U.S. bike shops offer work & lodgings to Katrina victims

By Steve Medcroft

Members of the U.S. based bicycle trade organization, the National Bicycle Dealer's Association (NBDA), have found a unique a creative way to assist the victims of last week's Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans, Louisiana. Through a forum on the NBDA Web site, more than thirty-seven members (as of September 7) are offering everything from housing and groceries to jobs and financial aid to bike shop owners and bike shop workers displaced by the disaster.

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