At our club meeting on December 9, 2022 Bailey Ivory and Marlita Fong described the life-changing experience of participating in RYLA and how are club can support the RYLA Bike Project.

 

Each year RYLA participants get to spend a day getting to know disadvantaged children from several Boys & Girls Clubs.  At the end of the day they get to give the children brand new bicycles and helmets.  It is a special event that lets the kids know that someone cares about them and is willing to invest in their future.

 

RYLA is requesting financial support for this project from all of the the Rotary clubs in the district.  Our support will help them purchase bicycles and helmets.

 

They have partnered with Scheels who is providing them bicycles and helmets that retail at $300-$500 for only $115 per unit.  In addition, they will provide lifetime repair service for these bicycles. 

 

Each bicycle we donate will have the following decal:

 

 

Our charitable foundation is covering the costs of two units and will increase this amount based upon additional membership support.