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Giving the gift of a new bike for the holidays is a great message to send to little people that they need to get outside as often as they can.

Members of the Richmond Area Bicycle Association contributed $16,000 to buy 240 new bicycles and helmets for donation to area Christmas Mother programs, according to a release. This is the 13th year the club has held its “Bikes for Kids” drive.

The bicycles were assembled on November 2 by 75 volunteers from RABA and will be distributed to area Christmas Mothers this Saturday, December 7. Volunteers loaded up trucks & trailers and delivered the bikes to Richmond, Hanover, Goochland, New Kent, Chesterfield, Powhatan, Henrico and Charles City counties. The club works to match appropriate bicycles to the needs of the children in the various counties. The Christmas Mothers will give them to needy families who have applied for help.

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