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!
By Robert Barnes in Pedaling News
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!
By Robert Barnes in Pedaling News
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!
By Robert Barnes in Pedaling News
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 »
Dean Sellers Ford Supports FB4K Detroit for 2nd Consecutive Year with over 160 Bikes Collected!
By Robert Barnes in Pedaling News
Dean Sellers Ford on Maple Road in Troy ran a bike drive through the month of October for the 2nd straight year, collecting 162 bikes for the children of Detroit. In addition to the donation of bikes, Dean Sellers will also be donating $10 per bike to help fund the refurbishment of the bikes before… Read more »
American Cycle and Fitness Mechanics Take Over the FB4K Detroit Warehouse!!
By Robert Barnes in Pedaling News
The mechanics from the ACF Trek Stores across metro Detroit came down to the FB4K Detroit warehouse on Piquette on Tuesday night, 10/29, and showed us how it’s done! These guys came down after a long day in their own shops and got right to work repairing the donated bikes that were in our “Prepped… Read more »
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