Cycling humanitarians from Springfield visiting St Joseph on ride across the US to help those in poverty | newspressnow.com

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hree humanitarians from Springfield, Missouri, made a pit stop in St. Joseph on Wednesday afternoon during the 43rd day of their cross country bike ride that they have deemed a “social awareness adventure.”

The bike ride already has raised over $20,000 for the nonprofit organization I Pour Life, which benefits impoverished women in Ethiopia by teaching them skills and developing their strengths so they become self-sufficient. The bike ride already has raised over $20,000 for the nonprofit organization I Pour Life. Dakota Graff, a volunteer for I Pour Life and one of the riders, said the trip should last three months.

“We are about halfway, so we have about a month and a half left on the road,” Graff said.

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