UnitedHealthcare donates bikes to kids at Boys & Girls Club

Photos 1-2: UnitedHealthcare surprises students with new bicycles and helmets at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay after-school program at Town n’ Country Club on Oct. 27, 2017. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies shared bike safety tips and helped fit the kids with their new helmets.
Photo 3: UnitedHealthcare Florida Markets CEO Greg Reidy helps a Boys & Girls Club student find the right-sized bicycle.
Photos 4-5: UnitedHealthcare Florida Markets CEO Greg Reidy and a team of employees partner with onbikes to build bicycles at the UnitedHealthcare offices for students at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay.
(Photos courtesy of UnitedHealthcare/Chris Favis)

Students in the George W. Jenkins Family Town and Country Club after-school program at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay recently took home new bikes donated by UnitedHealthcare. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with onbikes of Tampa, conducted a bicycle safety demonstration for students prior to the donation.

Fifty bicycles and helmets were donated to elementary and middle-school students as part of a public service campaign by UnitedHealthcare to encourage kids and teens to wear helmets. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies helped with fitting the bicycles and helmets and teaching the students safe-riding skills.

Earlier in the day, UnitedHealthcare employee volunteers assembled the bicycles with onbikes, a Tampa nonprofit that provides local at-risk and foster children with bicycles and helmets.