Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
KELLIE: NEW TONIGHT, SACRAMENTO
COUNTY KIDS REWARDED FOR HELPING
OUT THEIR FRIENDS.
STUDENTS IN NATOMAS WERE GIVEN
NEW BIKES BECAUSE OF THEIR GOOD
WORK IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> WHEN I GOT TO THE AFTERSHCOOL
YOUNGER KIDS IF THEY NEED HELP.
GULSTAN: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
DAY IS ALSO A NATIONAL DAY OF
SERVICE, AND IN NATOMAS TODAY,
THEY CAME TOGETHER TO GIVE 50
BYTES TO 50 BIKES TO 50 KIDS.
KELLIE: KCRA 3'S MIKE CARROLL
SHOWS US HOW UNLIKE SO MANY
THESE BIKE WERE NOT GIVEN OUT TO
FOR STUDENTS WHO STAND OUT FOR
DOING GOOD DEEDS.
WERE GIVEN AS REWARDS TO 50
KIDS.
>> PEOPLE WHO NOMINATE THEM ARE
TEACHERS, SCOUT LEADERS, COACH
-- LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO
NOMINATE THESE KIDS BECAUSE OF
THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.
>> PROUD GRANDMA.
VERY PROUD.
MIKE: THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR OF
THE 50 BIKES FOR 50 KIDS
PROGRAM, WHERE 50 BICYCLES ARE
AWARDED TO 50 STUDENTS WHO HAVE
BEEN NOMINATED BASED ON THEI
CHARACTER -- BEING TRUSTWORTHY,
RESPECTFUL, CARING, FAIR AND
GOOD CITIZENS.
>> FOR HELPING AND BEING A GOOD
STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> IT LS THE KIDS KNOW THAT
FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
MIKE: MANY OF THESE STUDENTS
GROWING FAST AND THEIR OTHER
BIKE IS OFTEN TOO SMALL FOR THEM
NOW.
THE BICYCLES COME DISASSEMBLED,
PROVIDED FOR THROUGH DONATIONS,
TOGETHER WITH VOLUNTEERS
HELPING.
>> A LOT OF MY FRIENDS HAVE
BIKES NOW FOR CHRISTMAS, BUT NOW
I CAN JOIN THEM AND RIDE AROUND.
MIKE: MOST OF THESE STUDENTS ARE
AROUND 10 YEARS OLD, THE AGE
BICYCLES ON THE STREETS, IN
BICYCLE LANES.
>> BECAUSE AT 10, TECHNICALL
ON THE SIDEWALK ANYMORE AND SO
TRAFFIC.
MIKE: THE GOAL IS TO TEACH SAFE
RIDING SKILLS AND TO INSTILL AN
APPRECIATION FOR BICYCLES AS A
SERIOUS MEANS FOR GETTING
AROUND.
>> ACTUALLY, I LIVE IN
SACRAMENTO WITHOUT A CAR.
I HAVE TWO YOUNG KIDS AND WE GET
AROUND PRETTY MUCH ALL BY BIKE
>> IT MAKES YOU REALIZE HOW
LITTLE YOU NEED A CAR,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LIVE IN
NATOMAS.
>> THIS WILL CREATE A LIFE-LONG
MIKE: IN NATOMAS, I'M MIKE