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PAYP partners with Salvation Army to provide bikes to children
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Pittsburg Area Young Professionals member Matt O’Malley, left, was a key organizer of the effort to purchase 100 bicycles for children in need this year in coordination with the Salvation Army. - photo by Courtesy Photo
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Last Christmas, Pittsburg Area Young Professionals (PAYP) along with Pittsburg State University’s Enactus were able to purchase and deliver 42 bicycles to area children in need. Matt O’Malley, 2022 PAYP president, said his goal was to be able to purchase 100 bicycles for children this year. This year, PAYP partnered with Salvation Army and together the two organizations were able to purchase 100 bicycles with the funds raised by PAYP from Walmart on Friday.