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AdaptAbility 2

Help us to provide another 3 adaptive bikes to children by raising $10,000. Every dollar contributed goes towards the cost of buying bikes and spreading the word to enlarge our community of supporters.

Leader

Sandra Alfonzo

Location

601 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11215

About the project

ADAPTABILITY

Program created with One Mission in Mind:

A Bike for Every Kid...

Special-Needs Children should be able to feel the freedom to a ride a bicycle.  Donations give us the means to create and customize bicycles to each child, giving them a small taste of freedom.

AdaptAbility is the brainchild of Sandra Alfonzo, the owner of Behind Bars In Brooklyn, a Repair and Accessories Bicycle Store.   Sandra, a Marathon Runner, witnessed a Special-Needs Child on a wheelchair watching, longingly, another child riding a bike.    

She knew she had to do something and AdaptAbility was born.

 

Thanks to Our Believers, In 2017 we reached our goal of Two Bicycles. 

Our New Goal for 2018 is 4 to 5 Bicycles.   We need your Help... Join me in putting a smile ona child's face, and making the unthinkable a Reality.

 

We are excited to partner with ioby.org as our crowdfunding partner.   ioby.org is a national nonprofit Organization.   You will receive a tax-deductible gift receipt when you make your donation to our new program using this online fundraising page.  If you prefer to write a check, and receive a tax receipt, please follow these steps:
1. Write the check out to: ioby
2. In the memo section of the check, please include the name of your ioby campaign: Adaptability
3. Mail the check to: 
ioby
PO Box 4668 #74253
New York, NY, 10163-4668
 
 

Open Your Heart (Believer)+ Donate Today = A Child's Smile Tomorrow

 
 

The Steps

1. Raise a $10,000 from a combination of contributions from customers, the public and local businesses and bicycle industry vendors.

2. Identify the first 2-3 recipients of bikes from Sunset Park public schools.  Watch for their stories on our campaign page!

3. Create communications material that allows businesses and donors to spread the word to their customers, friends and family.

4. Recruit at least 10 campaign evangelists who agree to spread the word about AdaptAbility to friends and family in their networks with the goal of attracting donations, of any size, from at least 10 people each.

5. Spread the word with a campaign launch party in September at Behind Bars in Brooklyn and a day of special outreach online to start raise contributions to reach our goal of $10,000.

6.  With every $3-4,000 raised, begin the process of matching a young person to a bike.

Why we‘re doing it

1. Raise a $10,000 from a combination of contributions from customers, the public and local businesses and bicycle industry vendors.

2. Identify the first 2-3 recipients of bikes from Sunset Park public schools.  Watch for their stories on our campaign page!

3. Create communications material that allows businesses and donors to spread the word to their customers, friends and family.

4. Recruit at least 10 campaign evangelists who agree to spread the word about AdaptAbility to friends and family in their networks with the goal of attracting donations, of any size, from at least 10 people each.

5. Spread the word with a campaign launch party in September at Behind Bars in Brooklyn and a day of special outreach online to start raise contributions to reach our goal of $10,000 by year end.

6.  With every $3-4,000 raised, begin the process of matching a young person to a bike.

$6,450.00 / $6,450.00