It was a remarkable weekend – the smiles of the children lit up the warehouse at 411 Piquette on December 14th and 15th as Free Bikes 4 Kidz gave away the first 600 of over 2,300 bikes that would be given away to kids in our community this year! Through the generosity of our sponsors… Read more »
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FB4K Volunteer Party at Lexus Velodrome Celebrates over 1,500 Volunteers in the 2019 Season!
The Lexus Velodrome on Saturday night, January 11, was the venue where FB4K Detroit recognized the volunteer army that helped to refurbish over 2,300 bikes at the warehouse this season. Delicious barbecue courtesy of Chef Q, some wonderful bikes available for silent auction and track races later in the evening made for an incredible night… Read more »
Thank you to the Wolverine Sports Club for Helping FB4K Finish Repairing Bicycles in 2019!
A HUGE FB4K thank you to the Wolverine Sports Club for coming in on a Sunday afternoon late in our 2019 repair season. The crew pictured below helped us complete over 90 bikes in a few hours as they talked, joked and enjoyed the camaraderie that comes with volunteering for a worthy cause – like… Read more »
FOX2 News Promotes FB4K Detroit’s 2019 Bike Giveaway Events!
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/free-bikes-4-kidz-detroit-will-give-refurbished-bicycles-to-2200-children Thank you to FOX2 News in Detroit for helping us to get the word out about our bike giveaway events on December 14 and 15, 2019. The events were a huge success and over 600 kids came in to our warehouse on those 2 days to shop for a new bike. 1,600 more were… Read more »
Freep Appeals for Volunteers for FB4K in the Homestretch – and the Community Responds!
The Detroit Free Press appealed for all experienced bike mechanics to come down to 411 Piquette to help the FB4K Detroit team finish the final 350 bikes in the last 8 days of our repair season – and in 24 hours, more than 90 experienced bike mechanics signed up to help, finishing all 350 bikes… Read more »
FB4K Detroit Volunteers Answer the Call to Help in the Homestretch!
Saturday, November 23 was just another day at the FB4K Detroit warehouse…only it wasn’t. We had been sending out the call for more volunteers the last couple of weeks and on the 23rd, this group answered that call! Over 30 volunteers individually signed up to help clean and repair bikes on this day, 3 weeks… Read more »