Randy Wert isn't your everyday bicycle repair man.

He donates most of the bikes he works on, thus giving hope to families struggling to survive both at home and abroad.A Lehighton native, Wert has always had a passion for two and three wheeled man-powered vehicles, began his volunteer effort after deciding to take a bicycle repair course at the Lehigh Carbon Community College about eight years ago. His original intent was to make a little extra pocket cash repairing bikes and other small man-powered vehicles.Initially, Wert, who lives with his wife, Darlene, in Lehighton acquired his bikes from yard sales and friends. Over time, friends, family, and strangers routinely dropped-off old or non-working bicycles at his home. The types included mountain, off-road, single-speed, multi-speed, touring, and cruiser.As the donations mounted, Wert recognized the benefit the bikes could have on needy families, both locally and abroad. He approached the Schuylkill Carbon Marine Corps League's local Toys For Tots program to see if they could benefit from all the bikes.The league and bike repair volunteers George Stocker of Lehighton and Gordon Holland of Jim Thorpe, quickly embraced the idea and Wert was soon repairing bikes for the Toys For Tots campaign.The Marine Corps League only paid for parts, if needed. Since the Toys For Tots program doesn't accept used toys, Wert decided to see if he could help other needy organizations who could benefit from his bounty of used bicycles.Wert, with help from Schuylkill Carbon Marine Corps League member Al Cheese of Andreas, made arrangements for yearly contributions of the bikes to the CMTS Ministries in Bernesville to be distributed to needy families in Africa, Mexico, Belize and other South American countries.These bicycles fulfill a critical need for families working and traveling abroad. Wert, who has worked in the dietary department of the Blue Mountain Health Systems in Palmerton for 22 years, now donates most of his bikes to Community Bike Works, an Allentown-based after-school program in which the kids take pride in caring for their "new" bikes. Some of his repaired bikes are also donated to the Tamaqua Salvation Army throughout the year.Almost every day, he works his one-man assembly line, keeping charitable organizations supplied.He keeps a log of his bikes and estimates that in only four years, he has provided over 400 old and new bicycles, tricycles and other man-powered vehicles to local and distant charities.