a.k.a Christmas Party, South Atlanta Bike Shop style
We have been battling illegal dumping of old tires in our neighborhood for a while by reporting offenders (when we catch them) and by regular neighborhood cleanup events. Recently we discovered a pile of tires dumped behind the bike shop so we decided to turn lemons into lemonade and make a race track for the kids.
We made invitations and sent them to all kids that have ever worked at the bike shop to come to the Christmas party. Despite bad weather almost 30 kids showed up ready to have fun.
We prepared a time trial race for the kids behind the bike shop with a really nice bike as the first prize. With the nearly invisible stump it turned out to be a little bit of an obstacle course too.
Keyuntay had the fastest time and is now the proud owner of a sweet Raleigh mountain bike.
After the race we went inside the bike shop to enjoy some pizza and talk about what we were going to do next year.
We are tremendously grateful for friends that helped us cover:
- A bike shop shirt for everyone
- Cost of invitations/postage
- pizza and drinks
- tape for the race track
- a first aid kit.
We are also thankful for all our volunteers and police officers that helped us out.
Merry Christmas everyone!