Sunday, December 16, 2018

Ashland Auto Dealership Holds 5th Annual Children's Bicycle Giveaway

On Sunday, Red White and Blue Auto Sales, Ashland, made 60 children's Christmas even better when they held their 5th Annual Bicycle Giveaway.

The event started the first Christmas after the Dealership opened in 2014.

Children are selected to after someone nominates them to be one of the lucky recipients.

The dealership then notifies the families of 60 lucky children and asks them to stop by the dealership on Sunday.

As children arrived, they were treated to milk and cookies and got to meet with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Employees wheeled their brand new bikes out, that were purchased by the dealership from Wal-Mart in Saint Clair.

The children then got their picture taken with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and their new bike.

"We started 4 years ago with giving away 10 bikes, then increases to 20, and now it's grown to over 60.  We love doing this for the kids every year." said Bill Metzinger, one of the owners of Red White and Blue.

"We thank everyone who helps us put this together every year", said Melissa Rowen, also an owner of Red White and Blue.

"Wal-Mart has the bikes put together for us, Boyer's Supermarkets donates the milk and cookies, and all of our employees step up and help us to make this day great for the kids", added Rowen.

Editor's Note:  In the original posting of this story, we mentioned it was the 4th Annual of this event.  It was actually the 5th Annual.  We apologize for the error.