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On December 17th, we accomplished something that to our knowledge, no other municipal entity has ever done:  We have officially reached our goal to collect, repair, and distribute 1000 bikes to low-income families across the City of Boston!

Can you imagine?  One year ago, there were 1000 less functional bikes in the City of Boston.  1000 kids, teens, and adults didn't have a bike in their lives and now they do.  In some instances, we introduced hundreds (yes, hundreds!) of bikes to kids in a single neighborhood.  And every single one of the recipients got a helmet and learned how important it is to wear it.





What will all of these bikes add up to?  What health effects will we see as more Bostonians become more active, riding their bikes for exercise, fun, convenience, or to save money?  More importantly, what will having a bike mean to those hundreds of young people that are now new cyclists, as they ride and have fun in their neighborhoods?  What will we see from this in a few years as they grow up with a bike?

We can't wait to find out.

-Images courtesy of Sam Rosenholz