The Antelope Valley Times

Your community. Your issues. Your news.

  • Home
  • Latest News
  • Local
    • Palmdale
    • Lancaster
    • Los Angeles County
    • Littlerock
    • Lake Los Angeles
    • Rosamond
    • Edwards AFB
    • Acton
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Health
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Advertise
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    Show Search

Local needy families to receive Christmas bicycles

by M. Dilworth • December 19, 2012

Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris is surrounded by the local organizations and volunteers that helped make the bicycle giveaway possible.

LANCASTER – Sheriff’s deputies will put away the handcuffs to play Santa Claus this year. In the days before Christmas, the deputies will be knocking on doors and delivering shiny new bicycles with matching helmets to needy families across the Antelope Valley, officials announced Wednesday.

“We’ve got bikes for 2 and 3-year-olds all the way up to adults,” said Lancaster Sheriff’s Station Captain Bob Jonsen. “We’ll make sure they get to the families that need them most.”

More than 200 new bicycles and matching helmets will be delivered to local youths in need.

The special deliveries come courtesy of the Antelope Valley Sheriff’s Boosters Club, which worked with several organizations over the past year to make the project happen.

“When the community comes together, this is what you get from it,” said AV Sheriff’s Boosters President Marvin Crist.

Crist said Walmart donated a little over 200 new bicycles that were unsellable due to missing parts, such as a pedal or a seat.

The Antelope Valley Sheriff’s Boosters, with the help of Cullen Insurance and Bekins Moving and Storage, purchased the necessary parts and worked to refurbish the bicycles.

The group then partnered with several area churches and faith based organizations to identify families throughout the Valley in need of help for the holidays. Deputies from both Lancaster and Palmdale Sheriff’s Stations volunteered to help deliver the bicycles to those families in time for Christmas.

“Presenting these bikes to the youth of the Antelope Valley is certainly a huge Christmas gift to all those that generally can’t afford it,” said Palmdale Sheriff’s Station Captain Bobby Denham.

The project also got a helping hand from the Law Offices of R. Rex Parris, which provided a new helmet for every bicycle.

“This is going to be an incredible gift for the families that are frequenting the Wellness Homes and Neighborhood Impact Homes,” said Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris. “It’s going to make a huge difference in a lot of people’s lives.”

Organizers hope the special deliveries will also make a huge difference in the community’s perception of law enforcement.

“We put our sheriffs in bad situations sometimes where they have to take mom and dad to jail,” Crist said. “We want to make sure the kids see the sheriffs for what they truly are – really good people.”

–

Filed Under: Lancaster, Palmdale

10 comments for "Local needy families to receive Christmas bicycles"

  1. A. Kidd says

    December 20, 2012 at 10:17 am

    How do you plug this into the TV???

  2. Aaron P. says

    December 19, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    WOW with 4 Walmarts and the 5th one on its way and they only donated just over 200??? I think over a thousand would have been better…… Or have a toy shopping spree for the kids at Walmart.

  3. The Anti-REX says

    December 19, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Now we can make use of that stupid bike lane on Valley Central Way

    • dave says

      December 19, 2012 at 5:31 pm

      Why dont you put your real name on, like real men .Oh i forgot your not a real man

      • dave says

        December 19, 2012 at 6:24 pm

        ANTI INTELLIGENT NICE STATEMENT ABOUT BIKE LANE

  4. Ali says

    December 19, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    Thanks to all that donated to make this happen! There will be some really excited kids here in the AV! Merry Christmas everyone!

  5. dave says

    December 19, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    Thanks Mayor Parris For getting the helmets.Thats why i voted for you.Because you care about our city and the kids in this city.Godbless you Rex and the Parris Family, you have a great Christmas and Happy New Year

  6. cedarblok says

    December 19, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Do these bikes have LEDs?

  7. dave says

    December 19, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Thanks, LaCounty Sherriff Dept for caring about kids in this city .You gentlemen and ladies are great for doing this event, and putting a smile on kids faces at christmas.God Bless all of you,And merrychristmas to all of you and happy new year

  8. Letlow says

    December 19, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    So much giving and love in the AV this holiday season! Very inspiring!

Recent Comments

  • Beecee on Small brush fires reported near southbound 14 Freeway in Palmdale area: “God bless our first responders” Jan 20, 11:19
  • GT Foster on Op-ed: Kevin McCarthy and Mike Garcia must resign: “If it is a fraudulent ballot, it doesn’t matter how it is counted.” Jan 20, 09:17
  • Maria on WATCH: Inmate activists protest for COVID-related release of Lancaster Prison inmates: “By the way, thank you protesters!! Hope your efforts will be heard by the Governor. May God bless you’ll.” Jan 20, 08:52
  • Maria on WATCH: Inmate activists protest for COVID-related release of Lancaster Prison inmates: “I have read all the replies and am sorry that there is callous people out there. I have a brother…” Jan 20, 08:46
  • Stinger on Op-ed: Kevin McCarthy and Mike Garcia must resign: “That would be knelt with, not before, BLM. I wonder what color the sky is in your little trumplican world…” Jan 20, 08:12

© 2021 · The Antelope Valley Times. All rights reserved. Terms of Use