project leader
Sandra A
location
601 5th Ave
(Park Slope / Sunset Park)
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Second AdaptAbility Bicycle Delivered on March 17, 2018 at West Hempstead, NY.

the project

ADAPTABILITY

Program created with One Mission in Mind:

A Bike for Every Kid...

Special-Needs Children should be able to feel the freedom to a ride a bicycle.  Donations give us the means to create and customize bicycles to each child, giving them a small taste of freedom.

AdaptAbility is the brainchild of Sandra Alfonzo, the owner of Behind Bars In Brooklyn, a Repair and Accessories Bicycle Store.   Sandra, a Marathon Runner, witnessed a Special-Needs Child on a wheelchair watching, longingly, another child riding a bike.    

She knew she had to do something and AdaptAbility was born.

 

Thanks to Our Believers, In 2017 we reached our goal of Two Bicycles. 

Our New Goal for 2018 is 4 to 5 Bicycles.   We need your Help... Join me in putting a smile ona child's face, and making the unthinkable a Reality.

 

We are excited to partner with ioby.org as our crowdfunding partner.   ioby.org is a national nonprofit Organization.   You will receive a tax-deductible gift receipt when you make your donation to our new program using this online fundraising page.  If you prefer to write a check, and receive a tax receipt, please follow these steps:

1. Write the check out to: ioby

2. In the memo section of the check, please include the name of your ioby campaign: Adaptability

3. Mail the check to: 

ioby

PO Box 4668 #74253

New York, NY, 10163-4668

 

 

Open Your Heart (Believer)+ Donate Today = A Child's Smile Tomorrow

 

 

the steps

1. Raise a $10,000 from a combination of contributions from customers, the public and local businesses and bicycle industry vendors.

2. Identify the first 2-3 recipients of bikes from Sunset Park public schools.  Watch for their stories on our campaign page!

3. Create communications material that allows businesses and donors to spread the word to their customers, friends and family.

4. Recruit at least 10 campaign evangelists who agree to spread the word about AdaptAbility to friends and family in their networks with the goal of attracting donations, of any size, from at least 10 people each.

5. Spread the word with a campaign launch party in September at Behind Bars in Brooklyn and a day of special outreach online to start raise contributions to reach our goal of $10,000.

6.  With every $3-4,000 raised, begin the process of matching a young person to a bike.

why we're doing it

1. Raise a $10,000 from a combination of contributions from customers, the public and local businesses and bicycle industry vendors.

2. Identify the first 2-3 recipients of bikes from Sunset Park public schools.  Watch for their stories on our campaign page!

3. Create communications material that allows businesses and donors to spread the word to their customers, friends and family.

4. Recruit at least 10 campaign evangelists who agree to spread the word about AdaptAbility to friends and family in their networks with the goal of attracting donations, of any size, from at least 10 people each.

5. Spread the word with a campaign launch party in September at Behind Bars in Brooklyn and a day of special outreach online to start raise contributions to reach our goal of $10,000 by year end.

6.  With every $3-4,000 raised, begin the process of matching a young person to a bike.

budget

Disbursed budget (11.7.18):

We are officially a 501c3 and no longer need ioby's fiscal sponsorship service. Therefore, that fiscal sponsorship fee has been removed from our fees for this fundraiser. 

 

 



RAISED = $6,450.00
less ioby Platform Fee $35.00
less ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $186.84
TOTAL TO DISBURSE = $6,228.16

 

Original budget:

At this start-up moment, we anticipate that all project time will be volunteer and that beyond the cost of the bikes themselves, all material costs save about $1,000 for publicity material like posters and flyers will be solicited from vendors as in-kind donations.  To the extent there are direct fundraising and administrative costs, the project founders anticipate covering them, so that all donations will go directly to the cost of the bikes (except for fundraising processing fees).



PROJECT SUBTOTAL = 10,000
ioby Platform Fee  $35
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) $500
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $300
TOTAL TO RAISE ON ioby= $10,835

 

updates

Second AdaptAbility Bicycle Delivered on March 17, 2018 at West Hempstead, NY.

 

On A Cold Saturday Morning, the AdaptAbility Team took a ride to West Hempstead, NY to delivered our Second AdaptAbility Bike.  

The Finkelstein Family and our Star Lady Peri were excited at the door waiting for us to deliver the bike. 

Peri’s Bike was customized with a Basket in the Rear and strings support on the pedals.  The bicycle also includes head and torso support as well as belts and harness.

Thank you to all of our Believers, because they are the ones making this dream a reality.

Thank you to the Finkelstein Family.   

Presentation of Our First AdaptAbility Bicycle...

On Friday, January 19, 2018, Diego Munoz Received his AdaptAbility Bicycle.

 

The ADAPTABILITY PROGRAM wants to Thank You for making a dream come true.

 

We are starting our Second Campaign this time hoping for five bikes.

Please Donate....

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/update-special-bikes-for-special-kids/vp-AAuUAbb

 

 

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/3795410-update-special-bikes-for-special-kids/

 

http://brooklyn.news12.com/story/37307839/bike-shop-owner-brightens-day-for-brooklyn-teen-with-special-needs

Learn about our first fundraiser...

Thank you for the support last fall and into December! You helped us spread the word to build awareness for AdaptAbility's goal to provide children with handicaps an adaptive bike! And you helped us raise over $9,000 for AdaptAbility!

Our first bike will be presented on Friday, Jan. 19th to Diego!

You can see more updates on our first fundraiser here: https://www.ioby.org/project/adaptability

photos

This is where photos will go once we build flickr integration

donors

  • Anonymous
  • Sarah and Ephraim (and Nico)
  • Michael V
  • Cathy Einhorn
  • Michael V.
  • Gregory Cohen
  • Larry Miller
  • Anonymous
  • Carol K. Rusk
  • Aaron Covarrubias
  • Phyllis & George Richardson
  • Chris Martin
  • Robert Jaffe
  • Akshay Patil
  • Gregory Cohen
  • Michael V.
  • Cathy E.
  • Sophia L. and Roger H.
  • Anonymous
  • Andrea Binder
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Amy & Jerry Pims
  • Anonymous