Kevin Thompson and Steph Dorland showed us around their 10,000-square-foot storage space, currently empty. "Yea, it's a pretty big space," Dorland observed. They're two of the founding members of Free Bikes 4 Kidz Omaha. In this first year, they hope to fill the space with donated, pre-owned bikes. "We have no idea how many bikes we're gonna have," Thompson shared.
Imagine you’re the youngster that didn’t have a bike or couldn’t have one but could suddenly have a bike like this for free. It’s going to happen in Omaha this weekend and you have a chance to be a part of it. They hope to fill this vast space with donated bikes whether new or used and give them to kids in our community. This program has been going on in 17 other communities and now it’s in Omaha. Here’s how it works. “In Minneapolis St. Paul about 10 years ago they launched Free Bikes 4 Kidz. They’ve taken this program nationally. We’re going to have the 18th location for this in the country starting this coming Saturday, bikes like this, bikes like that, bikes like John was showing previously, will be collected at the 14 area Omaha Baxter auto dealerships,” said Kevin Thompson, First National Bank of Omaha.
