TurningWheels for Kids

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Executive Board at BikeBuild 2006

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Bike Build 2008

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Donations Still Needed

We are still short funds for this years giving program. Please consider donating in order to assist us in helping the kids get on those bikes and ride!

This year, 2008, a pivotal year for TurningWheels For Kids

As a grassroots charity with the need to search out bicycle funding each year, time becomes the limiting factor ~ all Board members have full time jobs. It is only because of the amazing people that participate on the Board and all our wonderful supporters that, each year, we are able to continue to come up with the funds needed to put kids on bikes.

Some of our kids

This year we have dared to dream even bigger

This year we will organize bike repair and safety clinics. The kids served by TWFK come from low-income families. I have no doubt that these children are loved by their parents but the resources for a simple bike repair are often not available ~ a flat tire can become a retired bike. Through neighborhood repair clinics we will help children learn how to maintain their bike and provide a reliable source for needed supplies.

Our goal

Keep children on bikes, keep them outdoors playing, happy and healthy, and instill life-long habits of activity and exercise, build a sense of self-reliance that in turn builds self-esteem. Please consider a donation or hands-on help. Help us help the kids right here in our local area. They are depending on us.

  • 100% of your donation is used to buy bikes, helmets and locks
  • Grassroots ~ 100% volunteer; NO paid positions
  • Sustained growth since inception
  • Helping children succeed in their goals at the Family Healthy Lifestyle Center
  • 4,000 bikes to children in 3 years
  • Provides volunteer opportunity for over 600 supporters annually

In 2008 TurningWheels For Kids will:

  • Assemble and distribute over 2,000 bikes to under-served children.
  • Instill life long habits of health and well-being through cycling.
  • Distribute bikes year round to overweight, health-challenged children in partnership with Dr. Delgado’s Family Healthy Lifestyle Center.
  • Consistently advocate proper helmet use through a reward system of both children and parents.
  • Mentor and make a difference in the lives of at-risk kids.
  • Partner with other community service organizations providing bikes as incentives and motivators for achievement.
  • Create opportunity for bike riding for developmentally delayed children by prototyping bikes to meet specific needs.
  • Organize bike repair clinics in underserved neighborhoods and teach children how to be self-reliant.
  • Organize group bike rides and teach bike safety.

Thank you for your very generous fundraising efforts on behalf of TurningWheels For Kids and the children of the Bay Area. Many children will have bikes because you took the time to make a difference!

Alliance Credit Union Almaden Valley Athletic Club
This page was last updated 2008-Jul-22, any questions or comment about the site contact Derek.