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A bicycle donation and safety program in Owen Sound is giving bikes, helmets and reflectors to children from families from other countries who have settled in the city.
So far there are 29 children aged three to 17, mostly from Kurdish parts of Syria, some from Eritrea and India, on a bike waiting list. Another 15 bikes owned by newcomers need repair.
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Organizer Katie Holovaci, president of the Sydenham and District Optimist Club, got a small group of young people from the club’s youth wing, the Owen Sound and District Junior Optimist Club, to help organize the project.
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