Clarkston Farmers Market comes to a close this weekend, with bicycle donations set to go to villages in Ghana where baskets sold at the market were woven.
Commemorating the Bicycles for Humanity effort will be a stained-glass wheel, engraved with the names of 32, $200 donors, mounted on a stand for all to see.
‘Reserving a spoke means you have made a donation to the Bicycles for Humanity program here in Clarkston at the Farmers? Market,? said Anissa Howard, market manager. ‘We wanted to create a symbol of those involved with the bicycle program that can stay here with us for our community to see and remember.?
Almost 300 bicycles have been donated, but the 40-foot shipping container has room for 430, along with parts and other donations.
‘We will be working to send also a few of our team members to Ghana, Africa, to meet the people who will receive our bicycles, the weavers who, by using their local grasses and the work of their hands, have made beautiful baskets that have supported and continue to support the Clarkston Farmers? Market,? Howard said.
Bicycles for Humanity departs Oct. 10.