Manzo Bike Club helps students build confidence [Video]

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Empowering youth through bicycles.

The Manzo Bike Club ended their season with a bang Thursday.

The club is part of El Grupo, a non-profit that uses bicycles to develop youth and personal discipline.

The organization provides the equipment so kids of all backgrounds have the chance to participate.

There is access to bikes, helmets, snacks, free or reduced-fee programming, and bilingual coaches.

El Grupo says it’s proud that at least 38% of all households benefit from financial assistance.

Denise Aquino, El Grupo Exec. Director says the skills the students learn on the bike are the skills that they learn to navigate the rest of the world.

“You think it’s just a bicycle but really it’s confidence, it’s independence. They want to give back to their community. They want to teach their friends how to do this on the bike. When you just do that with a bicycle, imagine what they can do with their rest of their life,” says Aquino.

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