Ashburn Pastor Begins Bike Repair Ministry After Bike Is Stolen - Ashburn, VA - Robbie Pruitt has received 500 requests for bike repairs after posting an online offer for free fix-it work after someone stole his bike.
January 18, 2021
Kyle Melnick
THE WASHINGTON POST – Someone stole Robbie Pruitt’s mountain bike off the rack of his Honda Odyssey in September.
Pruitt visited a local bicycle store in Ashburn, Virginia the next day only to find there were very few bikes in stock available to buy.
That’s when an idea hit him – the thief might have stolen the bike because they’re in short supply during the coronavirus pandemic.
What if the thief needed the bike to get to work? Pruitt, 44, wanted to help people who might be in such a predicament.
Pruitt, an assistant rector at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Leesburg, Virginia, posted on a private Loudoun County Facebook page that he’d fix anyone’s bicycle free.
A Maryland man who used to haul trash and clean dumpsters to make ends meet is pursuing his dream of going to Harvard Law School. News4 s Aimee Cho reports.
While attending the University of Maryland, Rehan Staton of Bowie struggled to make ends meet. He kept his job as a sanitation worker, hauling trash before class. Sometimes there wasn’t time for a shower.
“I would have to sit on the side of class and try not to bother anybody with my scent that day,” Staton said.
He managed to get through it and gave the commencement speech at graduation before heading off to Harvard Law.