Local resident, Michael Milton, donated the bike he won in a Bike to Work event raffle last month to MCDOT’s Bike Match program. MCDOT Director, Chris Conklin, accepted and thanked Michael at a small event in Silver Cycles on June 7. Watch a live stream here.
MCDOT’s Bike Match program started in June 2020 and enables people with unused bicycles in good working condition to connect with local residents who are in need. They make a huge impact on the lives of children who would not otherwise have a bike and on adults that depend on them for connectivity, to run essential errands and for first mile/last mile access to public transportation. Bikes improve access to affordable transportation, promote health and are an environmentally friendly way to get around.
To date, the program has received and placed 260 bike donations, but there are nearly 600 bike requests.
If you have an adult or child’s bicycle in good working condition that is not in use, please consider following Michael’s lead and donating it to the Bike Match MoCo program. There is a large, local community need for these bikes and they will be put to good use.
Learn more about this program here.
