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6 | October 11, 2018 | The Mokena Messenger news mokenamessenger.com Mokena resident donates refurbished bikes to families in need Megan Schuller Freelance reporter Bike riding around the local neighborhood is a staple of many childhood memories, as much as trading training wheels in for a two-wheel bike is a rite of passage. Not all children get to share this experience due to financial hardships within their family. Mokena native Ron Kittler, owner of FnA Bicycles/FnA Outdoors in New Lenox, is working to change that. “Donating a bike can change a life,” Kittler said. “When we were kids that’s all we’d think about. We had our bikes and that was it. A lot of kids unfortunately don’t have that.” Kittler’s bicycle shop has been in business since 2012 at 1303 S. Schoolhouse Road after seeing a need for a bicycle repair shop in the community. It wasn’t until 2017 that he added outdoor equipment like kayaks to his shop. He often gets bikes donated that people have outgrown, so he has made it his mission to give these donated bikes new life with a safety tune up and a new home. Lead social worker in D122 Sue Francimore said that the 30 bikes donated by Kittler in late September will help 15 families. Bikes were donated in an array of sizes for both students and their parents. “Having a bike as a child is something so many of us take for granted,” Francimore said. “It’s such a positive thing to build family relationships.” Kittler said that fixing up and donating used bicycles is a rewarding way of giving Some of the more than 30 bikes that were donated in late September. back to the community. He said that the bikes are donated to people that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford them, which increases accessibility to be active and outdoors together as a family or with friends. “A bike is not a financial priority. We make it a priority so the families can work together as a family unit and ride together,” Kittler said. More than 300 bikes have been donated throughout the local and Chicagoland area by Kittler’s shop in the past few years. He has donated to the school districts within the community, as well as Ron Kittler, Mokena Resident and owner of FnA Bicycles/ FnA Outdoors in New Lenox, unloads more than 30 bikes that his shop donated to families in D122. Photos by Megan Schuller/22nd Century Media organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, All God’s People and the local Mokena Marley Frankfort FISH Resale Store. “It’s such an opportunity for our lower income families who are struggling,” Francimore said. “As a social worker, we love to help in any way we can. I like to imagine families riding around together, which is something they haven’t been Please see donate, 8 TOUR ALL GALLAGHER AND HENRY’S LIFESTYLE MODELS! BRIARCLIFFE DANBURY The following items are INCLUDED in your new Gallagher and Henry Home: •3 Car Garage (Insulated and Drywalled) •Full Basement per plan •Andersen 400 Series windows TINLEY PARK Radcliffe Place 17531 Humber Lane 708.614.0800 *Danbury model on location LEMONT Covington Knolls 9 Overton Court 630.243.0900 *Briarcliffe model on location HOMER GLEN Kingston Hills 15037 Ivy Court 708.301.1999 *Amberwood model on location Goodings Grove 12465 Walden Road 708.301.9790 PALOS PARK Suffield Woods 708.448.3358 WOODRIDGE Farmingdale Village 9041 Gloucester Road 630.985.9500 *Calysta model on location www.gallagherandhenry.com
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