NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — National nonprofit Can'd Aid called on volunteers in Tennessee to help build bikes to give away to young students.
At Ida B. Wells, this means every first and second grader will take home a bike. 72 first grade students of Tom Joy will also get a bike today.
Students also received a helmet!
This initiative is a part of the nonprofit's mission to help kids live healthy and creative lives. Can'd Aid says children average seven hours of screen time a day.
"We are all guilty, whether it's sitting on our phones watching TV, we are in front of computers all day. I think kids learning, they are in front of screens all the time," said Abbi Arneson with Can'd Aid. "Giving them a way to get off of those screens, and spend time outside and get fresh air, play with their friends again."
This marks the fourth year the nonprofit has built and donated more than 1,000 bikes to children across the country.
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