The area near our home in Greece and a large part of the route I'm going to cycle (from Athens to Sparta) were hit by devastating fires this summer. I am hoping to take advantage of the ride to raise a little money to help victims - some of the money will go to humans and some to animals (as I met a couple of lovely dogs in a shelter last week who are now without family).

All pretty harrowing & so I'd like to try to help.