Hub Youth Cycling and Can’d Aid

On May 1, several Hub Youth Cycling members teamed up with Colorado-based non-profit Can’d Aid to build more than 100 bikes that were donated to first graders at Glenview Elementary School.

One of Can’d Aid’s core programs, Treads + Trails, aims to educate, inspire, and empower community members to lead healthy, active lives by fostering a love for the outdoors. Through “people-power” they have assembled and donated more than 20,000 bikes and skateboards to kids in underserved communities nationwide.

For two hours, Hub members provided the “people power,” as they unboxed and assembled bikes (sponsored by Yasso), unpacked helmets, broke down boxes, and loaded the delivery truck with 105 ready-to-ride bikes.

“This program aligns perfectly with the service pillar of Hub Youth Cycling,” said Coach Cayce Tiesler. “We have a group of riders who bike through downtown weekly, distributing burritos to Nashville’s unhoused population, and this was another way for our kids to give back to the community, while supporting our goal of getting more kids on bikes.” 

For Charlie, one of our Hub youth volunteers, the full impact was realized when Can'd Aid sent out photos of the students receiving their new bikes. "It was really great to see all the kids getting bikes, who might not have had a chance to ride them without this program."