While Bike to Build is focused on prayer for the building up of a culture of respect for life, it is also an opportunity to raise funds for a variety of life-supporting works of mercy. If you are inclined to raise funds through your pilgrimage, donors may direct their donations to any of the following ministry organizations:
CareNet Pregnancy Center of Green County (http://carenetmonroe.com): providing help, hope and healing to women, men and families facing unplanned pregnancies.
Diocese of Jacmel, Haiti (Sister Diocese of the Diocese of Madison), for medical support and support for Haitian midwives in Jacmel (https://madisondiocese.org/jacmel)
L’Arche Community of Chicago (http://www.larchechicago.org): revealing the dignity of every human being by building a community of faith and belonging where people with and without intellectual disabilities live together in family-style homes.
Fuller Center for Housing, Global Builders: constructing simple, decent affordable homes based on their needs and income, repaid on a no-profit, no-interest basis. Global builders constructs houses in the least-developed countries of the world, including Haiti (http://fullercenter.org/haiti), Uganda (https://fullercenter.org/uganda), and Madagascar (https://fullercenter.org/madagascar}
Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation (http://www.mvfr.org ): helping the families of murder victims to tell their stories in ways that disrupt and dismantle the death penalty and create pathways for wholeness, reconciliation and restoration.
Not Dead Yet (http://notdeadyet.org): a national, grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination.
Catholic Fund Against Human Trafficking (https://www.usccb.org/topics/anti-trafficking-program), public education, advocacy to end trafficking, and support for survivors.