{"id":29,"date":"2023-10-27T20:52:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota1.wpengine.com\/cotaforhank\/?p=29"},"modified":"2023-10-27T20:52:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:52:27","slug":"ragbrai-cota-for-hank","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforhank\/events\/ragbrai-cota-for-hank\/","title":{"rendered":"RAGBRAI:  COTA for Hank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAGBRAI UPDATE!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>This is a very hot week for an intrastate bicycle ride across Iowa, but Chapin + Alexa have persevered.&nbsp; They are getting up early and on the tandem before 5:00am and riding about 80 miles in the hot sun on the pavement.&nbsp; Today was 90&nbsp; miles from Des Moines to Toledo. If you have the chance send them a smiley face for their ride to cheer them on, do it!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WHAT IS RAGBRAI<br \/><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ragbrai.com\/\">RAGBRAI <\/a>stands for Register&rsquo;s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is more than just a bike ride, it is an epic eight-day rolling festival of bicycles, music, food, camaraderie, and community. It is the oldest, largest, and longest multi-day bicycle touring event in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Chapin Bryce + Alexa Giovannini<\/strong> were inspired to ride their tandem bicycle across Iowa because of the seed planted by Hank&#8217;s parents Anika and Rob.&nbsp; Ani and Rob [Joan and Charlie too&#8230;] were all registered for RAGBRAI during the summer of 2020, but their event was canceled due to the global pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">As a thoughtful surprise, Chapin + Alexa would like to dedicate this ride in honor of COTA for Hank. Any and all donations made to COTA for Hank will support a lifetime of transplant expenses.&nbsp; &nbsp; Watch their ride here at&nbsp;<strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/ragbrai.com\/\">https:\/\/ragbrai.com\/<\/a>.&nbsp; &nbsp; #HangwithHankRoy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dptext.org\/dpmeter\/users\/smallwidget\/950\" width=\"280\" height=\"173\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Click DONATE next to the red thermometer [above] to make your donation for COTA for Hank and sponsor Chapin + Alexa&#8217;s ride at RAGBRAI 2023!&nbsp; <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>See if your company will match your gift!!&nbsp; The home page has a widget in the sidebar next to the GIVE button to check if your company matches gifts!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cota.org\/uploads\/2775\/images\/COTA%20for%20hank.png\" alt=\"QR Code COTA for HANK @ RAGBRAI\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Children&#8217;s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support. COTA is the nation&rsquo;s only fundraising organization solely dedicated to raising life-saving dollars in honor of transplant-needy children and young adults. 100% of each contribution made to COTA in honor of our patients helps meet transplant-related expenses. COTA&rsquo;s services are free to our families, and gifts to COTA are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAGBRAI UPDATE! This is a very hot week for an intrastate bicycle ride across Iowa, but Chapin + Alexa have persevered.&nbsp; They are getting up early and on the tandem before 5:00am and riding about 80 miles in the hot sun on the pavement.&nbsp; Today was 90&nbsp; miles from Des Moines to Toledo. If you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-29","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforhank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforhank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforhank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforhank\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}