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CU-Boulder students, faculty and staff will help finish the tuning of approximately 350 donated and salvaged bicycles Saturday, Oct. 8, before the bikes are shipped to Baton Rouge, La., and distributed to Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Though the tuning efforts will continue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., most volunteers and participants are expected to be on hand around noon at the parking lot near the former Howe Mortuary Building at the corner of 11th and Pine streets.
"The roads in Baton Rouge are gridlocked with the new population of evacuees - several hundred thousand - and people there need transportation to go to school and work," said Penny Bennett, a CU-Boulder pre-professional advising staff member and bike project organizer.
Some of the bikes were donated by the CU-Boulder Parking and Transportation Services office. Members of the CU Cycling Club also have assisted in tuning the bikes. The CU-Boulder volunteers will be joined by others including employees of Full Cycle Bike shop, which sponsored the relief effort.
Media can contact Penny Bennett at (303) 818-5402 for more information.