The End of our Bicycle Division

     As of June 1, 2013, His Wheels International (HWI) will no longer be accepting bicycle donations. We

are winding down the two-wheeled bicycle aspect of our ministry and plan to end the bicycle division by September 14, 2013.

      I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have had a part in our bicycle division. Thanks

for directing people towards HWI who have had bicycles to donate, time to volunteer, and for a variety of

other reasons. Thanks also to those of you who have donated bicycles, surplus stock, tools, and accessories.

I also want to thank you for lending us your professional expertise and also for helping us get the word

out about our ministry. Without your assistance, we never would have been able to touch so many lives in our community, throughout the United States, and internationally with our bicycle ministry. As a team,

we have distributed almost 1,700 bicycles that we have collected and our mechanics have rehabbed so we could recycle them to those in need of basic transportation and for many their first set of wheels in the United States.

     Now as we are in our ninth year of ministry, we are narrowing our focus even further so we can

concentrate our efforts on our hand-pedaled three-wheeled tricycle we affectionately call a trike.

Since 2005 we have prototyped 22 different trikes, have had three production runs, and have designed

an entire manufacturing process. We have partnered with schools, universities, hospitals and other organizations to get the trike to those needing such transportation on five continents. Trikes have been assembled, fabricated, and manufactured in over a dozen countries.

     As we continue forward, we are building a university trike consortium whereby we can encourage students across the country and around the world to consider how they can use their talents and professional training to impact the lives of those less fortunate. We have had students do projects and internships with us in the field of Kinesiology from the University of Illinois, Chicago (IL), Communications and Christian Formation and Ministry from Wheaton College (IL), Journalism from Roosevelt University (IL), Business from Spring Arbor University (MI), Vocational training from Immanuel Coe Technical School in Hyderabad, India, and Engineering from Messiah College (PA). We are in communication with other universities and different partnerships throughout the country and around the world to help move our trike project forward.

     In addition, we plan to launch a trike community forum on our new website that will be up and running by July 1, 2013. Our goal is to make our trike plans available for free to those with an interest in helping individuals with lower extremity disabilities in third world countries. In many ways we are still in the bicycle business but with a much narrower focus where the need is just as great. Thanks again for partnering with us.

Sincerely,

Alice Teisan

Founder & Executive Director