Tampa organization restores bikes to give people in need
FOX 13’s Kylie Jones reports on how volunteers from Bikes from the Heart have refurbished and given out 1,300 bikes to children and adults around Tampa.
TAMPA, Fla. – One organization in Tampa has been changing lives by giving people in need a form of transportation.
Bikes from the Heart began inside an old convent at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Tampa.
This week, Bikes from the Heart hit a new milestone.
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Volunteers have refurbished and given out 1,300 bikes to children and adults around the community. A Bike from the Heart volunteer refurbishing a bike. "I think when we started, we never thought it would it would grow like this," Co-founder Tim Eves said.The old chapel is now filled with bikes, some waiting to be refurbished and others waiting to be given out."We can’t keep up," Eves said. "The demand is the demand is huge." READ: TECO rate increase approved In less than two years, the organization has cranked out refurbished and restored bikes much more quickly to meet the demand."It took us, I don’t know, maybe two weeks to finish our first ten bikes," Eves said. "Now, we do; when we have a full shop of volunteers, we’ll do 10 or 15 bikes a day." A Bike from the Heart volunteer refurbishing a bike. Eves says the growing need for everyday resources, like transportation, […]
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