Drop Off Your Bike and Parts for ARAS Foundation's "Bikes for Africa" Drive

The ARAS Foundation is seeking volunteers, as well as bicycles, for its "Bikes for Africa Drive," which will be held on Saturday, May 7 at .

Bikes can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Volunteers are needed from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help prepare bikes, which will be loaded onto trucks and later shipped to Ghana, Africa. The Sammamish-based foundation - whose name stands for Acceptance, Respect, Affection and Support - will supply the tools and instructions for volunteers.

The foundation has found that the bikes help people in Africa reach schools, markets and jobs. The foundation said it needs 500 bikes to fill a cargo container and is encouraging schools, places of worship and community groups to collect bikes. Bikes and bike parts of any kind are appreciated.

Tricycles and extremely rusty bikes cannot be accepted.