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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
the results of their shopping trips
the results of their shopping trips

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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