World Mental Health Day Rideout 10/10/2021

I love riding my bike and have found family in the #bikelifenyc community. When it comes to family I am protective over mine and I want everyone to reach their potential. Society, family, and life pressures impact how we see ourselves and our purpose on Earth. The Door is an amazing organization in the Lower East Side, 555 Broome street (spirit numbers 👀) and they offer a range of services for the youth 12-24 years old providing support for them to tap into their potential and discover their purpose.
Programs like this or Henry Street Settlement (where I was enrolled at growing up) keep kids busy after school by providing different things for them to do and different resources. It important to not only support organizations like this but to spread the awareness that they exist for the kids to know where they can tap in.
I was able to organize a rideout partnering with The Door bringing everything they offer to the bikelife community. With the help of GT Bicycles, Collective Bikes, BeSeenReflx, City Grounds, Dah Shop and BikeFixNYC we were able to fundraiser money, provide merch and raffles for bikes for the riders who popped out ending with a community BBQ at Dah Shop.
Friday at 8pm I will drop the full Vlog on YouTube and a reflection of the event in a blog post... For now enjoy these pictures from the day.