Boards For Bros Delivery Day 2015
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2015 by Chris
The 2015 Boards for Bros Annual Holiday Distribution was a huge success. Santa and his helpers killed it all day handing out skateboards, giving lessons and showing the new skaters what it means to hang with friends and have fun. Over 175 skateboards were handed over to their new stoked owners and even a few scooters were ditched in the process! It was an amazing end to an epic year that had us distribute 525 skateboards to kids in Tampa and beyond. Endless thanks to all of our donors and volunteers who have made this possible. 2016 is going to be bigger and better than ever (we already have over 35 kids on our distribution waiting list) so let’s keep growing this and change even more lives, one skateboard at a time.
- Michelle Box
Video: Tristan Mershon
200 skateboards ready to roll thanks to the amazing volunteers who put them together at our Matt Woods Build Day.
First Stop - Sulphur Springs First Responders Bridging the Gap Party - Tampa Police, Fire and Rescue hosted this event to bring some joy (and skateboards) to the neighborhood kids. Mayor Bob Buckhorn backs Boards for Bros.
The SPoT team put on a demo for the new skaters and the Police. Santa and the team lined up to destroy the flatbar.
Jennifer, operator of Bess the Book Bus, wanted to see if the skaters could skate through her van - they were all over it!
Second Stop - Robles Park Village. The kids were trying to jump into the back of the UHaul they were so stoked.
This kid let Schaefer borrow his board for a couple of minutes but he stayed really close, worried he wasn’t going to get his board back.
Final Stop - Lake Vista Skate Plaza in St. Pete. Payson was there waiting to give us another donation from his cookie sales.
Local rippers Nick and Jay got the word out to the local kids about our mission! We reached lots of kids who hung out at the park but couldn’t use it because they didn’t have boards.
Two more happy kids who ditched their scooters for skateboards. They both started pushing and dropping in right away!
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