Teaming with PAIR Houston and BikeHouston, Freewheels Houston volunteers introduced 65 refugee middle-schoolers to new bike skills–and new bikes–during a two-day camp at the Houston Independent School District’s Jane Long Academy in late June. The campers also were entertained by five counselors from Lutherhill Camp and about 100 participants in…
Magazine spotlights Freewheels
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…
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…
Houstonia covers Freewheels
Heather Saucier reports on Freewheels Houston’s efforts to provide bicycles to refugees: https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2018/1/30/free-wheels-bikes-refugees-houston