Bikes Not Bombs Collecting Used Bicycles in Watertown on Saturday

Have an old bicycle cluttering up the garage, bring it down to the Bikes Not Bombs collection on Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The collection is hosted by First Parish Church, at 35 Church Street in Watertown.

Bikes Not Bombs bring the bicycles to its bicycle service shop where inner-city youth learn to become bicycle mechanics, and then the bicycles are sent to communities in the developing world.

The workers in the Jamaica Plain-based program also learn business skills and how to become a community leader, according to an announcement for the event.

The group is also committed to promoting peace and social justice locally and around the world. Over the years 50,000 bikes have been sent to areas of the developing world, including Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Central America and the Caribbean, according to the release.

The fixed-up bikes provide reliable transportation to work, school and the market for people in these areas, the release said.