Non-profit provides more free bicycles after initial giveaway

By Alex Egan | www.kbtx.com

The group was able to pull off what organizers call “a Christmas miracle”

The initial giveaway on December 10th saw 300 bicycles given to kids in the community, but another 250 kids went home empty-handed.(KBTX)

NAVASOTA, Texas (KBTX) – A bicycle giveaway put on by the non-profit Men Making Moves earlier this month was so popular there weren’t enough bikes for the kids who showed up. The initial giveaway on December 10th saw 300 bicycles given to kids in the community, but another 250 kids went home empty-handed.

Friday, the group was able to pull off what organizers call “a Christmas miracle” and it was able to give away another 253 bicycles to the kids who did not get one during the first giveaway.

“That’s God’s work, like I said, I told a lot of people, I can sleep now because leading up to this I couldn’t sleep,” founder Earnest Jefferson said. “I had a lot of …

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A long line of cars wound southbound along Stonewall Street in Greenville on the morning of Dec. 19, each pausing briefly in front of the Mendoza’s Party Rentals building.

Upon arrival, someone from the vehicle would either walk into the building or hand a volunteer a card, and a few moments later the volunteer would reappear, carrying a bag full of items and, every so often, something even bigger.

“That’s it, that’s the bike I wanted!” screamed a young boy from the back seat of one of the vehicles as the smiling volunteer loaded it into the trunk of the car.

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