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Safe Kids bike rodeo teaches bicycle safety to students at St. Anthony Tri-Parish Catholic School
By Anna Edwards Jun 4, 2015
After the helmet fittings, lessons and obstacle courses, students got a chance to ride their bikes around the St. Anthony's lot just for fun. Nearly 100 young students learned important bike safety lessons at the rodeo.
On Monday, June 2, Safe Kids of Central Wyoming hosted a bike rodeo at St. Anthony’s Tri-Parish Catholic School. Nearly 100 students from pre-school through second grade learned basic bike handling skills, bike maintenance, and hand signals for turning and stopping. All students had their helmets checked and adjusted for proper fit. Students without helmets received one from the program. Bates Creek Mobile Bicycle Repair was also on hand to fix minor mechanical issues such as flat tires and broken chains.
A special thanks to St. Anthony’s School for inviting us to do this fun event and to the students and parents whose generosity will allow us to provide more helmets to kids in need this summer.
Scroll through our photo gallery to see all the fun! To schedule a bike rodeo or helmet fitting event for your organization, contact Anna Edwards at (307) 577-7904 or aedwards@wyomingmedicalcenter.org.
Students wait patiently for their turn to get helmets fitted.
Cindy Toland, Safe Communities Region 2 Coordinator, fits a helmet on a student.
St. Anthony’s preschoolers learn the proper hand signals to use when turning or stopping when riding their bikes.
Students show their personality though fun helmet choices.
‘C’mon, teacher, we’re ready to ride!’
Kenny Goehring of Bates Creek Mobile Bicycle Repair fixes a flat tire for one of the students.
Students navigate an obstacle course to learn basic bike handling skills like stopping/starting; maintaining a straight line; right and left turns; and avoiding road hazards.
Students show off their matching unicorn helmets at the bike rodeo at St. Anthony's.
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Anna Edwards
Anna Edwards is the grant coordinator for the Safe Communities program at Wyoming Medical Center. She has more than 10 years of experience in nonprofit program development and management. She is the mother of a very active toddler. When she’s not running after her daughter, Anna spends her time reading, gardening and managing her growing obsession with yarn. Email her at aedwards@wyomingmedicalcenter.org or call (307) 577-7904.
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