Hi everyone! If you know me you know I love to bike. Biking is a passion of mine as it is a sustainable mode of transportation, helping to deter climate change and providing a way for us to travel in tune with our environment and communities. I'm excited for my first cycling event with Bikes Not Bombs, an awesome organization using the bicycle as a vehicle for social change to achieve economic mobility for Black and other marginalized people in Boston and the Global South.

Check out their website for more info, but here is some information about how your donation will be used!

"Each year we collect roughly 5,000 used bicycles and tons of used parts from our supporters around Greater Boston and New England.

We ship most of these bikes overseas to economic development projects through our International Partnerships in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Bikes that don't get shipped are distributed in Youth Pathways, where teens learn bicycle safety and mechanics skills in the process of earning bikes to keep for themselves. Staff and paid Youth Apprentices working in our retail Bike Shop & Training Center also recondition and sell some of the donated bikes that we receive.

Profits from bicycle sales, parts sales, and repairs go towards funding our youth and international work."