By: Ashley Glass Posted 5:00 AM, Jan 02, 2025 and last updated 7:52 AM, Jan 02, 2025 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — With a new year underway, the people behind the Jack the Bike Man nonprofit are keeping pace with the old and formative outlook of its founder. “It never stops. It never stops with Jack the Bike Man,” Alex Hernandez, the nonprofit’s president, said. “We give bikes throughout the year.” Here’s 4 things you might not know about this longstanding charity: The charitable organization
By: Briana Nespral Posted 12:50 PM, Dec 27, 2024 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A beloved bike shop and nonprofit in West Palm Beach has become the latest target of a holiday theft. For years, Jack the Bike Man has given away thousands of bikes to kids in need. But this week, they were robbed of hundreds of dollars and now they are asking for the public’s help in finding the person or people responsible. “I guess that’s the most...
Hundreds of Palm Beach County kids to receive bikes for Christmas By: Terra Sullivan Posted at 1:38 PM, Dec 22, 2023 and last updated 5:35 PM, Dec 22, 2023 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — When Samuel H. “Jack” Hairston III, known as “Jack the Bike Man” passed away earlier this year at the age of 81, the nonprofit inspired by his life of two-wheeled charity promised to carry on his legacy. Through a holiday initiative, the Jack the Bike Man organization has dropped off hundreds of bicycles...
Written by: Maya WashburnPalm Beach Post JUPITER — Children’s eyes lit up as they gazed at the lines of gleaming bicycles in the parking lot. They gasped and squeezed their parents’ hands when they found out that one of them would soon be theirs. Many of them had never owned a bicycle before. In all, Jack The Bike Man gave away 110 bikes and 10 scooters, along with 110 helmets, at the El Sol Neighborhood Resource Center in Jupiter on Wednesday, Dec....
Written by: Albert Pefley WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Jack the Bike Man, a nonprofit group in West Palm Beach, continued its annual tradition of giving away new and used bicycles to underprivileged kids for Christmas. The annual bike giveaways in December first began in 2007. The founder of Jack the Bike Man, Samuel “Jack” Hairston, passed away in July at the age of 81. His staff and volunteers are carrying on without him. Wednesday, they delivered about 110 bikes to the El...
