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Shop and Donate By Bike

2016-05-31

Bob Fisch, chief Fun Officer of Poky Pedalers in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, recently alerted me to the "Shop & Donate by Bike" event they held earlier this month in their community as part of National Bike Month.

Shop & Donate by Bike was their twist on Bike to Shop Day, a Bike Month activity that encourages people to use bicycles as part of their daily transportation needs.

the Shop and Donate by Bike convoy — the Shop & Donate by Bike convoy

Bob's blog post about the event is well worth reading. Here's a snippet from it:

The basic idea of Shop & Donate by Bike was to ride to shops, purchase stuff, load it all onto the PPSP Colossal Cargo Carrier (a 5’-long flatbed bicycle trailer that I towed), haul it all over to CAP Services Family Crisis Center – a vital local resource for domestic abuse survivors and their children as well as for runaway youth – and donate to them everything we purchased over the course of the afternoon.

The "Colossal Cargo Carrier" that Bob refers to is a 64A bicycle trailer they purchased from us earlier this year.

p and Donate by Bike participants gathered outside one of the stores — participants gathered outside one of the stores

pair of shoppers inside a store — a pair of shoppers purchasing items from the list they were given

I applaud Bob for organizing such a worthwhile event. It's an activity that should be replicated in communities across the country, regardless of whether they choose to use our trailers or not.

group photo of the participants — the people who made it happen

Thanks to Bob for organizing and posting information about the event, and to CAP Services, Inc., for providing the photos.

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