Pedals for Progress, in its continuing effort to recycle bicycles properly, is having a used bike collection sponsored by the Medford-Vincentown Rotary Club in conjunction with the Medford Township Police Department and Wheelies Bicycle Sales.
Anyone with an adult or child’s bicycle in repairable condition is urged to donate his or her bike to this worthy cause. Disassembled bikes or “bikes for parts” will not be accepted.
Bikes can be dropped off from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday Oct. 5, rain or shine at the Medford Public Safety building.
Pedals for Progress collects 3,000 to 5,000 bicycles annually and transfers this material wealth to those more needy. To date, more than 142,000 have been shipped to developing countries in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. In these countries the bikes are reconditioned by partner agencies and distributed at low cost to poor working adults. These bikes provide them with reliable transportation for commuting to work, transporting product to market, or accessing health care and other services.
Steady employment for these adults is vital to the development and success for these economies.
It costs $40 to collect, process, ship, rebuild and distribute each bicycle. A donation toward shipping costs is necessary.
All cash and material donations are fully deductible and a receipt will be available at the collection site. We also accept working portable sewing machines.
For more information call (609) 367–4059 or email tsrmpr@yahoo.com.
