{"id":27192,"date":"2012-12-19T13:42:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T21:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=27192"},"modified":"2012-12-19T13:42:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T21:42:41","slug":"local-needy-families-to-receive-christmas-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/12\/19\/local-needy-families-to-receive-christmas-bicycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Local needy families to receive Christmas bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris is surrounded by the local organizations and volunteers that helped make the bicycle giveaway possible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 Sheriff\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got bikes for 2 and 3-year-olds all the way up to adults,\u201d said Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station Captain Bob Jonsen. \u201cWe\u2019ll make sure they get to the families that need them most.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More than 200 new bicycles and matching helmets will be delivered to local youths in need.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The special deliveries come courtesy of the Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters Club, which worked with several organizations over the past year to make the project happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the community comes together, this is what you get from it,\u201d said AV Sheriff\u2019s Boosters President Marvin Crist.<\/p>\n

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

The Antelope Valley Sheriff\u2019s Boosters, with the help of Cullen Insurance and Bekins Moving and Storage, purchased the necessary parts and worked to refurbish the bicycles.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s Stations volunteered to help deliver the bicycles to those families in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresenting these bikes to the youth of the Antelope Valley is certainly a huge Christmas gift to all those that generally can\u2019t afford it,\u201d said Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station Captain Bobby Denham.<\/p>\n

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

\"\"<\/a>\u201cThis is going to be an incredible gift for the families that are frequenting the Wellness Homes and Neighborhood Impact Homes,\u201d said Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris. \u201cIt\u2019s going to make a huge difference in a lot of people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organizers hope the special deliveries will also make a huge difference in the community\u2019s perception of law enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put our sheriffs in bad situations sometimes where they have to take mom and dad to jail,\u201d Crist said. \u201cWe want to make sure the kids see the sheriffs for what they truly are \u2013 really good people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 Sheriff\u2019s 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. \u201cWe\u2019ve got bikes for 2 and 3-year-olds all the way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}