Students from the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), Residential Safety Program (RSP) and the Department of Campus Recreation loaded 83 unclaimed bicycles onto a truck provided by the charity organization Pedals for Progress on November 1, 2017.

The bikes, which represent a substantial increase over last year’s successful inaugural event , were donated to Pedals for Progress and are then transported to developing countries around the world that use them as their primary mode of transportation.

Bikes getting ready to be loaded. 

In recent years, University Police began to notice an increase in the number of abandoned bicycles left on campus. This phenomenon gave rise to Stony Brook’s Bicycle Registration Program wherein student residents can register their bikes through Residential Risk Management.

Funds were raised by a collaborative effort from Residential Risk Management, Campus Recreation, SHAC and the Division of Student Health, Wellness and Prevention Services to cover the cost of shipping the bicycles.

“Personally, it is really nice to see all of the abandoned bikes go to someone in need, whose life can be changed as a result, especially when the majority of bikes just sat in storage unclaimed,” said event co-coordinator Alyssa Fallon, a senior English major and Safety Assistant for Risk Management.

Read more: http://www.stonybrook.edu/happenings/homespotlight/bikes-hit-the-road-for-developing-countries/