JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Hundreds of kids in Duval County are going to have a bike this Christmas thanks to the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program.
One group is making sure those bikes are good to ride for a long time.
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Some JEA volunteers call themselves “The Bike Brigade.” They spent Friday morning assembling donated bikes for next week’s Salvation Army Angel Tree distribution. The volunteers assemble donated bikes that will be given to more than 700 kids as a part of the Salvation Army Angel Tree program Michael Hinson started the Bike Brigade six years ago.
“When I was a small kid, I remember getting my first bike,” Hinson said, who has been working with JEA for 15 years now as a senior project cost specialist. “I still remember, here I am 70 years old now. Every time we put one of these together, we get that feeling back again.” Michael Hinson, who started the Bike Brigade, explaining the process to volunteers. Hinson has been employed with JEA for 15 years. They assemble donated bikes fresh out of the box and do safety checks on others, including adjusting handlebars, seats, brakes, adding on training wheels and pumping the tires with air.
“Just to know that a lot of the moms and dads who get these [for Christmas morning], do not have the air guns or air pressure gauges to make adjustments for the […]
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