Refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine, veterans emerging from homelessness and young people from low-income families have received bikes, helmets and locks from Freewheels Houston during November. Your support for Freewheels on #givingtuesday will help ensure that our volunteers will be able to prep and repair more bikes to fulfill…
Freewheels provides bikes to Ukrainian refugees
Fleeing their home in Kyiv after the Russian invasion, Tetiana Nykyforuk, Yan Pomerantsev and their daughter arrived in Houston about four months ago after they were admitted to the United States through the Biden administration’s Uniting for Ukraine program. As they settled into an apartment chosen for its proximity to…
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Freewheels Houston supports veterans with bicycles
With Veterans Day around the corner, we learned a lot about John Carter when he visited Freewheels Houston. His cap has the seal of the 101st Airborne. Patches mark his participation in Operation Desert Storm and other deployments. Like many veterans, John’s life got more complicated back home. Today, he’s…
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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.