Through Dec. 24, and while supplies last, children can get a free bike, helmet and proper training this Christmas, courtesy of volunteers with the Coalition for Appropriate Transportation. Email cat.lvcat.org with the child’s height and weight and to arrange a pick-up, or call 610-954-5744 for more details. BETHLEHEM, Pa. — For volunteers at Coalition for Appropriate Transportation , giving a bit of their time for the greater good is like riding a bike.
It’s something they won’t soon forget.
And in a more literal sense, CAT is sharing that with the public this Christmas season through a Holiday Bikes program.
It’s offering no-cost, newly rebuilt cycles for children from families with financial hardship. “We have had families from across the Lehigh Valley getting bikes for their kids. We hope it offers the young people a set of wheels for fun, freedom and healthy movement.” Coalition for Appropriate Transportation Executive Director Scott Slingerland Through Dec. 24, and while supplies last, those ages 5-12 can get a free bike, helmet and proper training this Christmas.
Email cat@lvcat.org with the child’s height and weight and to arrange a pick-up, or call 610-954-5744 for more details.
“We have had families from across the Lehigh Valley getting bikes for their kids,” CAT Executive Director Scott Slingerland said.
“We hope it offers the young people a set of wheels for fun, freedom and healthy movement.” Tires, brakes, saddles, streamers CAT operates out of 1935 W. Broad St. in Bethlehem. The team plans to set up shop in a commercial space in […]
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