Aldine Noon Optimist Club Donates Bikes to AISD Schools

The [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Aldine Noon Optimist Club is continues to show its support of Aldine ISD schools.

The nonprofit organization donated a boy and girl’s bike to every elementary school. The nonprofit donated more than 60 bikes. Steve Mead delivered the bikes to each campus. Mead is an Aldine Optimist Club member and serves on the Aldine Board of Trustees.

The schools will be awarding the bikes as prizes. Each elementary school is hosting a reading contest. For every book a student reads, he or she puts his or her name in the box for an opportunity to win a new bike. Rules of participation and award dates vary from campus to campus.

Steve Mead shows Superintendent Dr. Wanda Bamberg some of the bikes donated to AISD schools.

According to Stacey Smith, this is not the first time that the Aldine Noon Optimist Club has participated in the project. Smith serves as the program director of resource development for Aldine ISD. She is also an Aldine Noon Optimist Club member.

“The Aldine Noon Optimist Club has helped Aldine ISD in the past to provide incentives to schools in this project,” said Smith. “But this was the first year that the club donated bikes to every campus participating in the reading contests. That is incredible. And I know the schools and the students appreciate it.”

Butler prepares to draw the names of two lucky winners.

One of the [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]campuses that received bikes is Magrill Elementary School. On Dec. 17, Amaryllis Butler lauded the students for their efforts. Butler serves as principal at the campus. She asked the students if they felt lucky. Just about everyone in the cafetorium raised his or her hand. Then after a few moments of suspense, she drew names out of a box. The lucky students were third grader T’lysia Fuller and first grader Fabián Argueta. Their teachers are Alfreda Turner and Muriel Torres, respectively.

“I thank everyone at the Aldine Noon Optimist Club for providing the bikes to give away as prizes,” said Butler. “The bikes proved a big incentive for the students to read more books. The partnership with the Aldine Noon Optimist Club to improve literacy has been wonderful. I hope we continue to work together to help students improve their reading skills.”

Pictured in top image above with Fabian (l) and T’lysia (r) are (back row, l-r) Torres, Butler, Smith and Turner. Below are a few more images from the event at Magrill Elementary School.

Students show excitement at the possibility of winning a bike after taking part in the reading initiative.

Students eagerly wait for Principal Butler to call out the lucky winners.