Healthy Tips for Families

July 29th, 2010

Eat Right 1. Make half your grains whole.  Choose whole-grain foods, such as whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, brown rice, and low-fat popcorn, more often. 2. Vary your veggies.  Go dark green and orange with your vegetables- eat spinach, broccoli, carrots, and sweet potatoes. 3. Focus on fruits.  Eat them at meals, and at snack time, too. [...]

Kids on Bikes Signature Cycling Jersey

July 7th, 2010

KOB Signature Jersey The KOB Signature Cycling Jersey is finally here and you’re going to want one of these!  Jersey’s are only $40 each and all proceeds benefit KOB.  Check below for the sizing chart and email your order to info@kidsonbikes.net.  Jersey’s will be shipped in six weeks from when you place the order.  A [...]

Rocky Mountain Rags

June 3rd, 2010

Kids on Bikes is excited to announce a partnership with Rocky Mountain Rags!   Rocky Mountain Rags produces fun biking jersey’s and custom designed the Kids on Bikes signature jersey.  Keep a look out for the KOB jersey coming soon.  We love the company because they are committed to supporting active children and promoting a healthy outdoor lifestyle.  Their [...]

In Memory of Beloved Board Memeber Ron Wisner

May 25th, 2010

THE GAZETTE Ron Wisner, the retired dean of students at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, died Friday when he crashed while mountain biking with his wife on a trail near Larkspur. Described by family as an avid cyclist, runner and skier, Wisner, 67, was biking on the Kipps Loop bike trail in Greenland [...]

BIG Thank You to Local Cyclists

May 20th, 2010

 World Mountain Bike Champion Alison Dunlap was our guest speaker at the Sand Creek Elementary Awards Assembly.  Thank you Alison for sharing your Olympic experiences and inspiring the next world champion mountain biker! Flatland BMX biker and local resident James McGraw performs for the students at Sand Creek.  Kids don’t try that at home!

ABCs Program Motivates Students to Suceed

May 20th, 2010

As the school year draws to a close, we recently met with the fifth grade teachers at Sand Creek Elementary to discuss the ABCs program.  Each student completed a pre and post evaluation of the program as well as a reflection essay to highlight what they learned through the program.  The student evaluation results were compelling [...]

KIDS ON BIKES AWARDS NEARLY 70 FIFTH-GRADERS WITH EARNED BICYCLES ON MAY 6

May 13th, 2010

 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO— Kids on Bikes, a Colorado Springs-based nonprofit with a mission to provide bikes to children through programs that inspire a healthy lifestyle, independence, and achievement will donate over 60 bikes, locks, and helmets to fifth-grade students at Sand Creek Elementary today.  The bike giveaway is one of two giveaway ceremonies; over 70 [...]

Paige Carmichael Wins Leadership Award

April 28th, 2010

Paige Carmichael, Founder, and Lindsey Arkfeld, Executive Director, at the Pikes Peak Volunteer Day Luncheon. Did you know…More than 32% of people in Colorado volunteer on regular basis each year, serving their communities and saving organizations millions of dollars. In fact, Colorado ranks 17th in the nation for percentage of the population that volunteers on [...]

ABCs Program Expansion

April 6th, 2010

Kids on Bikes is excited to announce the ABC’s program expansion to Atlas Prep Elementary.  Eight fifth grade students will have the opportunity to earn a brand new bike, helmet, and lock.  Students will receive the bikes in a final awards celebration on May 24 and will be nominated by fellow classmates. In addition to [...]

Let’s Move

April 5th, 2010

America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids Let’s Move! has an ambitious but important goal: to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation. Let’s Move will give parents the support they need, provide healthier food in schools, help our kids to be more physically active, and make healthy, affordable food available [...]

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