Matt Brammeier has received kit from many shops, businesses, friends and colleagues and he said he has truly been blown away by the response to his kit appeal.
By Brian Canty
Matt Brammeier has said he’s been “overwhelmed” by the response to his cycling kit appeal as he continues to be inundated with fresh deliveries and good-will.
The appeal, set up by Brammeier and ex-team-mate Adrien Niyonshuti last year, aims to collect anything from unused shoes, helmets, gloves and shorts and ship them abroad to be used by the Team Africa Rising charity and its academy.
From a story we did on stickybottle before Christmas, Brammeier has been “inundated” with donations from all around the world, something he said he’s truly been humbled by.
“It’s been great and pretty overwhelmed to be honest,” he said.
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“I never expected it to grow so big. But now that I think of it, it was such a good idea and it was inevitable it’d get so big so fast when I think of it.
“It’s reconfirmed it was worth putting so much time into it and I’ve had a great response and a lot of very generous help as well with offering to collect stuff and drop it off to various places. “
At present, Brammeier is still accepting people’s unwanted- and presentable kit and should be in a position to start shipping shortly.
“We’re still working that out but it should be sorted soon.
“We’re just stock-piling for now but there is so much kit it’ll take a lot more effort – and money than we originally envisaged.
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“At first we were thinking of boxes to ship it but now it’ll be pallets the kit will go on.”
Brammeier said to send a kilo of kit costs roughly €6 or €7 (£5 GBP) and he’s in the process of generating an online funding appeal whereby people can donate money to send the kit, to those costs don’t have to be footed by the charity itself.
For updates, follow Brammeier on twitter @Mattbrammeier85, his own personal website here or the Team Africa website here.
Here are some pictures of those who donated.
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