Living Lutheran, a monthly magazine published by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, highlighted Freewheels Houston in the cover story in the May 2018 edition: https://www.livinglutheran.org/2018/05/30429/. From the story: “For refugees in Houston, transportation to work can often make or break job security. Just ask Abdulhannan Sheikho, a Syrian refugee recently resettled there. He…
Volunteers are ‘Hidden Heroes’
‘Hidden Heroes’ spotlights Freewheels volunteers Freewheels is grateful to “Chicken Soup for the Soul’s Hidden Heroes” and the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University for their great work, including this recent segment highlighting our efforts to improve mobility for refugees and other newcomers.
Park Tool grant for Freewheels
Freewheels Houston has been chosen as one of the 10 winners of the Park Tool 2018 Community Grant Program, and the leading bike tool manufacturer will sending two new Park Tool repair stands, a Park Tool professional mechanic tool kit and the authoritative Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair. The…
Why refugees need bikes
Houston’s most recent arrivals include people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Myanmar and South Sudan–people who have come to build a safe, new life for their families. Abdul is an electrical engineer who fled Afghanistan with his wife and daughter and came to Houston in Spring 2016…