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...Their achievement is a marvelous example of student philanthropy and public service of which we're enormously proud," Epps said, as he mingled with bikers, Oxfam officials and House Masters in the Kirkland House junior conference room...
Epps said that over $70,000 in contributions had been pledged for Oxfam to date. A third of that amount has been received already, and contributions are arriving at the rate of $1,000 per day, he said...
Pallotta said that several participants have wired home for money, and that officials of the organization affiliated with the trip--Oxfam America, a Boston-based foundation committed to reducing world hunger--have pledged whatever additional support is needed for the remainder of the journey...
Beyond the pledges and donations, organizers said, support for the ride has come from hundreds of people affiliated with Harvard Clubs, the Oxfam organization, and the churches, community centers, and schools in which the riders have slept and eaten. Money for trip expenses and supplies has come largely from corporate donations and contributions raised through a voluntary fast held in Harvard dining halls in late April...
...myriad of international organizations will split 10 percent of the collected pledges Included among these are Church World Service Crop, a group working to improve agriculture productivity in India and Thailand, and Oxfam-America, which provides food, clothing and shelter to the displaced in El Salvador...