More than 100 third-grade students at Lincoln Elementary School walked the short distance from their classrooms to the Palomar Family YMCA on Wednesday to learn which of them had won the “What I Do for Community Service” essay contest they all had entered. They filed into the Y’s Joe Crowder Gymnasium and filled in the…
Third-graders at Franklin Elementary School in Kensington gathered in the auditorium on Dec. 6 for a bike safety lesson from a San Diego police officer. Behind him was a black youth-style bike with a big bow on it. Someone would win the bike at the end of the workshop, the kids were told. After the…
Read the article with pictures at LBPost.com 122 third grade students at Stevenson Elementary received a free bike, helmet and lock thanks to local cycling club Velo Allegro. Velo Allegro and the YMCA of Greater Long Beach partnered together to host a local “Bikes for Kids” event in an effort to promote cycling in Long…
Bill Pollakov says times were so tough growing up he didn’t get his first bicycle until he was 16-years-old. He says it changed his life. Bill rode it to play tennis, which landed him a scholarship, which launched him into a successful business career. He and his wife, Debbie, now spend all their time and…
About 100 students at in Spring Valley got an early Christmas gift when at an assembly on Wednesday morning, they each were surprised with a brand-new bicycle. As part of their year-long “Bee a Buddy, Not a Bully” campaign each of the third-graders at the school had written essays about what that statement means to…
Nearly 100 third-graders, many of them from low-income families, erupted in screams during an assembly at a Tustin elementary school Monday. They had just learned that each of them would be getting a free bicycle. Jeane Thorman Elementary School was chosen by a San Diego cycling nonprofit — Bikes for Kids — after the students…
The Padres & Bikes for Kids are celebrating @wilmyers‘ cycle w/ the community by honoring 4 students from Zamorano Elementary w/ bicycles! The Padres & Bikes for Kids are celebrating @wilmyers' cycle w/ the community by honoring 4 students from Zamorano Elementary w/ bicycles! 🚲 pic.twitter.com/oeI9upTIFY — San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 23, 2017
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