CONTACT: Dixie Duncan
(703) 919-0570
d_duncan@comcast.net
Wheels to Africa to Collect Bikes in Washington, D.C. Area
Arlington, Va. – This holiday season, 13-year-old Winston Duncan has big plans for the charity he created just two years ago.
Duncan, with the help of dozens of volunteers throughout the D.C. Metropolitan area, is determined to collect 1,000 bikes – all in one day -- to ship to charities and non-governmental organizations in several African countries.
Duncan started collecting bikes in December 2005 after a vacation to southern Africa that summer inspired him to help find a better means of transportation for the African people. He had witnessed people there walking long distances to pick up medicine and food because there are few cars and even fewer buses.
When the then-fifth-grader returned home, he thought about what he could do, and four months later, he had organized a bike collection in Arlington, developed a website, passed out flyers at local stores, and arranged school assemblies. Hoping to collect 75 bikes, he wound up with 275. This year he hopes to surpass that total by holding the event at six locations on Saturday, December 15.
WHAT: Bike Collection organized by local 13-year-old
WHEN: December 15, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Arlington: Swanson Middle School 5800 N. Washington Blvd.,
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Yorktown High School 5201 28th Street North,
Alexandria: George Washington Middle School 1005 Mount Vernon Ave.
Fairfax: Spring Hill Elementary School 8201 Lewinsville Road, McLean
Washington: Key Elementary School 5001 Dana Place NW
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1321 Naylor Court NW (just north of the Convention Center in the alley that opens up between 932 and 936 O Street NW)
WHO: 13-year-old Winston Duncan and his mother, Dixie Duncan.
