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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
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