Posts Categorized: Pedaling News

On November 9 this year, the Amazon team based in Detroit led by Greg Donofrio, donated and delivered over 500 bikes (scooters and big wheels too!) and brought dozens of volunteers to help unload and process them for the Free Bikes 4 Kidz program here in the Motor City. Greg and Pariss Gray of Amazon… Read more »

WDIV TV’s Priah Mann and Grant Hermes talked with Bob Barnes of FB4K on the morning of their massive bike collection this year on Saturday, October 1 from the organization’s warehouse donated by the Piston Group. Reporter Megan Woods then followed up with bike donors to find out why they donate their bikes and appealed… Read more »

Children’s Foundation CEO Larry Burns interviewed FB4K Executive Director Bob Barnes for the April edition of the #CaringForKids podcast which aired Tuesday, April 26 on WJR 760AM radio. Listen to how the Children’s Foundation and FB4K partner to get bikes in the hands of under served kids in our community by clicking here (FB4K portion… Read more »

WXYZ TV was there on Sunday, December 12 to capture the joy on the faces of the kids who got bikes from FB4K. As kids and parents arrived at the warehouse to shop for some of the thousands of bikes that would be given away in 2021, you could literally feel the excitement in the… Read more »

Click here to see WDIV TV’s Karen Drew report about FB4K’s impact on the community and her interviews with a bike recipient from 2020 and a couple of our dedicated volunteers! Click here to here to listen to an interview of FB4K’s Bob Barnes with Kevin Dietz on WJR’s morning talk show in September 2021…. Read more »

Free Bikes 4 Kidz Detroit and Home Depot worked together to collect 2,100 bikes at 22 SE Michigan Home Depot stores on Saturday, October 2nd. Check out some of the pictures from this amazing day – it set a new record for FB4K here in Detroit for the most bikes collected on our big collection… Read more »