12/24/2021
I had to get up super early to volunteer my time at the Earn A Bike event. This was my 3rd year volunteering at this event along with the cycling community to lend a helping hand. It just gave me goose bumps to see all the excitement on the kids faces when they are brought into the gym to be paired up with an adult to assist them on assembling their new bike. I was blessed with this young little girl name Jaiden. We immediately clicked and she was super ready to put her bike together. I took her through the process from assembling her bike, decorating her helmet her way to seeing her take off on her new bike. This young girl just blew my mind on how determined she was to built her bike on her own and she did with very little help from me. I was super proud of her. We had a conversation while she was putting her bike together and she told me she wants to be a fire fighter when she grows up. I just encouraged her to keep her good grades up and stay focus on her education and she will get there. I met her parents and siblings after the event. Mom and Dad very appreciative of me working with her. I told her parents, she really built the bike on her own. I told Mom that she had one bright child with alot of determination. I left the place knowing that I touched someone's life as well as her touching my life as well.