BRANCHBURG ROTARY BULLETIN August 31, 2016 (Aug 30, 2016)

BRANCHBURG ROTARY CLUB

USED BIKE COLLECTION SEP 10, 2016

Pedals for Progress (P4P), in its continuing effort to recycle bicycles properly, is having a used bike collection sponsored by the Rotary Club of Branchburg. Anyone with an adult or child’s bicycle in repairable condition is urged to donate his or her bike to this worthy cause. Petals for Progress does not accept “bikes for parts” or disassembled bikes.

Bikes can be dropped off from 9 am to 12 pm on Saturday Sept 10, 2016, rain or shine at the Branchburg Municipal Building, 1077 Rt. 202 North, Branchburg, NJ 08876. This project is coordinated by Branchburg Rotarians Kip Bateman and Dan Matyola.

P4P collects 3,000 to 5,000 bicycles annually. To date, more than 147,000 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 local people 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 $10 donation is suggested toward shipping costs per bike). All cash and material donations are fully deductible and a receipt will be available at the collection site.

Petals for Progress also accept working portable sewing machines. Pedals for Progress is a 501 © (3) corporation and a registered charity in the states of NJ, NY, PA, CT, VT, IA. Brochures explaining this innovative program will be available at the collection site. P4P seeks donations of wrenches for our overseas shops.

“Bikes get you to a job, Sewing Machines are a job in a box,” according to P4P's Executive Director Dave Schweidenback. “These bikes not only give people a chance for a better life but also save our landfills. “

For detailed information about our overseas projects and a current schedule of bicycle collections, visit our website at www.p4p.org. For more information contact Dan Matyola (908) 725-3322 or (908) 526-3600 djm@stanleypmlaw.com