Retired Sunnyside couple rebuilds bikes for poor

Cyndy Cole | AZ Daily Sun | January 25 2012

Bike ShopsDonna and Jerry Creamer were volunteering at the Flagstaff Family Food Center in 2008 when they were struck by a repeated problem: Some of the unemployed couldn’t get to potential jobs offered at night and early morning.

Public buses didn’t run at all hours.

So Jerry found a couple of bikes at a local thrift store, bought them for $6 and $8, and gave them to a couple of local homeless men.

“They told a whole bunch of guys, who started asking: If they could find a bike, would Jerry fix it for them?” Donna said.

So began the Sunnyside Bike Shed, a charity operated by a retired truck mechanic and a retired pharmacy technician out of their Sunnyside apartment.

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4 thoughts on “Retired Sunnyside couple rebuilds bikes for poor

    1. Erik, on behalf on Jerry and Donna I’d like to thank you for your offer. I will forward your email address to them so they can contact you directly. Blessings. Gillian

  1. I didn’t see this coming. Amazing how fast news can spread these days.
    What an honor to be a part of the good news being shared.
    I do wish you could all feel the love that has been flowing towards us all day. Meet me astrally…you’ll love it!
    Love, Light and Blessings to all of you from Jerry and me <3

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