'All Kids Bike' Program comes to Fruitville Elementary

Exciting moment today for a group of kindergartners in Sarasota County and it came with the mission of getting kids outside and active. Fox 13's Kimberly Guzon shows us how they're learning to ride on two wheels. Through a generous donation from Lifetime Foundation, kindergarten students here at Fruitville Elementary are receiving the gift of learning how to ride a bike. The All Kids Bike Program was gifted to Fruitville Elementary School. It's a non-profit based with Strider Education Foundation. Lifetime Foundation made this possible and they're hoping it will help build healthy habits that can last a lifetime. After the big reveal, students were fitted for helmets and then started taking their first ride on Strider Balance bikes. The school received 24 bikes along with their kits and a rolling storage rack. These bikes will be used as future generations of kindergarten students come through the school. Our whole mission is to teach every child in America how to ride a bike in kindergarten P class. So we want to teach the child. We want that milestone to be reached. As far as then, we hope that they will continue their riding journey. We hope that there is the bike infrastructure that they can ride outside in their communities. But we know that if more children learn to ride, that the infrastructure will come. And that's a huge part of the country now to figure out how to get kids outside, how to get them off of screens, get them active play. Many of our students come from an opportunity where they don't have bikes or don't have an opportunity to ride bikes. So to have something like this to give for our kids is a lifetime achievement. Students learn everything from balancing to pedaling. A few already knew how to ride and took off, but their smiles here show the happiness each had from working to build their bike riding confidence. After a comprehensive eight-lesson plan and from using the Strider bikes, students will be able to take their new skills home. From Sarasota County, Kimberly Cuizon, Fox 13 News.