When Freewheels volunteers repair bikes for refugees and others, they can help transform lives. For many of our neighbors, starting a new chapter in their lives in sprawling Houston, transportation is a major challenge. Walking, riding a bus or asking a friend for a ride are the less-than-optimal alternatives. When…
AIG employees build bikes for refugees, veterans, young people
Freewheels welcomed a group from AIG to build bikes that we will give to young people in Alief, refugees and veterans emerging from homelessness. Bike builds at the Freewheels shop in southwest Houston or at your location offer a unique volunteer experience that engages employees and complements corporate social responsibility…
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Freewheels bikes make life better
Freewheels Houston has provided bikes to people who are starting new chapters in their lives, making life better by enabling men, women and children to go to work, get to school, shop for their families and explore the city around them. Responding to the surge of refugees arriving from Afghanistan…
Houston Chronicle: Houston led the nation in resettling Afghans
Freewheels Houston provided bikes to 287 refugees in 2022. Almost all were people who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021.