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Texas Bicycling News December 23rd 2016

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Merry Christmas from Builders Across Texas

by Scott Braddock | www.constructioncitizen.com


Something that’s probably underappreciated is the fact that builders across Texas and the nation are heavily invested in the communities they serve and go out of their way to give back, particularly during Christmas and the rest of the holiday season.
Companies and trade associations taking part in various charitable activities do not do it for publicity, which was made clear to me …

Donated bicycles help adult, children refugees in Austin

www.mysanantonio.com


AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Snug in a black peacoat, 12-year-old Rafael Al-Mashahedi eyed the bikes around her, standing next to a few and sizing herself up. Then she spotted the one: a Magna in pink, her favorite color.
The Austin American-Statesman (http://atxne.ws/2inigAP ) reports Rafael had never owned a bicycle before.
She had a small tricycle when she was a toddler, but she had to leave it behind in Baghdad, along with nearly all of her …

Refinery workers surprise colleague with new car

By Deborah Wrigley | abc13.com

EXAS CITY, TX (KTRK) —
Adrian Alcorn is shy, but admits, “I’ve been asking God for a blessing.”
He received it at 4am on Thursday, outside the gate where he checks Valero workers in to the Texas City refinery. Alcorn works for the Port of Texas City.
Early this year, some of the workers noticed the bike next to the guard building. He told those who asked about it that he rode it to and from work. …

Waste Connections delivers 266 new bikes to families for Christmas

by Nicole Villalpando | www.statesman.com


Egide Muiseneza, 5, smiles as he receives one of the six new bikes for his family as part of Season for Caring. Waste Connections’ Austin District built 266 bikes to give away to children in need this Christmas.
The youngest children in the Noheli family rode around their apartment complex parking lot on new bikes donated by the employees of Waste Connections’ Austin district last week. They chased one another, rode up the hill and came flying down it.
They giggled and called after one another. They were kids with all the freedom and …

The joy of giving: Bikes from Santa puts smiles on faces

By Deanna Kirk | www.cleburnetimesreview.com


A young mother of four children was involved in a horrible car accident early this week. The car was totaled.
But one of the first things she did after being released from the trauma unit was call Bikes from Santa.
The voucher for her four children’s’ new bicycles was in that car, and the injured mom, who had just lost a basic need like transportation, was more concerned at that moment that her …

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