Our second fiscal year ended June 30, and it was a great year, notwithstanding the pandemic and resulting increased demand for, and shortage of, bikes and bike parts. We gave away 960 bikes and helmets, almost twice as many as in our first year. We repaired over 200 bicycles in free bike repair clinics. And… Read more »
Posts By: Ted Cochran
Dundalk Eagle
Howard County Executive Dr. Calvin Ball offers praise
2020 in review
It’s a wrap! Our 2020 campaign is over–All the bikes we have been able to refurbish are now in the hands of children, thanks to our tireless volunteers, our bike donors, and our sponsors. More than 235 volunteers collectively devoted more than 2200 hours cleaning, refurbishing, and repairing the 914 bikes donated by the public…. Read more »
2020 Progress: Week 9
We are no longer asking for donations of bicycles for this year’s Giveaways–We need to turn our attention to giving them all away. If you have a bike that you can’t keep until next October, contact us and we’ll figure something out–but it will go into our 2021 Campaign. Starting tomorrow, in fact, Free Bikes… Read more »
2020 Progress: Week 8
It’s hard to believe, but our first local Giveaways are only a week away! Unlike last year’s single big show, this year we have scheduled well over a dozen giveaways between December 7 and December 19 in order to reduce gathering sizes during the pandemic. We are nearing the finish line for refurbishing bicycles. We… Read more »