Bike Doctor Crofton, Others Awarded For Volunteer Work

CROFTON, MD — As one of several collaborators with the Wheels of Hope program, Bike Doctor Crofton helps repair donated bicycles that are given to children and adults in underserved communities. The Wheels of Hope program was chosen to receive a grant through the Park Tool 2021 Community Grant Program. More than 300 entities applied for a grant. The Wheels of Hope program will receive two new Park Tool repair stands, one Park Tool professional mechanic tool kit, five shop aprons and one Big Blue Book of Bike Repair.

Other collaborators with the Wheels of Hope program are BikeAAA, Anne Arundel County Medical Center, the Anne Arundel County Police Department's bike patrol unit and the Anne Arundel County Food and Resource Bank.

Since the program was first launched in the summer of 2018, Wheels of Hope has distributed almost 200 bicycles. Among the team of volunteer mechanics are two individuals who once owned bike businesses. Some of the bikes come from commercial retailers who provide new bikes that were damaged during shipment or arrived with missing parts or were returned by customers with a mechanical issue. Other gently used bikes come from individual donors and may need to have some worn out parts replaced or a general tune-up and cleaning. On occasion, Wheels of Hope has also received donations of spare bicycle parts.