on july 18, 2007 i boarded a plane to the Netherlands (one of the greatest places on the planet and the world capital of biking, 12 million bikes deep). anyhow, i will post about bikes, amsterdam with pictures and all another day. for now i wanted to comment on all the progress p2p made over the three weeks i was gone. most notably the garage. p2p now has a garage with over 50 donated bikes decorating the walls, floor space and then some…wow! we’ve also got a list of folks, mostly children, waiting to get a bike. last wednesday, i had my first opportunity to hand over a p2p bike. the mother explained as i wheeled the bike out to her car that her she and her son had showed up bright and early to KHQ/Dishman Dodge in hopes of getting a bike. unfortunately they were one of the families that did not wheel into the sunset that day…after distributing 80 bikes (more or less) we still had to jot down names and come up with a plan to get bikes to these people. when Pia’s son learned he was not going to take a bike home he exclaimed his disappointment and devastation to his mom by telling her his ‘heart hurt’. i can’t tell you how amazing it felt to send Pia off with a bike on wednesday. with that, i’d like to say great job to all who have been dedicating time and energy to this effort. the impact of the bike donation program is infinite. Keep it up y’all (including all those who have donated bikes, corporate sponsors/organizers and dedicated volunteers)!