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For the past 32 years, the Bicycle Man Foundation put smiles on the faces of thousands of children in Cumberland and surrounding counties by giving away free bicycles at Christmas.

I THINK MINE CRAFT BUT MORE LEGO FOCUSED. LEGO FORTNITE IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. >> FOR THE PAST, 32 YEARS, THE BICYCLE MAN FOUNDATION PUT SMILES ON THE FACES OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN CUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. WE THOUGHT LAST YEAR WAS THE END OF THE PROGRAM. WRAL'S FAYETTEVILLE, REPORTER GILBERT BAYS EXPLAINS THE OLD PROGRAM HAS NEW LIFE. >> SO I JUST WENT ON A JOYRIDE ON ONE OF THESE BICYCLES. YOU KNOW, MOSES IN AND MATH IS MAY BE GONE, BUT THEIR SPIRIT IS STILL HERE. AND IT'S SIMPLE. PUT A SMILE ON A KID'S FACE >> MOSES MATTHEWS WAS KNOWN AS THE BICYCLE MAN. IT'S A NAME. I GAVE HIM BACK IN 1990, WHEN HE WAS REPAIRING BIKES IN HIS GARAGE AND GIVING THEM TO KIDS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. MOSES PASSED AWAY 10 YEARS AGO AND HIS WIFE KEPT THE CHARITY GOING AND MATH IS THE BICYCLE WOMAN'S RETIRED LAST YEAR. BUT THE PROGRAM IS STILL UP AND RUNNING. THANKS TO THE NEW BICYCLE, MEDEA, A NAME GIVEN TO BERNIE BOGEY HARVEY BY HER GRANDCHILDREN. >> WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS TAKING OVER THE PROGRAM, THEY TAG ME THE BIKE MEDEA. SO I HAVE TO FOLLOW MY GRANDCHILDREN'S GUY. HARVEY IS NO STRANGER TO THE PROGRAM FOR YEARS. SHE'S >> BEING ON THE BICYCLE MAN FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ANDERSON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO RECEIVE A BIKE FROM THE BICYCLE MAN. IT TOOK MY SENT OVER THERE. HE TAUGHT HIM HOW TO REPAIR THE BIKE AND FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, I'VE BEEN CONNECTED TO MISTER MATHES THROUGH. >> HE'S WORKING WITH KIDS WITH BY SEA. >> DURING ITS HEYDAY, THE PROGRAM GAVE AWAY MORE THAN 2500 BIKES A YEAR. THE WAREHOUSE THAT STORED THOSE BIKES IS GONE. THE NEW ONE HAS ABOUT 100 BIKES, BUT THE SPIRIT OF GIVING IS BIGGER THAN EVER. THIS YEAR. WE'VE TARGETED AGES ONE THROUGH 7. THE GOAL IS TO GET BACK TO OUR TARGET GROUP, WHICH IS AGES ONE THROUGH 15. >> AND TO BE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. DES MISTER MATHES WANTED. SO THE GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO GIVE AWAY 500 BICYCLES. SO THERE'S STILL TIME FOR YOU TO MAKE A DONATION AND HELP IN FAYETTEVILLE, GILBERT BAYS, WRAL, NEWS AND THAT GREAT. >> THE BICYCLE GIVEAWAYS DECEMBER 16TH. IT'S TOO LATE TO REGISTER TO GET ONE THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO HELP WITH DONATIONS. WE HAVE CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THIS

The Bicycle Man: Spirit of kindness returns for bike giveaway in Fayetteville

Moses Mathis was known as The Bicycle Man. It's a name WRAL's own Gilbert Baez gave him in 1990 when he was repairing bikes in his garage and giving them to kids in the neighborhood.

Decades later, Bicycle Man's giving spirit revived by mother of a child who received his kindness

Moses Mathis was known by scores of children as the Bicycle Man. Before he died in 2013, he told his wife he wanted her to continue giving bikes to kids for Christmas. Ann Mathis kept that promise for the past nine years.

TONIGHT AND WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW. >> MOSES MATHIS WAS KNOWN AS THE BICYCLE MEN BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 2013, HE TOLD HIS WIFE HE WANTED HER TO CONTINUE GIVING BICYCLES TO CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS AND THEN MATHIS KEPT THAT PROMISE FOR THE LAST 9 YEARS. BUT YOU TOLD OUR WRAL, FAYETTEVILLE, REPORTER, GILBERT BAYS, THIS WILL BE HER LAST GIVEAWAY AND SHE'S HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP. >> FOR THE PAST 32 YEARS, THE BICYCLE MAN FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN AWAY MORE THAN 60,000 BIKES TO KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THEY STILL NEED BIKES. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PUTTING TOGETHER. THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD, GIVE IT UP. BUT YOU KNOW, IT. IT'S TIME FOR THE PAST 9 YEARS AND MAN TO SUSPEND COUNTLESS HOURS INSIDE THIS WAREHOUSE SURROUNDED BY BIKES. >> IT STARTED 32 YEARS AGO WITH HER LATE HUSBAND. MOSES MAP IS HE HAD A PASSION TO GET BIKES TO LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS. BUT I REMEMBER WHEN YOU AND MOSES. THE FIRST INTERVIEW. >> AND HE TOLD ME YOU HAD GIVEN HIM THE NAME OF THE BICYCLE MEAN. THE NAME HAS STUCK WITH HIM FOR THE LAST 32 YEARS. >> WHAT STUCK WITH THIS COMMUNITY WAS ENDEAVOR AND THE COMMITMENT BY MOSES AND NOW HIS WIFE TO COLLECT BIKES, PREPARE THEM AND PUT SMILES ON THE FACES OF COUNTLESS CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. CHRISTMAS. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FOUNDATION'S LAST BICYCLE GIVEAWAY. BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. IT'S HARD TO FIND VOLUNTEERS, SINCERE VOLUNTEER AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. NOW. NOT SO MUCH TO HELP. >> WITH MINOR THING BUT TO THAT. BUT TO REPAIR BY. >> DAVID TAYLOR IS BIKE MECHANIC, BUT HE HEARD THE FOUNDATION NEEDED HELP. SO HE REALLY IS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE WORKED ON THE MINDS OF OUR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A PROBLEM IN THE BACKYARD AND YOU WOULD GET OUT AND PUT THEM TOGETHER. WALK AMOUNT TO THE STORE PUBLIC EYE GROUP AND FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. AND THAT'S THE SPIRIT. AND MATH IS HOPES OTHER VOLUNTEERS BRING TO THE WAREHOUSE. >> SO SHE CAN MAKE HER LAST BICYCLE GIVEAWAY THE BEST EVER. >> THAT WAS MOSES MODEL. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS. THAT IS WHAT IS ALL ABOUT THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT A YOUNGSTER HAVING A BICYCLE FOR CHRISTMAS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS LAST YEAR. THE BIG GIVEAWAY. >> IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HELP GOT A BIKE, YOU LIKE TO DONATE OR YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER. GIVE THE BICYCLE MAN FOUNDATION A CALL IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY GILBERT BAYS, WRAL, NEWS. >> WELL, AND MOSES MATHIS BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO SO MANY CHILDREN OVER THE YEARS. PERHAPS SOMEONE ELSE TO PICK UP THE TORCH AND CARRY FORWARD. IF YOU WANT TO REACH THE FOUNDATION, WE HAVE THEIR

Final 'Bicycle Man' giveaway in Fayetteville needs volunteers

Volunteers needed for final 'Bicycle Man' giveaway in Fayetteville

The tradition of the Bicycle Man returns after it was derailed by COVID-19.

>>> COVID-19 WIPED OUT A FOUNDATION GIVEAWAY LAST YEAR BUT AND MATHIS SAYS SHE'S READY TO MAKE PROMISED WHO STARTED THE PROGRAM. GILBERT BAEZ TALK TO HER ABOUT THIS YEAR'S GIVEAWAY. >> Reporter: COVID-19 HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE BICYCLE MAN FOUNDATION. THEY DID NOT HAVE A GIVEAWAY LAST YEAR BUT THEY DID HAVE ONE IN APRIL AND IN A FEW WEEKS THEY PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN. LEADING TO GIVEAWAY BIKES TO PUT SMILES ON CHILDREN'S FACES. FOR 32 YEARS, CHILDREN FROM FAYETTEVILLE AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES HAVE ENJOYED THE GENEROSITY OF THE BICYCLE MAN FOUNDATION. IT STARTED WHEN MOSES MATHIS DECIDED TO FIX UP A COUPLE OF BIKES AND GIVE THEM TO THE CHILDREN IN HIS FAYETTEVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD. MOSES PASSED AWAY EIGHT YEARS AGO BUT HIS WIFE KEPT HER HUSBAND'S DREAMS ALIVE. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DERAILED LAST YEAR'S GIVEAWAY BUT AND MATHIS SAYS SHE IS DETERMINED TO GIVEAWAY 1000 BIKES DECEMBER 18th FROM HER WAREHOUSE ON WENT THERE DRIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE. >> IT'S ALMOST GOING TO BE THE SAME WERE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THEM OUT AND BE MORE CAREFUL THAN WE WERE IN THE PAST. WE WISH OTHER THING WAS OKAY BUT NOW WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL. >> Reporter: MATHIS SAID THIS IS WHAT THEY NEED. SHORT BIKES FOR SMALL CHILDREN BUT WERE SO CLOSE TO THE GIVEAWAY THEY ALMOST NEED TO COME OUT OF YOUR CAR AND GO

1,000 bikes to be given to Fayetteville kids

Ann Mathis says she's determined to give away 1,000 bikes this Dec. 18 at from her warehouse on Wynfare Drive in Fayetteville.

Fayetteville bicycle giveaway returns for holiday season

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For the first time in 30 years, an annual Christmas bicycle giveaway has been postponed due to coronavirus.




Fayetteville's Christmas bicycle giveaway postponed due to pandemic

Christmas bicycle giveaway

Gilbert Baez talked with Ann Mathis who has vowed to keep her late husband's Christmas tradition alive.