Doing Good with Lost Bikes

What to do when the building you purchased comes cluttered with bicycles that are “unclaimed evidence” left behind from when the Police Department vacated the building? You find a way to get those bikes back into the community and make lots of kids happy!

Vision Historic Preservation Foundation reached out to another organization in our local community, Zelma’s Farms, headed up by Mark Benford and Florida Williams, as they have a process of refurbishing & distributing bikes to kids in the community. The crew from Zelma’s Farms came to the Historic 1895 City Hall and picked up 20 bikes (which meant 20 trips up & down a long flight of stairs!) on Thursday, December 17th. They said they hope to get the bikes ready to distribute the week of Christmas at Wolf Park in front of the giant Christmas Tree in Downtown Rockdale. Since they always have more people needing a bike than there are available, their distribution process is “lottery style”. Those needing a bike will be given a number — and then as numbers are selected the lucky winners get to pick a bike.

Watch our Facebook page for updates, and Thank you Zelma’s Farms for helping us do good in the Rockdale community and get these bikes back into use. (Merry Christmas kiddos!)

(PS: For clarity, all of the bikes were tagged by Rockdale Police Department indicating they were abandoned and were of unknown ownership.)