Bikes For Tykes

BBQ today for the Volunteers we couldn’t do without. Seasonal
Volunteers leave shortly after Easter and we will miss them. Anne Riffle making sure table and grill ready!

45 new bicycles from the Estero Walmart!

Thank you for helping Bikes For Tykes.

Volunteers at Bikes for Tykes work at recycling donated bicycles. We repair and restore thousands of adult bicycles each. These adult bicycles are sold in order to buy children's bicycles to donate. See a list of locations where bicycles can be dropped off for donation here: https://bikesfortykes.org/bike-drop-off/

Bicycle mechanics from Bikes for Tykes supported the participants in the Special Olympics on Saturday.

The mission of Special Olympics Florida is to provide year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people with intellectual disabilities who wish to participate, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.

The ultimate objective of Special Olympics Florida is to help people with intellectual disabilities participate as productive and respected members of society at large, by offering them a fair opportunity to develop and demonstrate their skills and talents through sports training and competition, and by increasing the public’s awareness of their capabilities and needs.



Special Olympics Florida, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

On Saturday, Bikes For Tykes provided support vehicles and bicycle repair for the Pan Florida Challenge charity bicycle ride. We made emergency repairs on the road so riders could complete the 100 mile day.

The Pan-Florida Challenge Cancer Bike Ride is a fundraising initiative that takes place annually in March to support cancer prevention research at Moffitt Cancer Center, patients, and hungry children throughout the state of Florida, as malnutrition has been shown to increase the risk of cancer.

Angel Wheels Bike Build – Bikes for Tykes

The Kiwanis Division 22 needs your help to change the lives of deserving children in your community!

We are inviting those in our community committed to making the dream of owning a bicycle a reality for children who otherwise might not own one. The goal is to build 50 new bicycles for local children.

Sponsor a bike, bring a few friends or co-workers and build bicycles with us! The more sponsors we have, the more people are involved and the greater number of children we get to impact.

No one forgets the joy of receiving their first bicycle. A bicycle empowers a child, giving them their first taste of true independence, self-reliance, self-esteem, and helping build the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. Millions of children never experience these joys and freedoms – their lives are not favored by fortune or circumstance and a bicycle is a luxury their family cannot afford. Your donation will be the key to filling this gap and empowering these children with self-esteem.

SUPPORT OUR ANGEL WHEELS BIKE BUILD BY DONATING TODAY!

Learn more and donate here: https://bikesfortykes.org/bike-campaigns/

Angel Wheels Bike Build – Bikes for Tykes Angel Wheels Bike Build Angel Wheels is a program from Bikes for Tykes. We are inviting those in our community committed to making the dream of owning a bicycle a reality for children who otherwise might not own one. The goal is to build 50 new bicycles for local children. Sponsor a bike, bring a fe...

Volunteers built bikes for kids in need

This is the WINK NEWS video for the Angel Wheels bike build on November 21, 2021.

https://www.winknews.com/2021/11/12/volunteers-built-bikes-for-kids-in-need-in-estero/

Volunteers built bikes for kids in need Volunteers and Lee County Sheriff’s deputies joined forces to assemble bikes for fourth and fifth-graders in Southwest Florida. This event took place at the Miromar Outlets along Corkscrew Road in Estero. The kids receiving those bikes had big smiles all over their faces. Not only were they excite...

Skip went to the Detroit Autorama this past weekend. While he was there he got to meet 'Chip Foose' the renown custom car designer. While he was talking to him he said he too liked to re-do bicycles and give them away. He then asked Skip how Bikes for Tykes was funded. Skip told him it was by "personal donations", then he surprised Skip. He reached into his pocket and handed him a 'one hundred dollar' bill and said to add this to the Bikes for Tykes fund.

Bikes for Tykes was featured in a full page article in the Naples Daily News on January 23, 2022.

Christmas party for Bikes For Tykes, fun had by all.

Volunteers built bikes for kids in need

Bikes For Tykes, Inc. along with the Rotory Club of Fort Myers Sunset, sponsored a Community Bike Build to produce 30 new bikes that were given away to at risk children of New Horizons of Estero/Bonita Springs. The build took place on Friday November 12th at Miromar Outlets. Business Sponsors, and the Lee County Sheriff's Office sent teams to build and give away these shiny NEW bicycles along with helmets and locks to these area children.
Ellen Ghelardi, the President of the Rotary Club of Fort Myers Sunset, proclaimed the event as an 'Overwhelming Success' and is looking forward to a 200 Bike Build in the near future. So all of you merchants, business owners, civic leaders, and citizens give Ellen a call at 610-533-2837 and let her know you enjoyed the "build' and want to get involved with the next one.

Volunteers built bikes for kids in need Volunteers and Lee County Sheriff’s deputies joined forces to assemble bikes for fourth and fifth-graders in Southwest Florida. This event took place at the Miromar Outlets along Corkscrew Road in Estero. The kids receiving those bikes had big smiles all over their faces. Not only were they excite...

Bike Build Miromar Outlet Mall Estero with teams from all over SW Florida. 30 bikes being built through the generosity of these businesses!
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Bikes for tykes bikes build Miromar Outlet mall.

Photos from Bill Burton's post

Photos from Bill Burton's post

Please visit www.bikesfortykes.org

Bikes For Tykes, Inc. picking up abandoned bikes at FGCU. Thank you FGCU, these bikes will go to many who need transportation and can't afford it. Your HELP with our program is VERY appreciated.

Photos from Champions For Learning's post

Photos from Champions For Learning's post

Groups work together to provide bikes for college-bound students

Todd Geroy and John Whipple , Bikes For Tykes and Champions For Learning preparing students for college! 40 Free Bikes !
You can help us by Donating to https://BikesForTykes.org

Groups work together to provide bikes for college-bound students Transportation is expensive, but especially for young, college-bound students. A car may be out of reach for those who have big college plans and a small budget. Now, two groups in Collier County are teaming up to make sure that dozens of students have a way to get from place to place. Djully Claris...

Donna Fiala park FREE bike repairs day. Come out!

FEELING Lucky? Contact me to get your tickets Jeanette [email protected]🥰

Bikes For Tykes, Inc., End of Year Newsletter. Thank you to all our supporters we were able to distribute more than 700 Bikes to needy children and adults. If you would like to volunteer, please contact us here, if you'd like to donate to our cause, please visit our website www.BikesforTykes.org The Children and the entire volunteer organization Thank You All.

Christmas gift travels over 11 hundred miles for Terre Haute boy

mywabashvalley.com TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — A gift that traveled over 1,000 miles to Terre Haute made Christmas memorable for a local mom and her son with special needs. Santa and a reindeer made a trip …

Bikes For Tykes, Inc. wants to THANK Cloud 10 Car Wash on Naples East Trail for their support this Christmas to provide 20 inch bicycles for the children of Collier County. Without your help we could not have done our work. Merry Christmas to all.

Bikes For TYkes Pres. Skip Riffle and Nina Eluna, Exc. Director of Dr.Piper Center of Social Services loading 20 new bicycles to be given out to children of Ft. Myers this Christmas. From both agencies Merry Christmas to all.

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Thank you to all our supporters. 200 Bicycles now being built for Christmas gifts. A little goes a long way when so many people are generous, from $1 to $10,000 we have been blessed.

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Bikes for Tykes is having a Charity Car Wash this Saturday and Sunday from 10 until 3. Bikes For Tykes and Cloud10 are trying to raise funds to purchase 200 childrens bicycles for Chrisymas. Together we can make Christmas happen for these kids.
Culvers's Restraunt is discounting their Famous Frozen Custard to $3 per pint. All proceeds go to Bikes For Tykes.
Come out to 5080 East Tamiami Trail and get your car washed, get some frozen custard and help make Christmas happen for 200 Collier County kids.

This is Sophie making a donation to help kids get a bike for Christmas. Sophie helped make the Food and Thought fundraiser a SUCCESS....Thank You Sophie!!!!😊

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Caught in the Act of Kindness Alert!

Naples Children and Education Foundation recently awarded The Immokalee Foundation $558,000 in grant funding, which will be used to support the educational and career programming the foundation offers to elementary, middle school and high school students.

Chef Vincenzo Betulia of The French Naples, Osteria Tulia and Bar Tulia, has announced a $100,000 challenge with the donation of 4,000 $25 gift cards to be used to help feed Collier County school teachers.

The Greater Naples YMCA teamed up with Bikes For Tykes to collect over $600 in cash donations and more than 60 bike donations, which will be distributed to children of families in the YMCA’s early learning and school-age programs.

Naples Therapeutic Riding Center received a $50,000 matching gift challenge from The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation. The Foundation will match every dollar contributed from new donors received prior to October 31, 2020.