This year at Jack the Bike Man we did our Christmas Giveaway a little bit different. Our current temporary building on 420 Claremore Drive does not have the adequate space or parking to have thousands of kids getting bicycles and helmets. So we did things a little different this time around. We donated our bikes to other non-profit organizations that do great work with the same communities we would normally donate most of our children’s bicycles to during the Holidays....
by Gary Detman Saturday, September 18th 2021 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Jack the Bike Man has a new home. The man known for fixing up bikes for people in need held a groundbreaking ceremony for his new facility on Saturday. Organizers also used the day to celebrate his 80th birthday, which is Sunday. The new home is located at 426 Claremore Drive in West Palm Beach. Palm Beach County Commissioner Greg Weiss attended the ceremony and issued a proclamation for Jack the Bike day. The efforts...
The turnout for Jack the Bike Man’s Annual Christmas Giveaway was the largest to date. The event, held on Sunday December 15th, presented thousands of bicycles to children in a festive holiday atmosphere. Santa and his elves greeted the excited children beneath the decorated branches of a magnificent Christmas Tree. Two hundred volunteers fit 2,218 children for bicycles and helmets. This was 25% more than was awarded during the 2018 Christmas Giveaway. Despite large crowds and high demand it is Jack...
See Full Article at Palm Beach Post: https://pbpo.st/JackBikeMan By Wilkine Brutus Posted Aug 9, 2019 at 9:12 AM Jack “the Bike Man” Hairston was in the middle of talking up hard-working, underprivileged students when a jubilant boy, a fan from the community, interrupted the interview to greet him. It was a serendipitous moment ripe for the occasion. It’s yet another year of giving away thousands of free bicycles and helmets to people on the margin, “underprivileged kids, adults, and the homeless.” Throughout the years, Hairston’s not-for-profit program in...
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — How will President Trump’s trade war with China impact your bottom line? Friday, he increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports to 25% in a tit for tat trade war, up from the 10% he had imposed last fall. The president says he wants an even business playing field and for China to stop stealing intellectual property. The list of items hit with a tariff is 194 pages long, everything from baseball gloves to...
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Dozens of nonprofit and civic organizations were honored for contributions to their local communities Tuesday afternoon at BallenIsles Country Club.Forty-six organizations received financial grants totaling $745,000 from the BallenIsles Charities Foundation during its 2019 “Making a Difference” Grants Awards Ceremony. The record-setting amount brings the foundation’s cumulative grants awarded to local organizations to more than $3 million over the eight years since its formation. “With the completion of the newly expanded BallenIsles clubhouse, our fundraising events attracted...
Lufthansa Magazin is featuring Jack the Bike Man along with the City of Boston and Bishop Bikes in promoting bicycling through The East Coast Greenway bike trail. This bike trail is an ambitious project who’s goal is to connect 3,000 miles of safe and accessible multi-user route linking cities and towns from Maine to Florida. Please check out the full article here: Bicycling boom To view and dowloand a pdf version of the magazine article please click here: Lufthansa...
Jack the Bike Man continued the tradition of donating bicycles and helmets to the entire 5th grade class at Hope Rural School in Indiantown. The kids were so happy to get these bikes and they decided to sing for us in their classroom as a big thank you! We always feel blessed and happy to give bikes to this wonderful community. ...
Fixture in Jack the Bike Man’s shop dies in crash Photo Courtesy of Ideabar By Sonja Isger – The Palm Beach Post – Joel Solis, a 24-year-old from West Palm Beach, died this weekend in a car crash on Florida’s Turnpike. A tire blew out on the Ford Explorer he was in, and as it collided with guardrails and spun with abandon, Solis was thrown from the cab’s safety and he died on the scene. His death has plunged not only his family,...
FLORIDA MAN SPENDS RETIREMENT FIXING AND GIVING AWAY BIKES TO THE NEEDY Jack the Bike Man Hairston in the charity’s massive warehouse of bikes that are rebuilt and given to those in need. by: Robert Caston – Bicycle Parking Racks – When some guys retire they like to spend their days playing golf. Not Jack Hairston. He likes to give away bikes. Not just a few of them, but thousands of them. To needy kids and their...
