Warner Bro's Donation!

Thank you to Warner Bro's for donating over $500 of limited edition raffle items including t-shirts, new DVDs, and even a mini wireless stereo. Thank you Alex and Nicolette for introducing us to your contact at Warner Bro!

Volunteering Day!

Bikes 4 Orphans members attending volunteering day to put together care packages to send to the orphans at the Machao Orphanage. The care packages include basic hygiene items like shampoo, toothbrushes and etc. These are items these children desperately needed. Stay tuned for the next volunteering day!

Bike-a-thon and Hike-a-thon!

Bring your family, friends, pets, and even strangers to our bike-a-thon and hike-a-thon at Mt. Wilson/Henninger Flats on June 15th. There will be music, food, speeches, and a raffle!

We are also looking for volunteers who can help us during our event. If you are a student, we will give your service hours!

If you are interested please email me at bikes4orphanages@gmail.com

Meet our new volunteer!

A couple days ago, a teenager and a new friend approached me to offer his help with Bikes 4 Orphans. Kahui is an example of a teenager who has decided to combine his passion for cycling with charity. Like the rest of the Bikes 4 Orphans team, he is an avid cyclist. He is also part of the junior cycling team of the PAA (Pasadena Athletic Association), a prestigious cycling team and association. As an 11th grader at Arcadia High School, he has already taken initiative and has began making plans to organize a fundraiser at his school to raise more money and create public awareness about Bikes 4 Orphans.  He has already proven to be an valuable team member. With his help we can attract more cyclists to our Bike-a-thon at Mt. Wilson on June 2nd. Kahui is a great role model for future teenagers who want to be part of something greater than themselves and combine their passion with charity!

Loco Motion 10K Run

We are proud to say that we are Community Partners for the Loco Motion 10k run scheduled on October 20, 2013. The race is meant to raise awareness and advocate for a safer and more accessible means of travel throughout Los Angeles and advocate for bike safety and promote the benefits of alternative transportation.  We encourage all of our supporters to participate in this great cause to show your support. You can visit their website/sign up here: http://www.locomotion10k.com/resources/ and make sure to like their Facebook page as well: https://www.facebook.com/LocoMotion10k 

Bikes 4 Orphans Facebook Page!

Come check out our Facebook page. We will be posting regular updates about the bike-a-thon and any other interesting news regarding our project. Please like the page to show your support about our cause. You can like the page if you click on this link: https://www.facebook.com/Bikes4Orphans

Peace First Prize

Recently we turned in our application for the Peace First Prize. This organization awards $50,000 to projects that promote peace, like ours. Bikes 4 Orphans promotes peace by donating bicycles to orphans so they will have the opportunity to go to school and receive a better education. This education will prevent them from living lives of violence and crime in a country where poverty rates are high and crime is prevalent. You can visit their website here and read about interesting projects they have funded to promote peace: http://www.peacefirst.org/prize/ .

New Sponsors for the Bike-a-thon and $4200 raised!

I am pleased to announce that we have completed our goal of $4200 because of the generosity of 5 new sponsors. First of all I want to thank these sponsors:

• Skyline Home Loans
• Element 18 Design and Communications
• Sarian Insurance Agency
• AGD-AGC
• Daily Computing Solutions, Inc.

The next challenge is to organize the Mountain Biking Event and to raise awareness for the project! 

We will be creating a new batch of T-shirts to include the logo of all these business!

Some of the Logos of these businesses currently available (will be updated after we receive the remaining logos)

 

Buy Our T-shirts and help us raise money

Hi everyone! We have created our T-shirts that we will be wearing to meet with various  business for sponsorships. After we figure out the businesses that will be sponsoring Bikes 4 Orphans and the Mountain Biking event we will create a new batch of T-shirts.

                     

You can buy these T-shirts at our Zazzle store: http://www.zazzle.com/bikes4orphans

Happy Birthday Deena!

I knew that in order for this project to succeed, I needed to inspire teenagers to help these 42 orphans! I am honored and proud to say that this has come true, especially from a generous donation from a teenage girl, Deena. She just celebrated her 14th birthday. Most teenagers want to buy clothes, video games, shoes and other "stuff", but instead she decided to donate $300 from her birthday money to this cause. She is an inspiration to all teenagers, that we do have the power to change lives. Her generous gift will allow us to buy 3 bicycles for orphans, some of them which are teenagers like Deena and I. Her donation will change the lives of these three orphans forever and give them the precious gift of education. I hope Deena can be a role model to other teenagers! Thank you Deena for your support and for believing in this cause!

With her donation, I am pleased to say that we have now raised $3300! Only $900 until we reach our goal!