Texas Bicycling News Digest December 9th 2018
HISD students rewarded with bikes for literacy achievements
www.click2houston.com
Christmas came early for thousands of second-graders across the Houston Independent School District, who were all awarded bicycles for achieving their reading goals for the semester.
About 85 of those bikes were earned by students at Eliot Elementary School on Saturday morning.
The district partnered with CYCLE, which stands for Changing Young Children’s Lives through Education. Through the CYCLE program, students worked with teachers to create personalized literacy goals to help boost their reading skills. …
Clawson Assembly of God to give away 500 bikes
By GRACE JUAREZ | lufkindailynews.com
Clawson Assembly of God will be giving 500 bicycles away to children in the community starting at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 16.
“A lot of people may think, that’s weird for a church to do that, but if you look in the Bible, Jesus fed people, he ate with people, he provided,†youth pastor Jordan Collard said. “We don’t want to be the church that has a service on Sunday and then that’s it; we’re done. We want to be his hands, his feet.†…
Reynolds & Reynolds donates 100 bikes to first responders
www.kbtx.com
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (KBTX) In the spirit of the holidays, people over at Reynolds and Reynolds put together 100 bikes for children of the Brazos Valley.
This year, the team coordinated with the Brazos Valley First Responders association to donate the bikes to children of first responders.
It’s a way of saying thank you for all that their family has done for the community. …
30 Sherman kids get free bikes in time for Christmas
By Kristen Weaver | www.kxii.com
SHERMAN, Tex. (KXII) – 30 Sherman students got an early Christmas present this week.
“I was like, oh my god I’m so happy.”
Third grader Jaylor Perry headed to Neblett Elementary Thursday after a normal morning, when he got a big surprise.
“I woke up, I got dressed, came here. I was in the gym, sitting right there and my name was drawn!” he said.
Jaylor was one of the final of 30 names called to …