Together, we’re helping kids in foster care move forward
Want to sponsor a bike for a child?
Send your $150 contribution and indicate “Dreamcycles”
Mail to:
The Isaiah 1:17 Project
117 N. Hart Street, Princeton, IN 47670
Bicycle Safety Video For elementary school age
About Dreamcycles
DreamCycles started in 2019 to improve mental and physical health, mobility and introduce responsibility, encourage work ethic and pride in earning potential for at-risk youth experiencing foster home placement.
DreamCycles allows at-risk children, who often know great loss and exclusion due to foster care placement, to feel a greater sense of inclusion and the belonging in their communities. Owning a bicycle has many benefits and for at-risk children experiencing foster care placement that ownership is often a challenge or impossibility due to limited and stretched resources for fostering families.
A partnership with IVY Tech introduces children to post-secondary education and brings them on campus in Evansville.
Bike builds with Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana have provided STEM experience and work-day style experience as children work together with Toyota employees to build and perform quality checks on assembly. The goal is to provide a sense of pride in bicycle ownership as at-risk children don’t just receive a bicycle, but they can say to their friends, “Look at my bike! I built it!”
These experiences widen a child’s spectrum of hopes and dreams, and as part of an overall effort to assist fostering families and communities in turning the tide on stark statistics for children aging out of foster care each year.
