Twin River Casino sponsored its annual bicycle refurbishment program, Project Broken Wheel, this holiday season to help local children. The effort is in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies to utilize unclaimed lost or stolen bicycles. The donated bikes were cleaned, inspected, given replacement parts and made to look brand-new, then topped with a holiday bow. The program celebrated its goal of a 600-bike donation mark, donating 601, since the program’s inception in 2007. Frank Martucci, general manager of beverage operations at Twin River Casino organizes the volunteers, storage space and donations out of the casino for the twice yearly refurbishment and donations: one during the holidays and one in June.
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- A December 22, 2014 delivery to the Family Literacy Center in Manville marked the total number of bike donations over the years to over 600.
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- Project Broken Wheel volunteers with Martucci (second left).
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- Adoption Rhode Island in Providence, RI receiving a bike delivery. Over the course of the last four years, the program has donated bicycles to local children’s organizations such as Lincoln Adopt-A-Family, Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, Institute for the Study & Practice of Non-Violence, Martin Luther King Family Center, Children & Family Services, Saint Lucy Heart, Red Hook Initiative, Salve Regina University Scholarship Program and underprivileged families in the Lincoln area.
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- A Twin River Casino volunteer loading the bikes for delivery.
