Giving Old Gear a New Purpose

Sharing the Wealth – Fran & Kitsquad in the News

By kitsquad22/06/202422/06/2024News

Screen shot of Kitsquad in Trail Magazine

This is a summary of teh post created * published in the Trail Magazine by Sarah Ryan in May 2024.

It provides lots of history about how Kitsquad came to be as well as Fran’s personal story and her motivation.

Sharing the wealth

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