Some Quad Cities children will receive a new set of wheels this holiday season. Fund-raising is underway for the annual "Bikes for Brains" campaign, and the goal is 5,000 dollars that'll buy more than 100 bikes for needy local children.
"Bikes for Brains" co-organizer Sandy Seeley says many of the children who receive a bike have never ridden one before.
Seeley says children are nominated by case workers from five agencies in the Quad Cities like Head Start and the Early Childhood Centers. Then the Pilot Club of Moline donates helmets and Walmart provides a major donation.
The children, who range from four to sixteen years old, are often not told they're getting a new bike until the day they receive one.
Each bike, which comes with training wheels, costs about 50 dollars. You can donate to "Bikes for Brains" by mailing a check to the Queens Parlour on 19th Avenue in Moline.
The children will pick out their new bikes on December 15th at the King Center in Rock Island.
