Hartford Children Get New Bikes From Bank

HARTFORD, CT — Thanks to a local bank, 88 children throughout the city can now enjoy the gift of transportation and exercise.

Last Wednesday, Nov. 29, Liberty Bankemployees delivered 88 new bicycles to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, which operates five clubhouses in the state's capital city.

Those bikes, according to Liberty, were to be distributed evenly to all club locations.

Back on Nov. 13, nearly 700 bank volunteers got together to assemble the new bicycles as part of commemorating "World Kindness Day."

The club is expected to distribute those bikes to children who need them.

Bicycles were officially donated to the Hartford Boys & Girls Clubs at a special event with club officials, David Glidden, president and chief executive officer of Liberty Bank, and Audra Hamel, chief marketing officer of Liberty Bank.

The ceremony took place at the club's South End Clubhouse on Ledyard Street.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford oversee children's programs that aid youths during the time after school and before parents come home from work, with an emphasis on education, leadership and "realizing their potential."

Based in Middletown, Liberty Bank has 56 locations in Connecticut and is an independent, mutual bank.

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