Asheville volunteers to build bikes as gifts for foster care youth at Smoky Park Supper Club on Dec. 7

Press release via Can’d Aid

Can’d Aid and Smoky Park Supper Club are looking for volunteers in Asheville to help build 60 bikes to donate to Asheville Human Services as holiday gifts for youth in foster care this year.

Volunteer with Can’d Aid
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 5 – 7 p.m.
Smoky Park Supper Club – 350 Riverside Dr #3141, Asheville, NC, 28801

Click here to sign up for the volunteer event

Hosted by Can’d Aid,  a nationally recognized nonprofit that rallies volunteers from all walks of life to build thriving communities, the event will provide a healthy activity for underserved youth in the community.

Children average 7 hours of screen time per day and only 1 in 5 gets the daily recommended amount of exercise. Through its Treads + Trails program, Can’d Aid helps combat these troubling statistics. Can’d Aid has donated more than 2,000 bikes and skateboards nationally to students in the past year. At a time when our nation’s youth are experiencing extreme levels of anxiety, depression and mental health issues, Can’d Aid’s programs provide healthy and active outlets for underserved and at-risk children across the country.

Can’d Aid is a nationally recognized nonprofit that rallies volunteers from all walks of life to build thriving communities. Through their unique integrated approach, they distribute water, increase access and opportunities for underserved youth to experience music, arts and the outdoors; and protect and restore the environment. Since inception in 2013, more than 2 million cans of water have been distributed, over 6,700 skateboards and bikes have been built for underprivileged youth, more than 2,500 instruments have been donated and the equivalent of 73 million aluminum cans have been recycled.

To donate, volunteer or learn more, please visit candaid.org.

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