Good evening,
I've just come back from the shop, having finished fixing and sorting bikes for donation this week. We have 17 bikes in childs' sizes (12", 16" and 20" wheels) that I consider nice enough to send to Christian Help and another 4 24" MTBs and 6 adult bikes. I stopped at Wamsleys to check in with them and they have about a dozen bikes that will also go. I hope this is enough for everyone who needs/wants a bike to get one.
Special thanks to this weekends' star volunteer, Joe Salmen, who drove up from Fairmont and spent the whole day Saturday getting bikes cleaned and adjusted. John Lozier came to help at the end of the day too. It's amazing how much a few people can get done. We got about a dozen bikes donated as a result of the newspaper article, most will be usable or strippable for parts. The thing that hasn't gone well is cash donations. Only one bike came with a donation. This leaves us in debt for parts we've already purchased, and with no money to buy shop tools, helmets or locks. If anyone can recommend a source for funding or donations please email me.
I'll be trying our past donors. It will take $1250 to pay for helmets, locks, tools and debts. If we raise more it will go to fixing the Gulf Coast bikes and setting up bike clubs and classes in the local schools (including fixing MTBs to donate to the clubs).
We will have another workshop next weekend and I'll try to get another announcement out for bike collection, but there are still plenty more bikes to work on - and they're the tougher ones.
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