Bikes For Life encourages Colorado youth to develop healthy habits and a lifelong commitment to wellness through bicycling.  Bikes For Life will provide free bicycles and helmets to 1,000 qualifying, low-income children from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, Children's Hospital Colorado clinics, and Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics.

Bikes For Life advocates for healthier kids in three ways:

• Using bikes to encourage physical activity.  Bicycles will serve as an incentive to encourage increased physical activity and develop long-term lifestyle habits.
• Providing ongoing skills and education services.  Bicycling safely is a priority, and participants and their families will be invited to participate in community events focused on improving skills and encouraging safe bicycling.
• Conducting research.  In return for a free bicycle, participating youth commit to bicycling on a regular basis.  Children's Colorado researchers will provide ongoing support and evaluation.  Ultimately, researchers at Children's Colorado will be able to report on how bicycling can improve health status as a result of engaging in physical activity.

To learn more about the Bikes For Life program, visit us online at childrenscolorado.org/bikesforlife

Donating to Bikes For Life will help a Colorado youth develop a love of cycling as a lifelong healthy activity.

$10 can provide a child in the program with a bicycle helmet.

$25 can provide a child in the program with a bicycle helmet and a lock.

$50 can provide a child in the program with a bicycle helmet, lock, and odometer.

$200 can provide bicycle safety education to a group of children in the program.

$400 can fully support a child in the program including a new bicycle, helmet, lock, and bicycle safety education.

Thank you for supporting the Bikes For Life program!