Calling all bike award recipients for 25th anniversary

Nicolas Carpentier

March 2009

In the weeks preceding the holidays, food stocks at our warehouse fell to an alarmingly low level. In an explosion of generosity unseen since the ice storm of 1998, donors came through for the 18,000 who were promised a holiday hamper. Sun Youth is celebrating the 25^th anniversary of its annual bike giveaway program. These bikes will be awarded to youth whose actions have had a positive impact on their communities or who have shown extraordinary courage when facing exceptional circumstances.

Do you know of a young Montrealer who deserves a new bike, a safety helmet and a bike lock? Send the person’s name and age and what he or she did to merit a new bike. Please include your name and telephone number.

Send submissions to Sun Youth – Bicycle Committee, 4251 St.Urbain, Montreal, QC, H2W1V6 fax 514-842-5241 or email bicyclettebike@ sunyouthorg.com no later than March 27.

Fifty deserving candidates will be honoured in May on the birthday of the anonymous donor responsible for this distribution. For 24 years, this donor has allowed Sun Youth to distribute over 1,000 new bicycles to deserving youth. For this 25th anniversary, former recipients of this award are asked to contact Eric Kingsley at 514-842-6822.