Description: Through the Bikes for Kids bike reward program, a partnership with the school system and 2 years of classroom study, we inspire third and fourth grade Title 1 students to plan now for post high school education. Utilizing 3 character-building books and required essays, we deliver hope for BIG dreams that build clarity, confidence, responsibility, kindness and determination. It is our goal to overcome poverty and entitlement with the lesson, “Nothing is given, everything is earned.”
Bikes for Kids Foundation’s program begins with 3rd grade Title 1 children (living in families with incomes below the poverty level) – our most at-risk children. Third and fourth grade are pivotal years in school. Children are beginning to think and reason on their own. Some will embrace opportunity and hope, breaking through the cycle of poverty; others will unconsciously conclude that poverty is their destiny. These are our most vulnerable children for being left behind in society and alarmingly encompass
Through a bike reward program, a partnership with the school system and 2 years of classroom study, we inspire third and fourth grade Title 1 students to plan now for post high school education. Utilizing 3 character-building books and required essays, we deliver hope for BIG dreams that build clarity, confidence, responsibility, kindness and determination. It is our goal to overcome poverty and entitlement with the lesson, “Nothing is given, everything is earned.”
Bikes for Kids is far more than a bike program. It’s a 2-year journey of building character and materializing dreams in our children. It begins with each 3rd grade Title 1 child in our sponsored schools studying a book titled, Think Big – Work Hard – Be Kind – No Excuses . After 3 weeks of study and 3 weeks of challenge questions, they write an essay describing how those terms apply to their lives. Learning that nothing is given, everything is earned, they are told that the best 3 essay papers will be rewar