Open Door Cycle Fest featuring The Fast and The Fiorini Road Ride & The Hills and The Hollers Gravel Grinder

With your support Open Door activates bicyclists of all interest and experience levels to fight homelessness. Join our #housingfirst cycling movement. Help your favorite rider reach their fundraising goal by pledging to give per-mile or donate a fixed amount. Gifts support Open Door Community's general charitable purpose and activities.

Your gifts help end homelessness in our community using the “Housing First” approach. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, “Housing First is a homeless assistance approach that prioritizes providing permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness, thus ending their homelessness and serving as a platform from which they can pursue personal goals and improve their quality of life.”

Raise funds from friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers for #housingfirst! Every local $1 raised helps leverage $4 more dollars in federal and state housing assistance funds. Last year Open Door provided over 5,000 nights of emergency shelter, leveraging nearly $225k in recurring homelessness intervention funds.

About Open Door Community

Based in Wytheville, Virginia, Helping Overcome Poverty's Existence (HOPE), Inc. d/b/a Open Door Community, a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization serving a five-county area of Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, and Wythe, as well as the city of Galax. Open Door is a human services organization providing tools to build community sustainability and independence.

Become A Fundraiser

We believe the solution to homelessness is permanent supportive housing stock and related services. By creating a fundraising campaign, you can join the fight to help end homelessness in our community using the “Housing First” approach. Gifts of all sizes add up and make a major collective impact in the fight against homelessness. Every local $1 raised helps leverage $4 more dollars in federal and state housing assistance funds.

Business Support

Fast and Fiorini Ride A-thon business supporters have access to a dynamic demographic of active lifestyle consumers and committed community leaders that span ages, industries, and families with disposable income. Find out more about business giving and sponsorship opportunities.