Free bicycle program

After 3 weeks of study and 3 weeks of challenge questions, they write an essay describing how those terms apply to their lives. Learning that nothing is given, everything is earned, they are told that the best 3 essay papers will be rewarded with a new bicycle. After all, working hard matters! Click to play video. Every dollar contributed goes toward sponsoring a 3rd grade class in a Title 1 school with three character-building books for each child in the third and forth grade, a yearly classroom poster, as well as a bike and helmet to be given to each child during an awards ceremony.

Bikes for Kids Foundation has no salaries and no outside expenses or administration costs within the organization. All operational functions are voluntary. We hope you will join us financially , or participate in our bike-building weeks. However you choose to participate, we can promise what Bikes for Kids Foundation does will touch your heart and soul. Skip to content. Work hard. Be Kind.

Today, what you see is our bike giveaway, and hopefully get bikes in the hands of kids that normally wouldn't have them. The coolest thing about this event is the synergy between all the different organizations. So we have the school district, we have Hayes Elementary, we've got Allina, we've got Free Bikes for Kids all coming together working to make this day happen, and it's awesome. Every child gets a new helmet.

And then they would have a guy that would walk them through each bike, decide which bike is appropriate for them. Then they will come back over to our mechanic station one last time, go through the bike, make sure it's safe. And then we go over here to rules of the road, where they learn stop sign, turning signals, and then outside to test the bike in the front parking lot. We are the Purnell family. We raised six sons.

And now, we are foster parents, and we have seven. It was always just important to my husband that our kids had bikes as they grew up, because it was just something that he didn't have as a child. We heard about the free by giveaway down at the Hayes school. They looked, jaw dropping, eyes popping. They were like, can I go get one? I said, no, you got to wait in line.

Bicycles are a low-cost, low-maintenance mode of transportation that are also part of a healthy, active lifestyle. Program applicants use their bicycle for securing or maintaining employment, getting around town, achieving health goals and reducing stress.

Applicants must submit an application form as well as a referral letter from a social service agency. Applicants will be notified when their bicycle is available for pickup. Bicycles that are unclaimed after two months will be given to other applicants.