2011, 25 riders cycled the 160 miles to Angola Prison over a three-day period. The riders raised approximately $7,000 for Corner Stone, which covered the cost of six months worth of bus trips. This effort allowed roughly 400 people to travel from New Orleans to five state prisons in southeastern Louisiana.
In 2012, 34 riders biked over 168 miles to Angola over a weekend. We raised over $14,000 for Cornerstone which covered an entire year of bus trips and has helped to increase the number of buses visiting each prison.
Here are selected photos from the 2011 ride:
Hello!
I think this is a great fundraiser. Congratulations on doubling your funds between 2011 and 2012! I am interested in attending an information session later this summer. Please keep me updated at the email agrosslein2007@gmail.com for information sessions. Fair Grinds Cafe is highly convenient for me if there are any plans to have them there again.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you!
Abby
Hello!
Thank you very much. We had one at the park there last year due to a scheduling conflict, and we may actually go with the park again for at least one session. Do you mind if we add you to our list?
Yes, please add me to the list. I realized the other day that it’s August, and if I’m going to do this I need to start seriously training. Is there an information session coming up?
Thank you!
You are on the list! We’re ironing out the details on the info sessions, but one should definitely be at Fair Grinds. This is one group which one of our organizers is involved in which is running training rides all over the place to get ready for October https://www.facebook.com/groups/393629590747086/
Where do we donate again this year to sponsor riders?
Thanks
Hi Betty,
You can donate online or through the mail with the options on this page: http://www.nolatoangola.org/sponsors/
Thanks for asking!
Hi I donated but it didn’t ask for which rider, not sure if it matters but wanted him to know that we support him and this rad cause.
Hi, Ashley. We did get your e-mail and your donation will be credited to him.
Hi,
I donated to Marie Kerrins campaign for 25 dollars but i didn’t see a place to enter her name, could you credit it to her fundraising goals. thanks very much
Sure thing, Chris. Please ignore the email asking who your donation should be credited to.