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Old 05-01-08 | 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Live2Die
MY friend and I have recently been inspired by the LABP and I was wondering if you guys use your bikes to better your community. If you don't want to watch this video heres the short and skinny. We make burritos about 50-100 and then load up our bags and as many of our friends as we can and head out into the town and pass them out to the homeless in our community. We've done it once and were out of burritos in less than an hour and tonight we are running and I think going to try to double the last effort. We are hoping to eventually make this a weekly event and really make a change in our community. Just imagine 30 bikes out for 2 hours and then some epic bike polo afterwards sharing what happened earlier that night. I was wondering if anyone else has started doing this or anything similar in your town? For what it is worth we are in Eugene OR not exactly the homeless capital but it's amazing how many people can use some help and what a better way to go than to fill their stomachs with warm food and their hearts with some genuine love that they don't feel too often.

The only change in your community I foresee is you'll end up attracting even more homeless people. Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice gesture but I'm reminded of what some old Chinese dude once said:

"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." -Lao Tzu
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