Wanted: CROP walk sponsors

I'm going to be participating in the CROP walk for the first time on October 5.
CROP walk is a hunger fundraising and awareness event. 25% of proceeds are used locally, the remainder are distributed worldwide via Church World Service, which is an interfaith group. Here is CWS's FAQ. They're a very efficient charity as these things go, you can check them out there if you're into that.

They're very much a bootstrap organization. While they do provide disaster relief (they're very active with hurricane relief in the US) they also do things like buying pumps and providing hygene training in villages, providing startup loans to allow women to jump-start small businesses, and buying chicks and chicken coops to families to give them an ongoing reliable source of eggs, protein and income.

The focus this year is on providing good sources of potable water to poor communities. Women in these communities are particularly affected because they're the ones who wind up spending all their time walking long distances to bring potable water and firewood back home to prepare meals. Providing a closer source of good water will allow them to do other things with their time which might allow them to bootstrap themselves into a better life.

My donation page is here for anyone that wants to consider supporting this cause.

Book finished

Once A Hero by Elizabeth Moon

Esmay Suiza #1 - a spinoff of the Heris Serrano series.
Introducing a new character; again, a female navy officer, though in this case one that's a much lower grade but has enormous latent potential, a serious inferiority complex, and a pretty bad suppressed past that she needs to confront.
Esmay appeared briefly in Winning Colors where she was forced into command due to chaos surrounding a mutiny, and this book starts out with the board of inquiry regarding that event. During the course of this book she winds up on a ship in serious trouble and again is forced into command.

Bike reassembled

I spent about 3 hours Saturday morning putting my bike back together and moving components over from J's bike back to mine. I think things are OK. I did replace the rear brake cable. Haven't done the derailler yet. If I do a full-length RD cable housing, it'll involve some rerouting. I may also decide to try squirting the final loop housing full of grease and booting the leading end to try to keep moisture out. I just need to do something with it before winter.