Witten Armstrong receives his new Trek Marlin 5 MTB, helmet and lock from Oak Creek Elementary School Principal Nayadin Persaud

35 Verde Valley elementary school students will be riding new bikes thanks to the Verde Valley Bikes for Kids Program of the VVCC. These third through sixth grade students were chosen by their schools and awarded Trek Wahoo hybrid bikes, Trek Roscoes and Marlin 5 mountain bikes for exceeding school standards for grades, attendance, conduct and citizenship at the following Verde Valley elementary schools:

Beaver Creek Elementary

Lucas Wheeler

Lanndon I'llerbrun

Caiden Shaidel

Cathrine Worden

Alyssa Wheeler

Camp Verde Elementary

Teddy Meyers

Levi Myers

Danny Dale

Michelle Dale

Cottonwood Community School

Johnathan Libby 

Juliet Hernandez Lugo

Lizyei Hernandez Lugo

Clair Valentine

Jose Soto

Dr. Daniel Bright Elementary (Cottonwood)

Joel Eye

Amaryllis Castillon Lopez

Ella Martinez

Lucas Escalara

Seth Sweesy

Mountain View Academy (Cottonwood)

Olivia Crawford

Nick Babcock

Janessa DeLong

Rosa Celeste Diaz

Quinn Wright

Oak Creek Elementary School (Cornville)

Henry Taylor

Lillian Taylor

Elizabeth Cowgill

Laura Cowgill

Witten Armstrong

Conner Hunt

West Sedona Elementary School

Alejandro Jimenez

Miguel Villegas

Analeya Martinez

Justin Chavez

In addition to the bike, which each student chose in their favorite color, students were also awarded a new helmet and bike lock. Each bike comes with lifetime free maintenance provided by the Verde Valley Bicycle Company in Cottonwood.

Generous grants from the Sports Fund of Arizona, the Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai County and Sedona, Wells Fargo Bank, Trek President John Burke, the Singletrack Futures Foundation and 150+ individual donations made these awards possible. The Verde Valley Bicycle Company provided the bikes to the VVCC at cost, assembled them for free, and provides discount parts and service prices to the VVCC.

Thank you supporters and congratulations students!