Freewheels will resume volunteer workdays on Friday, Sept. 4, from 9 a.m. to noon at our shop, 6020 Jessamine #204 in the Gulfton area of Southwest Houston. We recently received 18 bikes collected as part of an Eagle Scout project that need inspection and repair before they are distributed to…
MLK Day draws 30+ volunteers
More than 30 people turned out to repair bikes at Freewheels Houston for the MLK Day of Service on Monday. Youth from Christ the King Lutheran Church in Houston and Masjid Istiqlal mosque in Sugar Land, high school students from YES Prep and Rice Bikes mechanics along with chaperones and…
MLK Day: bikes and freedom
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rose to prominence in the U.S. civil rights movement in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, which was organized after the arrest of Rosa Parks for failing to surrender her seat near the front of a public bus. When the boycott began on Dec. 5, 1955,…
Busy Saturday at Freewheels
Experienced volunteers provided a hands-on introduction to bike repair orientation for seven new volunteers, and Erwin, a veteran, came by to get a bike during a busy, engaging morning at Freewheels Houston. We are open Friday and Saturday mornings to repair bikes that will be given to people who need…