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Carl Henn Memorial Fund
Carl HennBikes for the World wishes to extend their thoughts and sympathies to the family of Carl Henn. Carl passed away on Tuesday July 27, 2010 after tragically being struck by lightning in Rockville Md during a fierce thunderstorm two days previous (see the story here ). Carl was surrounded by family and friends at a party at the Community Garden that he had helped establish.  Carl was an environmental activist and played an instrumental role in creating the Watkins Pond Community Garden (in the Kings Farm neighborhood of Rockville MD).

Quoting Dennis McCarthy in the Washington Post , "He lived what he believed.  He rode a bike so he wouldn't pollute. He used a push lawn mower. Everything the man did was principled."

Carl's brother Mark has asked us to setup the Carl Henn Memorial Fund to accept donations in Carl's memory.   Donations to the fund can be made here .  With this fund, Bikes for the Worldwill continue to promote recycling and reuse, sustainable transportation, and community service in Rockville and in the greater mid-Atlantic region.

 
Bikes for the World Ships It's 40,000th Donated Bicycle

ROCKVILLE, MD–On Saturday, December 5th, Bikes for the World, a DC area-based non-profit, shipped its 40,000th bike for donation to programs that help people who need affordable transportation overseas.  The shipment containing this milestone bike is bound for the Panamanian Association of Goodwill Industries, a long-time Bikes for the World charity partner.

Keith Oberg, Director of BfW, loads the 40,000th bike to be shipped overseas
Keith Oberg, Director of Bikes for the World, loads the 40,000th bike to be shipped overseas

The bikes donated by Bikes for the World are sold by the local partner at low prices. These bikes not only provide Panamanian workers, tradesmen, and students with affordable transport but enable the receiving organization to train and employ people with disabilities, building job skills and providing employment to a population often marginalized in the job market.

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What is Bikes for the World?

 Picture from Nyariga, Ghana showing a recipient of a Bikes for the World bicycle. Courtesy of the Shape Lives Foundation Bikes for the World (BfW) is a sponsored project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (tax ID #237305477) whose mission is to collect valuable but unwanted bicycles and related material--parts, tools, and accessories--in the United States and deliver it at low cost to community development programs assisting the poor in developing countries.   The bikes donated to our partner organizations provide much-needed and affordable transportation to laborers, micro businesspeople, farmers, health workers, and students.  Recipients benefit in proportion to THEIR efforts.  Our non-profit partner organizations sell bikes at a below-market price or distribute them to targeted beneficiaries in exchange for volunteer services (e.g., health workers in Namibia) or as award (e.g., for scholarship students living miles away from school, as in the Gambia or Senegal).  

As much as possible, Bikes for the World uses the donated bicycles to help set-up self-sustaining bicycle repair operations which can make enough money to pay the direct costs for subsequent container shipments of donated bicycles.

Bikes for the World also operates the Rockville Youth Bicycle Project in suburban Maryland, offering local youth opportunities to learn about bicycles, fulfill high school community service requirements, earn a reconditioned bicycle, and bike safely and enjoyably.

(Above Right: Picture from Nyariga, Ghana showing a recipient of a Bikes for the World bicycle. Courtesy of the Shape Lives Foundation)

Keith Oberg in snapshot of America.gov video about BfW

Also see this YouTube video by America.gov describing the mission of Bikes for the World:

 

And see the MSNBC video about how Bikes for the World contributes bikes supporting sustainable development for a small community near Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Bikes for the World is a sponsored project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, a 7,000-member non-profit advocacy and educational organization promoting bicycling in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Founded in 1972, WABA manages, sponsors, or coordinates a wide range of activities benefiting area cyclists and the community-at-large.

For more than 30 years, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association has been promoting bicycling as a healthy and sustainable means of transportation by advocating for better riding conditions in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Become a WABA member now and show your support for a fully integrated transportation system. One that allows you to ride your bicycle everywhere you want to go - safely.

For further info on WABA, visit www.waba.org, or to become a member of WABA, you can visit their signup page here

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