My company gives us 16 hours (2 days) to take off for community service. So I'm thinking about starting a "Skip Work for Charity Ride". All of the other charity rides I know of are on weekends. We'll be leaving Irving (so far just me and two other riders in my office) and need someplace that we can get to and back in 8 hours or so. We'll just collect donations and give it to someplace on the end, like a hospital or children's center or something. Since we get two days, we'll try to make it a bi-annual thing, probably spring and fall (although I'm really late for spring this year).
So, I need somewhere that is a 501-C, can use the donations, is about 4 hours from Irving on the backroads (which probably means it would be better north or east, as we get out of D/FW quicker that way) and is near some decent eating establishment. We'll ride out, hand over the money, get some lunch, and ride back. Any ideas?
