These kids, ages 10-15, are about to receive a thrilling summer surprise. They’re about to be gifted a brand new bike and a bunch of goodies to go along with their two-wheelers.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Joseph Greathouse II bounces from room to room at Cleveland’s Broadway Avenue Boys & Girls Club, motioning for five children to volunteer to participate a YouTube video. The Club serves as an after-school haven for about 140 kids in the Slavic Village neighborhood. As club director, he hand-selected these five kids weeks ago and has been looking forward to this day ever since.
Back at the Broadway Avenue Boys & Girls Club, when RJ, Siaunda, Dre’Shawn, Kyla and De’Micheal arrive inside the gym they see a half dozen bikes and a few people with cameras.videographer who, along with Diana Hildebrand of Bike Cleveland, is creating a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club on YouTube. He explains that, as a cycling challenge, we attempted to ride 100 miles on camera. A smile comes to his face as he shares what happened at the end of our ride.
When I start talking with the kids about my attempt at 100 miles, the experience flashes through my mind all over again. Hildebrand and I had two objectives. First, to reach the Historic Coast Guard Station in Cleveland’s Wendy Park before sundown. Second, I could earn additional prizes businesses had donated for the kids if I complete other physical challenges along the bike route.It wasn’t long into our ride before we experienced our first detour, a closed bridge. We thought it might add 3-5 miles to our planned 100-mile route.
At Cuyahoga Valley National Park, I had to ride for five miles with Hildebrand’s heavy pack strapped to my back. It was brutal and might as well have been a sack of bricks. The challenge began at the Peninsula location of Century Cycles. The shop donated five bike helmets for the kids.John Pana, cleveland.comWe arranged for Jayla Vanhorn, a 20-year-old student at Ohio State University, to join us and share her story of growing up in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood.
It was creepy. We saw bats flying over our heads and we didn’t know what might jump out on the trail.
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