[Tfug] OT: Bicycles

[Rich Smit]

http://bicas.org/about/history.php

The sales, the workplace, and the end result are there to benefit the
homeless and refugees.

A donation to BICAS helps in multiple ways: raw materials to work with, a
place of work, an English speaking community, and transport at the end of
it.

Pay a visit? They won't pressure you. And if you plan to do them up
yourself and give them to kids directly, you might find the parts and tools
you need at BICAS anyway.
On Jun 21, 2013 3:08 AM, "Bexley Hall" <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Rich & Robert,
>
> On 6/20/2013 7:05 PM, Rich Smit wrote:
>
>> I second BICAS. I've taken their bike making class a few years ago. They
>> teach you all the bits and the tools. You build two bikes: one to keep and
>> one for them to sell. The parts they can't use get made into those public
>> art installations you haven't noticed yet.
>>
>
>  On Jun 20, 2013 4:52 PM, "Robert Hunter" <hunter at tfug.org> wrote:
>>
>>  On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I'm looking for a local charity or
>>>> organization that will *give* them to kids in need
>>>>
>>>
>>> http://bicas.org/
>>>
>>
> Hmmmm... I took a wander through their web site and didn't see any
> *giveaway* programs.  I.e., it seems as if they would use donated
> bikes as salable items (or, as a source for components to assemble
> into salable items).
>
> <frown>
>
> I was hoping for a transaction that avoided a monetary exchange
> (i.e., put the bike into a deserving child's (?) hands -- instead
> of *selling* it to said child).
>
> But, I will keep them in mind.  I left word with a family that
> might be able to make use of the bikes ("as is" or after their
> repair) and hope to hear from them tomorrow or this weekend.  I'd
> much prefer seeing the bikes go directly to someone who can use them
> (instead of being converted to cash for someone *else* to use)
>
> Thx!
> --don
>
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