Sewickley Area
QUAKER VALLEY
QUAKE R VAL L E Y SC HOOL DI STRI C T NE WS
Quaker Valley
Welcomes
Bike Camps for
Students With
Special Needs
Quaker Valley School District proudly
welcomed back iBike@QV for a second year.
Last year’s camp was such a success that
this year QV hosted two, weeklong sessions.
The goal of iBike@QV is to help students
with special needs ride a traditional bike
and achieve maximum independence.
The activities began on Friday, June
10, with a bike-building event. More than
40 volunteers from local Target stores
assembled bicycles for camp participants.
Pittsburgh-area Target stores donated more
than 40 new bicycles for camp participants,
totaling more than $6,000. Thanks to
Target’s generosity, each student rider
took home a bike at the end of the camp.
Additionally, Sewickley Sporting Goods
donated helmets for each rider.
The first bike camp began on Monday,
June 13 and continued through Friday, June
17. Sessions took place from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. all week. The second week of camp
took place from Monday, June 20 through
Friday, June 24.
The iBike@QV program is part of a
national organization, iCan Shine. The
bicycle camp boasts an 80% success rate,
meaning the majority of students leave
camp at the end of the week able to ride a
conventional bicycle.
For more information about iCan Shine,
visit icanshine.org. For more information
about iBike@QV or to donate, visiticanshine.
org/ican-bike-sewickley-pa/.org
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