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Dan Thompson and Melody
Needham of Professional Muffler
& Brake will be joining community
activist and entertainer Bobby Holley
and the Church of Living Water for a
bike giveaway for children in need.
In the past, they helped Holley, he
said, with a winter clothing drive

for kids by giving out socks, hats

and gloves, and also some bikes for

Christmas gifts.

This year’s bike winners have

already been selected from essays

titled “Why Do I Need a Bike.”

This event will be held from

1-2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at

Holley holding bike giveaway June 29 at local business

Kids are shown with the new bikes they were given by community activist
Bobby Holley last Saturday (June 22) at Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic. The next
free bike giveaway is this Saturday (June 29) at Professional Muffler & Brake
in B.C. (Photo provided)

Appearing behind Bobby Holley (right) in this photo from last Saturday’s free

bicycle giveaway at B.C. Tile & Mosaic are members of the Zanetti and Staib

families who were involved in Holley’s bike donation process. (Photo provided)

Professional Muffler and Brake,

located at 276 N. 20th St. in

Springfield.

Some community leaders will also

be speaking to kids at the event, said

Holley.

Holley added that he will continue

to raise funds for bicycles throughout

the summer by performing as a one-

man band and also with the Bobby

Holley Band at different sites around

the county.

“There are a lot of needy kids who

could use a nice, new, shiny bike and

we are going to try and make sure

that those needy kids get one with the

help of the community by joining in

together,” said Holley, adding that he

wants kids to have good, safe recre-

ational fun this summer.

Last Saturday (June 22), Holley’s

second free bicycle giveaway to kids

in grades 3-6 took place at Battle

Creek Tile & Mosaic.

Holley’s first bike giveaway for

summer 2024 took place June 15 at

Seelye Kia of B.C.

Youths are eligible to be selected

to receive a new bike by turning in

essays on “Why Do I Need a Bike?”

To submit essays, or for more infor-

mation about Holley’s annual sum-

mer bicycle giveaway program, con-

tact Holley at the event.