Posts By: Ted Cochran

1811!

Our 2021 Campaign is over. We gave away 1811 bicycles this year, an 89% increase over last year’s campaign total! We received 2012 bicycles during this campaign and refurbished and gave away all but 201 of them. Only 107 (5.4%) were deemed unrepairable and harvested for parts. The remainder have been stored for next year,… Read more »

Last Lap!

Last week we finished 130 more 26” and larger bikes and conducted our first giveaway, for 160 children in Howard County Head Start programs. We had a terrific volunteer turnout for both refurbishing and the giveaway event, and as a result posted the largest one-week total of volunteer hours so far this year—384! Race Pace… Read more »

Two Weeks! Two Giveaways!

As we begin the penultimate week of our 2021 campaign, we’re deep into the stock of 26” and adult multi-speed bikes–almost all of which are more complex than the average child’s bike, and more time consuming to properly prepare for the next user. Nevertheless, thanks to a big surge in volunteers, we’ve kept pace. Last… Read more »