Dec
19
Kroger saves the day: Bikes for Hamilton County foster kids

Hamilton County foster children will receive a wonderful Christmas present this year when 205 donated bikes arrive Tuesday from a Franklin County woman known widely as the “Bike Lady.” An additional 65 bikes will be distributed to Clermont and Butler Coun

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Dec
16
The bikes have arrived

More than 180 bikes, adorned with hand-made bright bows on the handlebars, with helmets and locks, arrived this morning on a Kroger truck from Pickaway Correctional Institution, where they were assembled by inmates. HCJFS volunteers unloaded the truck under the …

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Feb
04
Help on wheels : Donated bikes being shared

HCJFS is still distributing more than 100 bikes donated by “The Bike Lady.” Kate Koch of Columbus became the Bike Lady in 2008 after an impromptu effort to buy bikes for kids in foster care. She believes bikes offer exercise …

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