Pierre’s Pedal Project (PPP) was awarded a $3,200 Competitive Grant to provide professional bike mechanic training to volunteers and local students. This skills-based training improves their ability to refurbish and maintain bikes and increases their potential volunteer pool, with the end goal being to keep bikes out of the landfill. By multiple measures, they were highly successful in meeting their goal.  “In addition to the smiles we see every time a child gets a new bike, here are a couple…