CYPRESS, TX — Houston Strong Roofing in Cypress brought together volunteers to assemble 175 bicycles for children in need this Christmas as part of its third annual community initiative.
“We were trying to come up with a way that we could give back to the community. But, you know, kids are, like, stuck to tablets and iPhones these days. So when we were young, we came up on the bicycles, so we wanted to get kids outside,” said Daron Burt with Houston Strong Roofing. “Every year we do it. This year we have 175 bikes. And it’s a lot of work putting them together. So we have probably 75 volunteers inside.”
Burt said the group loads the completed bikes into U-Hauls and shows up at a random low-income apartment complex to surprise children with brand-new bicycles for the holiday season. “We have one picked out. It’s going to be on the northside this year. And, yeah, they don’t know we’re coming. We just show up with a bunch of U-Hauls full of bikes and toys and it’s awesome.”
Jonathan Weis of JWeis Marketing also took part this year. “Today, it’s about giving back to the community. Daron, Houston Strong heroes and myself came from very humble beginnings ourselves. So this is our way of giving back, something we wanted to do for a long time. He’s been doing it for three years. He gave me the opportunity to join along with our company and our staff and our team, and that’s really what it’s about — giving back and trying to make some Christmases happy for some people.”
