New Bike Earners - Volunteers in the Community

In 2025 we provided 497 refurbished bikes to people who did 10 or more hours of volunteer service in our communities! Types of volunteer service included Food Pantries, Tutoring, Gardening or Yard Work, Social Justice/Community Activism.

Wheels was founded in 1992, to refurbish used bikes to keep them out of landfills and encourage giving back to the community. We provide these bikes to people who do 10 or more hours of volunteer service.

Below are a few or our recent bike earners. Operation Fresh Start, family of bike earners, Open Doors for Refugees.

Proud to support Operation Fresh Start - https://www.operationfreshstart.org

Bike rides increase family time.

Recent sponsored refugee (left). Proud to support Open Doors for Refugees. https://opendoorsforrefugees.org

Bike Earners Get an Early Start on Spring

Donate your unused bikes, wheelsforwinners.org/donate-a-bike, to provide refurbished bikes to community service earners throughout the summer. Bike earners performed community service work at Operation Fresh Start, their church, and Madison Metropolitan School District

4 Days Left for Our Big Share Fundraiser - Only $3,500 Needed to Reach our Goal

Please donate today at https://www.thebigshare.org/organizations/wheels-for-winners

A good bike is something most of us take for granted! Many of us have owned 3 to 4 bikes by the time we get to be adults. For others, owning a bike is a luxury.

We provide refurbished bikes to a wide range of children, youth and families who perform community service. What do they have in common? Most come from lower income circumstances and a good bike is beyond their reach.

Two special organizations we support with bikes are Open Doors for Refugees and Operation Fresh Start.

We provide bikes to young adults at Operation Fresh Start who need them. OFS graduates earn their high school diploma, driver’s license, certifications in the construction and conservation fields, and gain college/career readiness skills.

Open Doors for Refugees - Bikes help recent refugees get around town, to work, run errands, get to school, get to know their new neighborhoods with their children and get acclimated to their new life here in Dane County.

Recent sponsored refugee from Afghanistan.