Great News Story

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Now this is the kind of story I enjoy seeing on the local news channels. There is a BBQ place in Carrolwood, FL (Tampa suburb) called Alex's Southern Style Bar-B-Q. It seems the owner of the place, oddly enough named Alex, has his own special Christmas season tradition.

He explained that when he was a kid his parents were poor and they could never afford to get him a bicycle for Christmas. Now that he has a successful business he does a collection drive every year to purchase bicycles to donate to low income families so those kids can have a new bicycle for Christmas.

Last year he raised enough to donate over 800 bikes to make for a brighter Christmas for local children. His goal this year is 1,400 bikes.

It helps restore my faith in human beings to see a story like this. It's good to know that despite the scum wandering our streets there are still some good hearted people left in this sorry old world.

You go Alex!
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
That is a heartwarming story.  We need to be reminded of the good guys sometimes.  There really is nothing like seeing a shiny bike under the tree. 
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

That is a heartwarming story.  We need to be reminded of the good guys sometimes.  There really is nothing like seeing a shiny bike under the tree. 
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Yeah for a kid a shiny new bike is about the biggest and best gift they can get.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I've seen that here too Mason.... a few times. There's been a couple articles here with the same idea, making sure kids have bikes for Christmas only I think they collect them, fix them up so they're like new and deliver them.

We didn't have bike stories like this in Maine. I'm thinking for obvious reasons. I was talking with one person at the (Redneck Christmas Party) and he told me his best gift was a bicycle but his first bike ride wasn't until April. So for a kid, that's a long time to wait to take a new gift for a ride.

Heartwarming stories are out there, but usually not newsworthy unless it's Christmas or something.



Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Heartwarming stories are out there, but usually not newsworthy unless it's Christmas or something.
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Yeah that's the bit that really sucks.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I wish he had been around when I was a kid.  I did not get a bike until I was a teen - and then I bought it with Baby sitting money.  People like Alex are what makes this season so special.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
People like Alex are what makes this season so special.
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Yep