The Power to Make a Difference, We all Have it.

Online, February 25, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Brandon Marshall
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February 14, 2010; 12:00p.m. MST
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THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WE ALL HAVE IT

St. Augustine, Florida () March 14, 2010 -- An energy engineer decides to leave his job in order to ride a bicycle across the United States. Why would he do such a thing? He has a message. His goal is to demonstrate that we all have the power to make a positive difference in the health of our natural environment, in the health of our communities, and in our own personal health.

Brandon Marshall, 37, will be part of a cross-country, van-supported bicycle ride with a Cycling Team of eight to thirteen participants. He will begin the journey on March 14, 2010, in St. Augustine, Florida, and arrive in San Diego, on May 10, 2010, three thousand ninety three miles later.

The Cycling Team is made up of a variety of people from retired professionals to renewable energy generalists with ages ranging from thirty to seventy. Members have previous experience in long bicycle tours both supported and unsupported and are coming together at the tour start point from various locales. "There's a diversity of backgrounds and experiences but there is a common interest in letting others know that everyone has the power to make a difference with their everyday actions," Brandon says.

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The Cycling Team will be demonstrating bicycling as an environmentally friendly mode of travel and adventure, and as a means to improving one's personal health. The Cycling Team will be using portable solar panels along the route to help power this effort and to demonstrate solar energy as an important part of a sustainable future, both environmentally and economically.

Brandon states "This is a big personal risk. I work in the renewable energy field and that position may not be available when this bicycle journey concludes. I'm willing to take that risk because I believe that I can do more to increase awareness of how powerful each of us is in making a positive difference in our own lives and in the lives of others."

What was the tipping point for this decision? Brandon says he recently supplied a satellite phone provider with solar panels that went to the disaster relief effort in Haiti. "I thought of all the little things that ordinary people were doing in that effort to make a difference in the lives of the Haitian earthquake victims. It reminded me that we are all making a difference everyday in the lives of someone somewhere whether we realize it or not. I've seen it so many times before, the power that lies within each of us, that we can tap for positive change in our environment, in our communities, and in ourselves."

Brandon mentions the familiar saying "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," then remarks "and in this case the journey of three thousand miles begins with a single pedal stroke. See, little actions do make a difference."

Brandon invites those interested in his story to track him down on tour. His request: "Let's talk about making a difference."

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