Cross-country cyclists pack 576 hygiene kits in DeRidder
Samaritan Cycling USA riders, on a trip of nearly 2,000 miles across the country, stopped in DeRidder and packed 576 hygiene kits in under an hour with Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana.
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Riders with Samaritan Cycling USA stopped in DeRidder on a trip of nearly 2,000 miles and packed 576 hygiene kits in under an hour, KPLC reported. They worked with Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana. The kits are for people experiencing homelessness.
The hour and the 576 kits are this stop. The miles are the longer ride. The story is the packing they finished in town, not a count of every kit the charities will need this winter.
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A group of cyclists called Samaritan Cycling USA is riding nearly 2,000 miles across the country. They stopped in DeRidder, Louisiana, and worked with Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana. In less than an hour they packed 576 hygiene kits, bags with things like soap and toothpaste, for people who do not have a home. A long bike trip and a short packing hour are two different kinds of work. The kits are what they finished in DeRidder. Five hundred seventy-six is the count from that stop, not from the whole ride.
- What belongs in a kit for someone who cannot stop at home to wash up?
- How can many hands finish hundreds of kits in one hour?
- Why might travelers stop to help in a town they are only passing through?
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