(Rock Island, IL) For the 15th year in a row three local businesses/agencies are teaming up to help many children receive their Christmas wish—a bicycle.
According to Sandy Seely-Copley with Queens' Parlour beauty salon in Moline a child needs only two toys to build his brain: a set of blocks and a bike. Seeley says most families can afford the blocks, but not the bikes. And this is where the “Bikes for Brains” annual fund drive comes in. Bike and Hike, Queens Parlour and the Rock Island County Regional Office of Education have once again teamed up to help make Christmas for dozens of children more merry.
Seely says organizers met their $8,000 fundraising goal and 120 children will receive their Christmas wish--their first bike and helmet. The children and their parents will be able to pick up their bikes beginning at noon at the MLK Center (639 9th Street Rock Island). The media is invited to attend this joyous event and interview children as they get to pick out their bike, helmet, gently used books, as well as watch a puppet show explaining the importance of wearing a helmet and preventing brain injuries. The Pilot Club of Moline conducts the puppet shows.
Available for interviews are the project leadership team: Steve Depron with Bike ‘N Hike, Sandy Seeley-Copley with Queens Parlour, Regional Schools Superintendent, Tammy Muerhoff, and Mary Maland with the Pilot Club of Moline.
WHO: “Bikes for Brains” leadership team and recipients
WHAT: Bike give away
WHERE: Martin Luther King Center (639 9th Street Rock Island)
WHEN: Monday, December 12th at 12:00 pm-5:30 pm
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