Freewheels is a volunteer nonprofit organization and preps and repairs donated bikes for refugees, veterans and young people from low-income families. We receive requests for bikes on a daily basis and the number of requests currently exceeds our capacity to repair bikes. Please completing this form and ask your case…
Houston Chronicle spotlights FW volunteers
Houston Chronicle reporter Ryan Nickerson focused on Freewheels Houston’s opportunities for volunteer bike mechanics in a recent story. “Moving to Houston, I found Freewheels because I was looking for something that I could do with my mechanic experience,” said Adawi. “It’s nice seeing how you spend time working on something and…
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Giving Tuesday at Freewheels
In recent weeks, Freewheels Houston has provided bikes to students at Wisdom High School, young adults emerging from homelessness at Covenant House in Montrose and veterans emerging from homelessness. We gave an adult tricycle to a young man with special needs. All of them will be able to get around…
Freewheels at Covenant House
Freewheels worked with volunteers and staff at Covenant House Texas, a program for homeless youth in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood, to create a bike lending program for participants in Rights of Passage, a transitional housing program which allows young people to refine their independent living skills up to two years. They learn…