While nobody's looking

(Photo by Walter Hochauer)

As a thousand recycled bikes were handed out to migrant farm workers in the San Joaquin Valley, Richard Bonanno sat there watching.

None of the grateful recipients knew that it was he who had made this all possible.  None realized that it was he who had lovingly rescued these bikes from junkyard oblivion.

Bonanno’s bikes have been shipped from Massachusetts to places far and wide.  Kids on a South Dakota reservation exercise with them to offset a high diabetes rate.  Homeless folks in Georgia use them to get to work.  The bikes have even made their way to earthquake-torn regions of Haiti.

After viewing the San Joaquin giveaway, Bonanno had this to say:  What was really cool about it is that they had no idea who I was.  I truly believe the best deeds are done when nobody is looking.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/over-3500-bikes-donated-thanks-to-scituate-man/ar-AAzl1yj?OCID=ansmsnnews11

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