Seeking opportunity, Marcus moved to Houston from the Texas Panhandle because he wanted to work at a refinery. The Navy veteran thought he was doing well because his boss gave him more to do, but then the plant hit a rough patch and he was laid off. Marcus landed at…
Freewheels Houston is a community united by bikes: people who volunteer to repair bikes; refugees, veterans and young people who need transportation to work and school, and Houstonians who support our efforts in other ways–bike donors, case managers and financial contributors. These are some of their stories.
Tangible results
“My day job is mostly ‘pushing paper’ (or the electronic version of it),” says Freewheels Houston volunteer Paul Morris, a regular member of the bike prep crew. “Spending a few hours cleaning up a dirty, rusty bike gives me a visual, tangible result of my work.” “I cannot say it…
Freewheels bike boosts top-performing student
Deiky, a fifth-grader at Klentzman Intermediate School, received his Freewheels Houston bike on the same day he was honored for good grades in math and science–and just in time for summertime exploring. He’s one of 100 Alief students (need to fact-check this number) who received bikes this school year based…
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