Saturday, November 11, 2017
Call for Donations for Herndon MS After-School Bike Shop
By FABB Member Kelley Westenhoff
Did you know that Fairfax County has an after-school bike shop where students learn how to fix bikes? Meeting on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, Herndon Middle School students learn by doing, fixing donated bikes for others. The program has three components.
-Students fix and clean donated bikes that are returned to the community as gifts via Cornerstones Neighborhood Resource Center in Herndon during the holidays, helping out families whose cannot otherwise provide bikes for their children. Each child also receives a helmet courtesy of Reston Bicycle Club and parents receive information about bike safety.
-Students fix and clean donated bikes to sell at the Reston Association Yard Sale twice a year generating funds to continue the program.
-Students can earn the opportunity to build up a bike for their own use or to give to a friend or family member who needs one.
The program runs with the school year, and right now students are as busy as Santa's elves working on the holiday donations. The shop needs bike donations, particularly small adult bikes.
Labels: bike shop, donation, herndon middle school, students
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