All youngsters dream of getting a brand new bike.
The San Diego Padres helped make that dream come true Thursday for youngsters from San Diego’s Murphy Canyon navy housing neighborhood that was devastated by a lethal non-public jet crash 4 months in the past.
Youngsters from the realm’s Hancock Elementary had been just lately requested to put in writing about their desires, with the highest essays being rewarded with new bikes.
Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove, CEO Erik Greupner and workforce mascot the Swinging Friar visited the college to award the grand prize, courtesy of Bikes For Youngsters and the Padres Basis.
Turned out each child in attendance acquired some new wheels.
“Everybody’s getting a bike,” an administrator informed the gang of scholars gathered within the college’s auditorium.
The stage curtain then opened to disclose dozens of bikes, setting off a celebration.
Hancock Elementary college students react after studying they’d be getting new bikes from the San Diego Padres and Bikes For Youngsters Basis.
“For some of the families, the parents who might have a hard time getting joy out of their kids right now, I think this is something that can bring some of that to them,” Musgrove stated. “And for these kids that maybe don’t understand the severity of some of the things that happened, maybe some confusion going on in a tough time, I think it’s good to get them a little bit of joy and remind them that it’s gonna be OK.”
Households who reside locally had been left reeling after a small aircraft crashed within the space in Could, setting fireplace to a number of houses and automobiles, injuring a number of folks on the bottom and killing all six on board.
Within the aftermath, the Padres supplied help to impacted households by making donations to assist cowl losses.
That help continued this week by partnering with Bikes For Youngsters, which supplied roughly 580 customized Padres bikes and matching helmets.
