Refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine, veterans emerging from homelessness and young people from low-income families have received bikes, helmets and locks from Freewheels Houston during November. Your support for Freewheels on #givingtuesday will help ensure that our volunteers will be able to prep and repair more bikes to fulfill…
Trek awards $3,350 to Freewheels as ‘Change for change’
We are pleased to announce that Trek Bikes Houston is donating $3,000, plus change, to Freewheels Houston, from their recent “Change for Change” program to support Houston’s community biking organizations. Freewheels received nearly $350 from individuals who visited Trek Bikes stores last month and dropped their pocket change into our…
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Freewheels posts Amazon wishlist
When a refugee or veteran receives a clean, refurbished bike from Freewheels, he or she also receives equipment that will make the bike more useful and safe–including a lock, lights and a helmet–and a briefing on their use. We have evaluated this equipment and identified some of the items that…
Giving Tuesday at Freewheels
In recent weeks, Freewheels Houston has provided bikes to students at Wisdom High School, young adults emerging from homelessness at Covenant House in Montrose and veterans emerging from homelessness. We gave an adult tricycle to a young man with special needs. All of them will be able to get around…