Dahon folding bicycles
2004
A New & Inventive Design in Petrol-Saving Transportation: A Hybrid Car with a Built-in Bike

Trips for Kids Charity Receives $3,000 from Dahon

Johnny Williams wins the State Championship 40K TT Race with Dahon Special Edition Schwalbe Stelvio Tires

New on the Hotel Room Service Menu: A Folding Bike

Welcome to 2004

2003
Dahon and Ritchey Team Up to Offer Portable Road Bikes

Dahon Teams Up with Joe Murray

Record Results for Dahon in First Half of 2003

Dahon UK Folding Bike Sales Boosted by London Congestion Charges

other 2003 and earlier news
Trips for Kids Charity Receives $3,000 from Dahon

DUARTE, California — October 4, 2004 Dahon California, Inc., the world leader in folding bicycles, today announced a $3,000 donation to Trips for Kids, a non-profit organization that provides mountain bike outings and environmental education for under-privileged children. Dahon's donation will help the national organization supply needed materials to groups starting up local chapters of Trips for Kids.

"Trips for Kids has helped thousands of kids enjoy cycling and the outdoors and we couldn't be more pleased at being able to help in a small way," stated Dr. David Hon, Dahon president. "The real heroes are those people that give selflessly of themselves to keep the local chapters running. A lot more environmental education is needed in this country - I can think of some key members of our government that might benefit from an increased awareness and regard for the environment. The fact that bicycles are used to provide this education for the kids is just an added bonus."

The Marin chapter of Trips for Kids also runs the Recyclery, a bike shop that is the home of Trips for Kids' after-school and earn-a-bike programs. Dahon, as well as many other companies in the bike industry, has been a long time donor to the Recyclery.
Dahon is committed to a healthy, fair, and safe future for our children and contributes a portion of its earnings each year to organizations and individuals dedicated to these same causes.

Reprinted from Trips for Kids:
Trips for Kids Marin was started by avid mountain biker and environmentalist Marilyn Price in 1988. She knew that there were kids who lived in the inner-city of San Francisco and had never experienced the beauty of open space to the north in Marin County. We have seen the benefits that result from exposing kids to the environment through a mountain bike ride. On Trips for Kids rides across North America, kids come from different backgrounds and have different challenges in life. They might live in the inner city and be tempted to join a gang; or live on a reservation where options for activities after school are very limited. Maybe they come from a single-parent home where there's just not enough money to buy something like a bicycle. But these kids have one thing in common. They are kids and kids love bikes. There is a sense of freedom on a bicycle. It's a vehicle for exploring new environments. And there is a physical challenge inherent in mountain biking. With 15 years of experience in taking disadvantaged youth on mountain bike rides, we feel that we have a unique ability to help others begin similar programs in their area.


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