Tag: world bicycle relief
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Bicycle is among Mercy Corps’ holiday ‘symbolic gifts’
Among this year’s “symbolic gifts” offered by Mercy Corps is a bicycle. While donating does not mean you literally buy a bike for someone (the gifts are examples of the type of work Mercy Corps does, according to the website), the organization—based in Oregon and Washington—seems to be tapping into the idea of bicycles as…
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Fremont’s MiiR launches bike line partnered with World Bicycle Relief + Party Nov. 9
Fremont-headquartered MiiR is now taking pre-orders for a new line of bicycles that, like their waterbottles, will also support people around the world. Basically, for every MiiR bike pre-sold, some of the proceeds will go to their partners at World Bicycle Relief and the Boise Bicycle Project. World Bicycle Relief—which already has several partnerships in…
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Support World Bicycle Relief by eating chocolate
Theo Chocolate in Fremont loves bikes. We featured their Bicycle Benefits deal a few months ago (half price chocolate!), but now they have gone a step further: A bar that benefits World Bicycle Relief. From Theo: “We are partnering with World Bicycle Relief to advance our mutual efforts to create economic and educational opportunities in…
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CNN reports on World Bicycle Relief
From CNN yesterday: Sometimes I think I spend too much time thinking about bikes. I mean, they’re just bikes, right? Of course not. They are a way of life, and a way to get things done differently. They are a cornerstone to a better world. They are good machines in a world of terrible ones.
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