Please donate your used bikes for refugees, veterans and young people. We receive donated bikes on Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon at our warehouse at 6020 Jessamine #204, Houston, TX 77081. Although our goal is to accept all bike donations, our rented storage space is getting near its capacity. This…
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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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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…
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…
