Palm Beach Post , January 13, 2018 Charity used trailer to transport give away bikes. A trailer used to transport dozens of bicycles to children and others in need from a West Palm Beach charity was stolen this week. Jack the Bike Man Inc., posted on its Facebook page asking the public for help. When staff went outside the warehouse Thursday morning, they found the trailer was gone. “Someone has stolen our big trailer that we use to pick up and distribute...
Palm Beach Daily News, Sunday, January 7, 2018 Benefit auction marks 10 years as nonprofit. The white lights and evergreen decorated Sailfish Club was the setting for an evening of big wheels and small. The auction and dinner to benefit Jack the Bike Man took place Dec. 16, 2017 and celebrated the 10th anniversary of the organization’s nonprofit status. Mariano Garcia was chairman for the evening, which included a silent auction of collectible bicycles, the club’s famous seafood buffet, dinner and dancing. Since...
After our big Christmas Giveaway this year, we still had bicycles left and contacted a local school in need and we were happy to put smiles on the student’s faces. ...
The Palm Beach Post, Thursday, October 19, 2017 Jack the Bike Man: Where used bikes become useful transportation. Jack Hairston, founder and CEO of Jack the Bike Man What is Jack the Bike Man? Jack the Bike Man is a not for profit organization founded by Samuel H. “Jack ”Hairston III in 2007, however Jack has been called Jack the Bike Man, since 1999. Throughout the year, Jack the Bike Man gives away thousands of bikes to underprivileged kids,the homeless,women re-entering society from prison,...
The Palm Beach Post, Monday, December 19, 2016 Annual event in West Palm Beach benefits underprivileged kids. Kids collect their bicycles Sunday during the annual Christmas bike giveaway put on by Jack the Bike Man’s Children’s Bicycle Charity in West Palm Beach. By Corvaya Jeffries Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Cinco. Seis. Siete. Jack “the Bike Man” Hairston counted out as he handed tickets to mothers in front of his bike shop. The numbers they were giving him? The number of children they had who didn’t have...
by Kate Jackobson – Sun Sentinel – Jack Hairston has spent the last 17 years playing around with bikes. The West Palm Beach man isn’t your average gear head. Hairston runs a nonprofit called Jack the Bike Man, aimed at giving donated bikes to children and adults who can’t afford their own. A portion of those bikes, he said, comes from law enforcement agencies. Hairston received 38 bikes in need of a little care from the Boynton Beach Police Department...
January 23, 2015 West Palm Beach, FL – Everyone is invited to this Open House event at Jack The Bike Man, Saturday February 28, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Meet Jack Hairston founder of Jack the Bike Man and learn about the good works of his children’s bicycle charity and help us kick-off “Cycling Month” which culminates in the Dyer Challenge 8 on March 29th , 2015! The Dyer Challenge is an annual endurance mountain bike trail event for all ages held...
January 22, 2014 West Palm Beach, FL – Please visit us at 2406 Florida Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Jack Hairston, Jack The Bike Man also can be reached via email by visiting and filling out the form on our Contact Us page. We are one block West of South Dixie and 5 blocks north of Belvedere Road. We are open monday through friday from 10 am till 6 pm, saturday from 10 am till 4 pm and on sunday from 12 noon till 5 pm. Please...
May 14, 2013 West Palm Beach, FL – In March this year, the organization of Jack The Bike Man was nominated for the 16th Triunfo! Awards by the Hispanic Chambers of Commerce. It was a non-profit organization nominee. Well, it happens again. This time his organization is nominated by the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches. Jack The Bike Man has become a finalist for the Chamber’s 2013 Business Awards. The Business Awards Breakfast will be held on Monday, May 20, 7:45a.m. at...
June 28, 2012 Photos: by Kara Starzyk/Sun Sentinel West Palm Beach, FL – The Doyle Award for Nonprofit Excellence, established by The Dennis M. and Lois A. Doyle Family Foundation in partnership with Sun Sentinel Charities, spotlights local nonprofit sand the people behind them that make South Florida a great place to live. The award, which includes a $1,000 donation, will be given to one nonprofit in Broward County and one in Palm Beach County each month through December 2012. “This award pays...
