Jordan Geerdink, Communications Operator and Dispatcher for Brock’s Campus Security Services, delivered the last of Brock University’s donated bicycles to Port Colborne High School’s Broken Spoke program. After years of dedicated service to the University, a fleet of subterranean bicycles are finally seeing the light of day.
Due to a new water main installation that will cause height restrictions, Facilities Management staff at Brock are no longer able to ride bikes through the tunnels running underneath the University.
The bikes had been used to speed up staff members’ ability to travel throughout the lengthy tunnel system (restricted to staff only) as they completed various maintenance projects around campus.
Rather than send the bikes to a landfill, the Facilities Management and Campus Security teams were able to find a more acceptable way to pass along the two-wheeled treasures.
On Friday, June 15, more than 20 of the bikes were donated to Port Colborne High School’s Broken Spoke program.
The program aims to engage students in the understanding and benefits of refurbishing bicycles to provide enjoyment and transportation for themselves and those less fortunate while also reducing landfill waste.
Once the bikes have been refurbished, they will be donated to those in need, and have, in the past, been sent to places as far away as Haiti, Cuba and Africa.
