49ers, Optum Pro Cycling Host 3rd Annual Bike Build Event

Optum Pro Cycling And San Francisco 49ers Lift Spirits Of Bay Area Foster Youth

Volunteers from the San Francisco 49ers and Optum Pro Cycling recently teamed with Turning Wheels for Kids, a California-based non-profit organization, to assemble and provide 80 foster children with a bike to call their own. Bikes, helmets and locks were delivered to children at the Optum Bike Safety and Health Fair at Levi’s® Stadium.

For some 49ers players, it was the personal connection to the cause that brought them out to assist. 49ers team captain and 6-time Pro Bowler Patrick Willis was once a foster child. “For me, a bike wasn’t just a toy. As a foster kid, it was a lifeline. It is a blessing to be able to come out here to help today – to build bikes for kids who don’t have one.”

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