Sunday at the Fish.. A poor hispanic imigrant came into the shop with serious repair needs. His bike really needed to just be thrown away.. but this was his only source of transportation.. what else could he do? Normally he would have been turned away, seriously what can a bike shop do about it? Well, my manager Joel remembered that we had taken in a donation bike to be given to Mike from Gods Pedal Power later in the week.. Joel took it upon himself to get the donation bike and get it into working condition and gave it to this man. I was awe struck. The look on this mans face said everything that his language could not explain. It was an amazing thing Joel did for this man. Its this kind of dedication and love for the community that makes a bike shop stand out.. on top of that, in the week that I have been there I have seen other forms of community involvement, such as donating old parts to the Tampa Bike Co-op, and hiring poor unemployed bicycle mechanics :). My humanitarian award of the week goes to Joel and the Flying Fish.
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