Unclaimed bicycles donated to neighborhood youth organization
See the Tennessean article here.
In the Edgehill community, Terry Key and his tight-knit group of neighborhood kids have a new batch of bicycles, thanks to Vanderbilt University! The Vanderbilt Sustainability and Environmental Management Office (SEMO) and Plant Operations arranged to donate bicycles to the Edgehill Bike Club that went unclaimed from campus and were approved for recycling by the Office of Housing and Residential Education (OHARE).
These bicycles were all left behind and unclaimed on campus at the end of the 2014 school year. Collected and stored for months by the Vanderbilt Grounds Department, eventually the bicycles were released for recycling by OHARE once no one at Vanderbilt had claimed them. This year, they were instead donated for reuse to Edgehill Bike Club. On Friday May 29th, SEMO staff and student interns pulled up to a large group of cheerful volunteers and excited children and unloaded 31 bikes to begin the process of refurbishment!
Founded in 2013 by Terry Key, the Edgehill Bike Club has given out over 500 bicycles to neighborhood children, and in the process, has built a strong, uplifting community that comes together and continues to spread this positive change. Not only does the organization provide free bicycles and helmets to neighborhood youth, but they also provide community rides, bicycle maintenance and repair lessons, neighborhood clean-ups, and life lessons to help promote a crime-free community.
For more information on Edgehill Bike Club, visit their website or connect with them on Facebook.
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