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"If you ride bicycles, you probably know how to repair them," Mark DeCourcey tells the Free Lance-Star.
"So we get together at church usually have a prayer beforehand, and then we work the bikes."
DeCourcey is the missions pastor at Stafford Community Church in Fredericksburg, Va., which has been refurbishing and donating gently used bicycles to the community since October 2023.
The idea was born at a retirement party for Roy Whaling, a heavy equipment operator at the regional landfill, who was disturbed by the number of bicycles he'd seen tossed out as trash.
Stafford County supervisors and the Regional Recycling Board partnered with the church to collect the bikes, repair them, and then donate them to community groups.
Since October 2023, more than 75 bikes have been restored and donated.
"The bikes make a tangible difference in the lives of those who need a way to get around," the executive director of Micah Ecumenical Ministries tells the Free Lance-Star.
"We often receive working bikes and give them to people who need them to support their transportation needs as we move them off the street."
The church asks that people contact Mark DeCourcey first if they want to drop off bikes at the church if the landfill isn't accessible.
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