I might suggest looking into the safe routes to school program for
education funding, tri would have to be secondary, but you could work
it in there and have money to buy educational bike fleets.

In my experience used bikes suitable for tri in kids sizes are not
common, if not rare. So at least in SLC, we couldn't supply bikes
even if we wanted to.

-jonathan morrison

On Thursday, October 7, 2010, Tara <windshifts@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I work at a National Governing Body, USA Triathlon, and I am working on youth programming. As of right now the program is an awareness program. The thought is to bring a coach into schools to introduce triathlon to the kids.
>
> A next step, down the road, would be to bring a multisport curriculum into the Physical Education programs. One major hurdle to this would be equipment.
> Now my question to the listserv- would bike co-ops be interested in being involved in such a program by way of donating bicycles and hosting a cycling safety educational component?
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on the subject.
> Thanks!
> Tara McCarthy
>
>

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