Fruit Valley Elementary Kindergarteners Receive New Bikes Through All Kids Bike Program And HDR Foundation Grant -02/14/25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 14, 2025
Executive Director of Communications
Fruit Valley Elementary Kindergarteners Receive New Bikes Through
All Kids Bike Program and HDR Foundation Grant
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Twenty-four kindergarteners at Fruit Valley Elementary School received brand-new bikes this week thanks to the All Kids Bike Learn-to-Ride Bicycle Program and a generous grant from the HDR Foundation.
On Tuesday afternoon, volunteers from HDR gathered in the Fruit Valley gymnasium to assemble the balance-to-pedal conversion bikes. Soon after, the kindergarteners arrived to a big surprise as the bikes were unveiled.
Teachers, volunteers, and staff helped the children put on their helmets and guided them through their first lesson in balancing and riding. The students were then able to ride around the gym and enjoy their new bikes.
"For Fruit Valley to be part of the All Kids Bike Program, the generosity of HDR giving us the grant, 24 bikes, it's going to bring so much long-lasting joy to our children and a lifelong skill," said Matthew Fechter, Principal at Fruit Valley Elementary School. "Just to see the first look on their face was the excitement."
All Kids Bike provides thousands of children nationwide with the opportunity to learn to ride, helping build confidence, coordination, and independence. The HDR Foundation, which focuses its giving on education, healthy communities, and environmental stewardship, made this gift possible.
ABOUT ALL KIDS BIKE
The All Kids Bike Kindergarten PE Learn-to-Ride Program launched in 2018 with a simple mission: to give every child in America the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike in school. The comprehensive program includes teacher training and certification, complete curriculum with lesson plans, games and activities, a fleet of 24 Strider balance-to-pedal bikes, pedal conversion kits, fully adjustable student helmets, an instructor bike with pedal conversion kit and helmet, two rolling storage racks, and access to a resource portal with live support for the life of the program, everything needed to teach kids how to ride a bike! Supported by the Strider Education Foundation, All Kids Bike Kindergarten PE Learn-to-Ride Programs are active in over 1,500 schools across all 50 states, teaching more than 150,000 kids to ride each year and over 1 million kids throughout the 10-year lifespan of the programs already in place. For more information, please visit www.allkidsbike.org.
HDR is a 100% employee-owned professional services firm. Founded over a century ago to bring electricity to a changing world, we are now a global company specializing in architecture, engineering, environmental and construction services. Our success in built and natural environments continues as we collaborate to solve our clients' and communities' most complex challenges.
About the HDR Foundation
The HDR Foundation provides grants to qualified organizations that align with HDR's areas of expertise: education, healthy communities and environmental stewardship. Established in 2012 as an employee-funded and employee-driven foundation, we grant to organizations located in communities where HDR employees live and work. We give preference to organizations that demonstrate employee support and involvement. Since its inception, the HDR Foundation has provided over $9 million in grants to over 350 organizations. You can learn more at https://www.hdrinc.com/about-us/hdr-foundation.