The biggest support this run gets is a man on a bike on January 1st. Start there if you can. If you can't, there's a place for you on every line below: carry the sparrow, put your word behind the ride, or take on your own brutal thing. It all counts.
Nothing supports this run like riding it. Stage with us in Oklahoma City on January 1st and ride 1,111 miles to Las Vegas, or ride your 1,111 wherever you are. Every man on a bike that morning is the mission, moving. The miles raise the money. The men raise each other.
Sparrow Run isn't taking money until the first run is finished. Not because the help wouldn't matter. Because a commitment isn't real until it costs you something, and we haven't paid ours yet. Every cause on earth asks before it's done anything. We're doing the hard thing first.
So here's what we're asking for instead. Not a card. A commitment. Tell us what you'd put behind the ride, once, or by the mile against the 1,111, and we'll come back to you when the miles are done. Nothing is charged. Nothing is binding. Your word is enough. And it puts you on the wall, if you want to be there.
Until then, the Sparrow Bag Initiative runs on what we make and sell. The token, the beads, the canvas, the thread, paid for by the objects below.
Everything here funds the Sparrow Bag Initiative. The token, the beads, the canvas, the thread: real materials, made by hand, paid for by what's sold on this page. No middleman, no waiting. A hat becomes a bag.
Nothing is charged. Every reserve tells us how many to make.
A hand-struck token, sized for a pocket, made to be touched smooth over years. Carried, not displayed.
Matte black beads. One small bird. Built to be worn every day without explaining itself.
The pocket sparrow and the bracelet, together. The same pair that goes into every Sparrow Bag, made by the same hands. Every one reserved pays for the next one.
Heavyweight black pullover. The full mark across the back, nothing on the front.
If you'd rather sweat than spend, take on your own brutal thing on January 1st. The challenges carry the same number the ride does. Beyond that: follow the run and share it with a man who needs it. Tell us about a father who should have a bag in his hands. Bring your shop, your club, or your hospital into the mission. And if you showed up for a man this year, that counts here too. The wall has room for it, if you want it there.
