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...Daniel M Pallotta '83, chairman of Harvard's Hunger Action Committee, was riding his hike to the beach this summer when he came up with the idea to sponsor a cross-country bike-ride to raise money for Oxfam-America to fight world hunger...
...Fasts weren't a big enough opportunity for students to participate in the fight," Pallotta said yesterday. Now Pallotta's idea has blossomed into a project with a fund-raising goal of $250.000--which represents half of Oxfam's yearly national goal...
...project is financially "a quantum leap beyond anything we've done in the past," Pallotta said. The group previously raised about $6000 a year sponsoring fasts in House dining halls...
...Pallotta foresees a group of 30 to 50 students riding from Seattle to Boston in a six-week period starting in mid-June. The riding team will stop in towns along the way to give talks on the problem of world hunger...
...Pallotta raised $865 during the campaign, more money than any other candidate. However, total campaign costs will exceed $1000, Pallotta said...