October, 2011
West Palm Beach, FL - Due to the high cost of driving automobiles and trucks many are making the change to riding bicycles more than ever, says Samuel H. "Jack" Hairston III, President and founder of Jack The Bike Man, a local non-profit, 501 (c)(3) children charity.
"Bicycling solves many problems including cutting down on commuting expenses, traffic jams and less wear and tear on our roadways. While helping to eliminate exhaust emissions and provide cleaner air, bicycles offer healthy physical exercise. Bicycles are just a great friendly way to help our self, our community, our health and our environment. Many people are using bicycles instead of a car."
For several years, Jack The Bike Man, inc. has also been providing another great community service-recycling old bicycles. Thousands of people yearly donate for a tax deduction their old, used or outgrown bicycles. This charity restores and repairs the bicycles, giving out more than 2,000 bikes to children and selling all of the adult bicycles in the resale store as a fund raiser for the charity. Recycling the old bikes keeps them out of landsfills, and the additional revenue helps support youth programs the charity offers to neighbors of the community.
"Most of the bicycle stores in the area do not sell used bikes so we try to fill that gap as this is especially important with the present condition of our economy. All or our bicycles are in good running order, many of them rebuilt with new parts, by professional mechanics that make sure they are all safe."
Jack the Bike Man partners with other organizations including the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, students and other organizations. Working with the Auto Body Class of South Tech Vocational Academy students prepare, paint and seal fantastic colors and designs on some of the rebuilt bike frames. Jack's mechanics then install all of the new parts to make the bicycles complete and in perfect condition.
The resale bicycle store is located at 4401 Broadway (US1) in West Palm Beach where all of the sales and repairs are done. Their number is (561) 863-1530.
"People really do need to come by and see what we are doing to improve the health and environment of our neighborhood community. We are helping people having more fun riding bicycles while helping clean up the environment."
Jack Hairston
