Bikes 4 Tykes

A new program to give needy kids through out Thailand bicycles. These bikes are given to students who are willing to do good things for others in there community, working through the Pattaya Sports Club and major help in distribution from Mercy Mission. This year there is a total of 11 bicycles to be given away, the program run by Rick Bevington who has already received enough pledges to more than double that number next year. Thats not to say he has enough pledges yet, there are plenty of tykes out there hopeing to be next on the list to receive. If you would like to know more about how you can help put more smiles, likes these tykes, contact Rick at bikes_4tykes@yahoo.com

Some time back one of our club members rang me to ask to whom he and friends could donate a few bicycles. As PSC had previously been involved with Mercy Ministry's Scholarship Programme where disadvantaged children were awarded bikes as a reward for helping in their community I had them sent to Pastor Fred Doell of the Mercy ministries.

More recently the same member contacted me to say he had more bicycles, so I thought he should deal directly with the recipients and I put him in touch with Fred and Dianne Doell who run Mercy Ministry. The seed was planted and when the member involved Ric Bevington saw the work that the Ministry was doing he became most enthusiastic. Ric soon had others enthused and the few bikes became ten in number and in collaboration with the Ministry Bikes for Tykes was born.

On March 8, 2006 the ten bikes were presented to students at School Number 7 all of these kids are from poor families and have been selected for showing a willingness to help in their community. Ric leads by example as from day one of meeting the Ministry Family he has been a volunteer helping them to relocate into new premises. This volunteer work has not subdued his enthusiasm for the Bikes for Tikes Programme as he has been button holing all manner of people and businesses to pledge support for his brainchild, to date he has pledges for a further 50 bikes and claims that this is only the beginning. Pattaya Sports Club will be right behind him with this project and will be pleased to put other members in touch with him.