Fourth graders at Beech St. Elementary School put in extra effort into reading, writing, math and being good citizens for several weeks to earn enough points for a bike or sports pack with extra goodies.

About 160 students had their pick at a bike distribution event at the end of May, put on by the Queen City Bike Collective. The organization partners with Beech Street and Gossler Park Elementary, as well as several local organizations to put on this event.

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“For the course of the year, we intake between 1,200 and 1,400 bikes from the community, some adult bikes, some youth bikes, and we spend most of the year taking those youth bikes and getting them ready for today,” said Ben Godbout, one of the volunteers who turned out to help distribute the bikes and the board

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