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August 23, 2012

Bike & Build: National nonprofit combines fundraising, construction and a 4,000-mile ride

  • The Bike & Build program sends young adults on a cross-country bike trip to learn about affordable housing.
    • By LUCY BODILLY
    Special to the Journal

    Photo courtesy of Bike & Build [enlarge]
    Route leader Erin Potter from Beloit College in Wisconsin raised $4,620 for affordable housing. Nine days of the trip were spent building projects for nonprofits.

    Seattle residents consider themselves athletic, but nothing like the group of bike riders that arrived at Golden Gardens Tuesday. Thirty-two people between 18 and 25 years old celebrated completion of a 3,973-mile bike ride that started in Providence, R.I., on June 13.


     
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