Fall 2011 Collection Photos

Fall 2011 Bicycle and Sewing Machine Collections

Saturday 9/10 Sponsored by: Memorial United Methodist Church Avon, CT 81 Bikes and 37 Sewing Machines Collected!

Saturday 10/8 sponsored by Westfield Rotary ClubWestfield, NJ 07090 116 Bikes Collected!

Saturday 10/8 sponsored by Westfield Rotary ClubWestfield, NJ 07090 116 Bikes Collected!

Sat 10/22 sponsored by: Rotary Club of Haddonfield Haddonfield, NJ 93 Bikes and 1 Sewing Machine Collected!

Sunday 10/23 Sponsored by Daniel Sauber, an Eagle Scout project Blue Bell, PA 42 Bikes and 2 Sewing Machines Collected!

Testimonials

Successful Partnership Aids Georgians Pedals for Progress partners with a wide variety of organizations to promote and aid sustainable economic development throughout the world. One of our partnerships this year was with International Relief & Development (IRD), a NGO with truly global reach that provides $500 million in development assistance in nearly 40 countries annually. Our collaboration with IRD involved a joint program of theirs with the United Nations to aid more than 800 refugee families in Georgia displaced during that country’s 2008 conflict with Russia.
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“To supply economic development aid by recycling bicycles and sewing machines in the U.S. and shipping them to the people of the developing world.”
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We rescue bicycles destined for overburdened U.S. landfills and ship them to developing countries where they are sorely needed and highly valued. P4P bikes are put to work not only as basic transportation, but are used as a supplement to school and community programs. The bikes are adapted for use as trash haulers, produce trucks, taxis, and farm machinery. Some of the municipalities even sponsor recreational cycling programs, making bikes available to all who care to participate.
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