On Wednesday June 1st, Roll It Forward got together with LIFT on a beautiful, sunny day at City Hall Plaza to donate bikes to a group of folks from Boston's homeless community. It wasn't so much a donation as payment for services rendered — all the recipients earned their bikes through performing community service and many of them listed volunteer work as one of the reasons why they needed a bike to get around in the first place.
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Our partners at Giant Bicycles came through, big time, with U-locks for all those involved in the event.
John Bilderbeck and Julia Golomb give a safety talk and demonstrate proper hand signal usage.
Liz Powers of LIFT and the bike recipients look on as John B. gives a flat-fixing clinic.
One of the recipients said that "Boston was designed for bikes." That may not be 100% historically accurate, but Boston is rapidly evolving into a city that is ideal for biking.
John (kneeling) helped out with fittings and swapping kickstands from bike to bike.
The Mayor came out to give a talk to the new bike owners.
Liz from LIFT addresses the crowd as Mayor Menino and Boston Bike Czar Nicole Freedman look on.
Mayor Menino did insist that the bike recipients had to be wearing their helmets before he'd shake their hands. He's a bit of stickler about that, for good reason.
It's a fact — bikes make people happy.
It was a great day for all those involved. We look forward to working with LIFT in the future.
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