21 Kids Will be Biking After Christmas
By Scott Seaton Jr. SLS Home Insp, The Home Inspector With a Heart!
(SLS Home Inspections-Kankakee Will Iroquois Grundy Counties)
21 Kids Will be Biking After Christmas. How do I know this you may ask? I know this because I helped collect then repair then deliver those same 21 bikes to the local Kankakee, IL Salvation Army. They have a Toyland event where local underprivelaged families can come to the Salvation Army gym that has been all set up with rows and rows of tables filled with donated toys and games. The families usually fill out a wish list for their children and when they arrive at the Toyland, a Salvation Army volunteer walks them through and helps find the perfect, special toy on the wish list. The bicycles all come from Project Re:Cycle, which is a local bicycle 501c3 charity. They get over 150 bicycles a year donated from the local police departments and the local bike shop. They are in vari...
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