Bike Drop

Our society has an elaborate system of rewards for a child’s athletic achievement. We have rewards for a child’s academic achievement.

But the health and happiness of our community and our society depend on good citizenship.

That’s why we started our Bike Drop program. Each year, we make dozens of bicycles available to schools and Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the Tri-City area. They’re given to children as rewards for good citizenship. Whenever a child is “caught” doing a good deed or helping another student, his or her name is entered into a drawing for the bike.

Does this positive reinforcement make a difference? We think so! We’ve seen one great example. One year, a boy who won a bike asked if he could give it to a friend who didn’t have his own bike.

To us, that’s what good citizenship is all about.