Local agencies and business are partnering on a new
educational clinic
for area homeless citizens that will kick-off on
Oct. 10, 2012, 2:00 pm, World Homeless Day.
Future educational clinics will occur quarterly
Fort Myers Schwinn, Lee County EMS, Community
Cooperative Ministries,
Inc., The Lee County Homeless Coalition, Rotary
South and BB&T-OTC
have joined forces to launch quarterly bike clinics
to educate and provide homeless citizens information about bike
safety and maintenance.
The clinic will be held at CCMI’s Everyday Café
located off of Martin
Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Dunbar. Homeless residents
will learn about
pedestrian and bike safety including rules of the
road, how to change
flat tires, brakes, maintenance tips and more.
The class is open to 80 participants but the first
50 to register and
attend the 45-minute clinic will receive a
complimentary water bottle,
travel size sunscreen and a bike tube voucher.
Eligibility to receive
the bike tube voucher will require proof that the
bicycle is used for
employment, education or other “self-help”
advancement.
World Homeless Day, held on the 10th day of October
annually, draws
attention to homeless people’s needs locally and
provides
opportunities for the community to get involved in
responding to
homelessness. Millions of people around the world
are expected to mark
World Homeless Day in many varied ways and change
the lives of
homeless people in their local community.
According the Lee County Homeless Coalition, on any
given day there
are an estimated 2,800 persons without a place to
call home in Lee County.
Participants must register in advance as space is
limited. To register
for the clinic, please contact Jo Ellen Keller,
332-7687, ext. 116
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