To date, Tyrone Shivers has collected 107 bikes from fellow coworkers and an additional 14 bikes from Pinellas Park firefighters.

Waste360 Staff, Staff

December 15, 2017

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Waste Management Employees Donate Bikes to Needy Children in Florida

Tyrone Shivers, an employee of Waste Management, is looking to make a difference this holiday season by collecting bikes for needy children in Pinellas County, Fla.

To date, Shivers has collected 107 bikes from fellow coworkers and an additional 14 bikes from Pinellas Park firefighters, who will help distribute the bikes to families in Pinellas Park and Kenneth City in addition to holding a toy drive.

FOX 13 has more details:

A Pinellas County Waste Management employee is on a mission to bring smiles to the faces of 100 kids this Christmas and he’s already exceeded his goal.

Tyrone Shivers has been a Waste Management truck driver for more than 13 years – and he has a heart of gold. He's using trash trucks in a powerful way.

He said he was sitting around, thinking about what he could do to help kids.

Read the full story here.

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