700 Bicycles

One of my favorite Broadway shows, In the Heights, there is this scene where one of the neighbors wins $96,000. The song goes on to talk about how much that is and what that will mean to them. In that neighborhood, $96,000 was everything.

Last night on Facebook, one of our facilitators Michael Riley, profiled in our recent newsletter posted that he was in Seattle putting the final touches on a charity bike building team building program and will be facilitating the building of his 700th bike of the year. That number, 700 bikes built and overseen but just one facilitator had the same impact on me, it blew me away. I own a company where children who have never received bicycles, get them for the first time, and around the holidays as well. I knew that and I knew the number was more as we have done many others with other facilitators but for a moment in time, I got to reflect and see the impact that my company is having on children. Between Thanksgiving and the holidays, I feel very proud and look forward to increasing that number in 2010 and am very thankful for you, our clients who really drive our philanthropic team building and without your teams, none of this would be possible. Happy Holidays!