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Westminster College freshmen start off with service

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Courtesy of the Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700059814/Westminster-College-freshmen-start-off-with-service.html

Bronson Whitmore and Alizabeth Potucek work together on a bike at the Bike Collective. As part of the college's annual Helping Hands Day, Westminster students participate in more than 20 community service projects throughout Sugar House and Salt Lake City. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)

Incoming Westminster College students fanned out to Sugar House and beyond Tuesday, performing community service projects to ring in the new school year.

Stephanie Tomlin, a senior who started a bike club on campus, led a group of freshmen on a ride across town to the Bicycle Collective on West Temple, a shop that offers transportation and education to low-income families and at-risk youth. The students repaired bikes that will go out to local charities.

"It's a good way to get them out in the community," Tomlin said. She said the ride to the shop also showed freshmen they could bike in the city instead of driving.

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The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.

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