2009 BIKES FOR ANGELS

Ben Barber Career Tech Academy - Automotice Technology Second Annual Car Show
1120 W. Debbie Lane, Mansfield, Texas.
October 31, 2009 - 10 am - 3 pm

Automotive Technology Department at Ben Barber Career Tech Academy is kicking off their school fundraiser
for our Bikes for Angels Fund for Christmas 2009 Starting as of September 16, 2009.

Awesome doesn’t even begin to describe our students here at BBCTA Auto Tech. Our Auto Tech students raised over $21,000 to buy 425 bicycles for Angel tree students at our Intermediate and Elementary schools here in the Mansfield area in 2008.  We donated 75 bikes to the Meredith Hatch Foundation in Mansfield. We also gave bikes to the YMCA of Arlington, Cleburne Family Crisis Center who assists Battered women and children, Operation Blessing, Frazier Elementary School in Burleson and “Peace of the Rock” Ministry in Denton. It meant so much for the instructors and students delivering these bikes to see Counselors, Principals, Teachers and some of the recipients with tears of joy in their eyes.

We are starting this new school year with the main goal of trying to buy at least 600 bicycles this year for needy children who would otherwise not get bikes for Christmas.

I have been teaching for over 20 years and have never seen a group of students get so excited about a project as they do for our Bikes for Angel’s fund. We had students bringing everything in from Ziploc bags full of change to a student turning over his weekly paycheck to help some of these children. We had many students who had actually been on Angel Trees when they were younger themselves.

Our goal last year was $10,000 and we reached that goal in only 3 days.
We would sincerely like to ask you to help us beat last year’s total by making a donation of any kind to our fund. We can use almost any type of donation.

Some examples are listed below.

• Cars, running or not, and in any shape. Cars must have title and will either be resold or scrapped
• Auction items: We will have an Auction October 31st.
• Scrap metal.
• Checks, cash, even your spare change is accepted. It all adds up to bicycles.
• Salon Packages
• Assorted Gift Certificates

We are also going to have a Car Show/Auction on October 31st here at the Ben Barber Career Tech Academy to raise funds.

Students will be visiting classrooms, businesses, and their immediate communities trying to raise funds. Students collecting will have a color copy of this form with them. Please sign your name and fill in the information pertaining to your donation.

We also welcome almost any type of sponsorship for our cause.
If you give a check, please make it out to:
MISD Auto Tech and put Bikes for Angels in the memo of the check. The student will also have a donation form if you need it for your taxes.
Please email Mr. Curlee at Ben Barber Career Tech Academy for any information. curlri@mansfieldisd.org or contact by phone at 817-299-1939
All monies raised for this will go to bicycles. There are no administrational costs that come out our fund.

IT ALL GOES TO THE KIDS
PLEASE HELP OUR STUDENTS SHARE IN THE JOY OF GIVING

INFO:
Misty Smitherman
Auto Tech. Dept.
Ben Barber Career Tech.
817-299-1941