Seneca Resources employee Larry Wallace puts in the front brake Thursday, Dec. 8, as nearly 45 Seneca Serves members, made up of employee volunteers, build bikes, skateboards and STEM activity boxes for children in foster care. The gifts will be distributed by Together We Rise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children in foster care. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Justin Guido

CRANBERRY TWP — Helping foster children is just like riding a bike, or in the case of volunteers for Seneca Serves, building one.

“Go!” declared Heather DuBose, one of the volunteers spearheading the event.

Teams scrambled to assemble bicycles and skateboards, wrenching on bolts, inserting seat posts and handlebars, and flipping bikes onto stands as they worked.

All wheels are on schedule to benefit foster children in time for Christmas. The contest marks the first holiday volunteer activity for Seneca Serves, a team of 45 volunteers from the natural gas company Seneca Resources.

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