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Ali Well talks with friends about a charity project to collect used bikes for kids at Starbuck Coffee early Thusday morning, Feb. 14, 2008, while Coleman Bandy keeps notes on his computer. The teen charity group from the First United Methodist chuch in Joplin gets together every week at Starbucks coffee in Joplin to work on a charity project to collect used bikes for kids.
B.W. Shepherd / The Joplin Globe

Ideas percolate: Teens changing their world a cup at a time

By Melissa Dunson
THE JOPLIN GLOBE (JOPLIN, Mo.)

The Bikes-4-Tykes group is heading into high gear now. The church is accepting new and used bicycles throughout the week, and Cragin said the students are starting to make contact with other churches, families and civic groups and asking for donations.

The fund-raising effort is something everyone, regardless of age, can participate in, Sanborn said.

“If you have little brothers or sisters, you probably have a kid’s bike or two in the garage that nobody is using,” he said. “And for somebody with no bike, a used bike is like the world.”

Melissa Dunson writes for The Joplin (Mo.) Globe.



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