Update on the Great American Voter Trek
Posted by Sandy on 03 Jul 2008 at 3:52 pm | Tagged as: Social Responsibility
Here’s an update on the “Great American Voter Trek,” the event organized by Cabot in which college students bicycle from Vermont to Wyoming to register voters for the 2008 presidential election.
The Voter Trek Team is now almost halfway through their route and as of July 3, the cyclists have traveled over 800 miles! Over 100 newspaper, web, TV and radio stories have featured the Trek to date. Nineteen stops remain until their arrival in Laramie, Wyoming on August 1.
The team has collected some great stories along the way:
In Syracuse, NY at the Dinosaur BBQ, the Team met 17-year-old twins, who did not know that they could register to vote as long as they would turn 17 before the next election. The Trek Team got their paperwork filled out, giving two more people their voice to vote.
In Phelps, NY, a Vermont transplant, Art Meiggs, drove from his New York home to join the Team for dinner. Mr. Meiggs was Max & Hayden’s high school baseball coach and middle school math teacher years ago, and was proud to see his former students making a real difference in the world.
Visit the Voter Trek website to track the route, watch video clips and see some of the great media stories featuring this impressive crew:
http://www.votertrek.com/