marisa on Thursday, April 15, 2010
PORTLAND TO SHOWER SOUTH AFRICA WITH OUR BEST OFFERINGS:
DONATED BIKES AND A LOT OF HEART.
When Jenny Leonard was studying abroad in South Africa in 2008, she met Mercy, a 16 year old high school girl who walked for three hours one way to get to school each morning. Jenny pledged that she would send hundreds of bicycles to South Africa, no matter how much work it took, to alleviate the transportation burden for impoverished school children.
After a year of fund raising, Jenny is now having a city-wide bike collection day in Portland on April 24 at the old Washington-Monroe High School on SE 14th and SE Alder from 10am-4pm. Jenny will be collecting used (but in good condition) mountain bikes, cruisers, parts, tools, bike accessories, and monetary donations. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Various prizes and treats await good-hearted donors along with the profound feeling of donating sustainable transportation to school children. For more information please email jennymleonard@gmail.com or visit www.bicycles-for-humanity.org/Portland.
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