For some Colorado kids, a bike means more than just a way to get around. It can mean freedom, exercise, transportation and adventure.
That’s the idea behind a partnership between Wish for Wheels and Kroenke Sports Charities, which is providing more than 200 second graders in the Denver metro area with brand-new bikes and helmets.
Wish for Wheels CEO Brad Appel said the idea was inspired in part by his own childhood growing up in New York City, when his parents would tell him to ride his bike until the streetlights came on. But after coming to Colorado, Appel said he realized many children did not have the same opportunity…