{"id":3920,"date":"2018-05-03T14:33:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.235.7.55\/?post_type=news-items&p=3920"},"modified":"2022-11-05T14:33:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T18:33:40","slug":"companies-come-together-to-give-sos-clients-a-lift","status":"publish","type":"news-items","link":"https:\/\/lighthousemi.org\/news-items\/companies-come-together-to-give-sos-clients-a-lift\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies Come Together to Give SOS Clients a Lift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shelter receives 10 new bikes from Applied Imaging and Dunham\u2019s and a new bike shed from Rebuilding Together<\/strong><\/p>\n

What would a new bike mean to you?<\/p>\n

For clients at South Oakland Shelter, it means hope.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the generosity of Dunham\u2019s and Applied Imaging, the shelter now has 10 brand-new bikes \u2013 and a new shed in which to house them, donated by Rebuilding Together.<\/p>\n

The fleet of new bikes is a game changer for SOS clients like Darryl Williams, 52, who need reliable transportation to obtain employment, housing and a way forward in life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bikes will help people out very much,\u201d the father of four said, before taking one of the donated bikes for a spin last week. Williams exceeded his fund-raising goal for rental assistance, receiving $1,048 in donations on the HandUp Detroit website. \u201cA lot of people in the program need bikes to get back and forth. \u2026 If they\u2019re going on a job interview or to the Secretary of State to get their ID \u2026 the bikes will help people get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many months in the making, the project all came together Friday when representatives from Applied Imaging and Dunham\u2019s Sporting Goods gathered at SOS\u2019s office in Lathrup Village to deliver the bikes to their new home. It was the culmination of a collaborative effort spearheaded by Applied Imaging, whose employees first conceived the idea when planning the company\u2019s annual Tech Olympics.<\/p>\n

The team-building event gives technicians from across the state a chance to work together \u2013 and engage in some friendly competition. This year\u2019s event included a bike-building challenge in which teams of technicians had 30 minutes to reassemble deconstructed bikes \u2013 and do it well, said Homer Conley, an Applied Imaging field service manager who helped organize the bike-build donation effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe managers had to come up with an event for the Olympics, and once we did that, then we said, \u2018What are we going to do with these bikes?\u2019 Conley said. \u201cSo, we decided to donate them.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Applied Imaging reached out to Dunham\u2019s Southgate store, general manager Holly Nieto was more than happy to help, ordering the bikes for the company at a steep discount.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just glad I could be here today to see this,\u201d said Nieto, grateful for the chance to witness the donation. \u201cIt\u2019s really wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Rob Henderson, a field service manager at Applied Imaging, unloaded the bikes from the delivery truck, his colleague Mike Egan meticulously inspected each one, making final adjustments as needed to ensure each bike was in tip-top shape. The brightly colored Huffy bikes \u2014 five men\u2019s and five women\u2019s frames \u2013 were equipped with headlights and reflectors so that clients can safely use them day or night.<\/p>\n

\u201cBicycling is my passion,\u201d said Egan, an Applied Imaging manager. \u201cIf I can\u2019t ride \u2018em, I love working on \u2018em. (The bikes) can make a lot of difference in a lot of people\u2019s lives. \u2026 It\u2019s certainly a great source of transportation for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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CEO Ryan Hertz stands with one of the donated bikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ryan Hertz, president and CEO of South Oakland Shelter, reflected on the enormous impact the bikes will have on the shelter\u2019s clients.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be hard for many of us to imagine not having our most basic needs met, and how limiting it can be not to have easy access to simple things like transportation,\u201d Hertz said. When the economy is failing you and your social supports are failing you, something as simple as a bicycle can be extremely liberating.\u201d<\/p>\n

SOS is seeking volunteers (ages 12-18) to paint the new bike shed on Saturday, May 12, from 2-5 p.m.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to sign up!<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":3921,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news_categories":[123],"class_list":["post-3920","news-items","type-news-items","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_categories-donations"],"acf":{"photo_gallery":{"gallery":[[]]}},"yoast_head":"\nCompanies Come Together to Give SOS Clients a Lift - Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lighthousemi.org\/news-items\/companies-come-together-to-give-sos-clients-a-lift\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Companies Come Together to Give SOS Clients a Lift - Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shelter receives 10 new bikes from Applied Imaging and Dunham\u2019s and a new bike shed from Rebuilding Together What would a new bike mean to you? 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