Celebrating a Big Year on the Road for Wish for Wheels
In 2025, Wish for Wheels and our country's 2nd graders pedaled farther than ever—joyfully riding across 23 states nationwide!
Over the course of the year, our team traveled to 23 states, facilitating 53 out-of-state partner events across the country, from Hawaii to New Jersey. Among the 23 states visited, we led Team Build & Give experiences in ten new states for the very first time: Arizona, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Wisconsin.
Our big wish is to serve all 2 million+ 2nd graders in Title I schools across the country each year. Leading Team Build & Give experiences in 24 states, including our home state of Colorado, brings us closer to making that wish a reality. But it's not about us, it's about the children who ride off into a brighter future every day and our generous partners who invest in both their teams and their communities. In 2025, those partners gifted 9,500 bikes to children.
Celebrating Our Partners
As we reflect on the year, we look back on each and every Team Build & Give experience with gratitude. We love helping companies put their values into action as we watch their employees interact and work together through our events.
Prioritizing meaningful, hands-on team building experiences is proven to be a driver of employee engagement, thus helping organizations improve collaboration, alignment, productivity, and retention, to name a few. A company is only as strong as its employees, and our growth to ten new states speaks to the growing understanding behind that sentiment: the experience people have at work is directly correlated to a company’s bottom line.
Of course, our partners’ commitment to their team and their community is what allows us to expand our reach while amplifying the impact at the heart of our mission. Every event, in every state, reflects our partners’ trust and the shared belief that giving back brings people together.
Celebrating Our Team
Facilitating 53 out-of-state events in a single year is no small feat, and it wouldn’t be possible without the passion and dedication of our small but mighty team. Our team works through every detail of each event, ensuring a seamless experience for each one of our partners. We take care of the details from the moment you first contact us to the moment the last bike is given away to an excited 2nd grade child, so you can focus on bonding with your team and being part of the magic.
“I’ve been collecting feedback in a survey from our employees and this event, by far, was the highlight of our Leadership Summit. They’ve requested to do it again and really loved seeing and interacting with the kids.
Thank you for making this process seamless for us - it was priceless and Bamboo Insurance is grateful for the opportunity to have partnered with Wish for Wheels.”
Looking Ahead
We can’t wait to see just how far our partnerships will take us in 2026. We look forward to the a-ha moments of connection between coworkers and the smiling faces of the children we’ll serve together.
If your organization is looking for a team building experience that will have an impact inside your office and beyond, we’d love to talk to you about building & giving bikes to underserved 2nd graders. Whether you’re seeking a way to bring your team together during an annual meeting, leadership retreat, company picnic, or any ‘ordinary’ day, building bikes together and personally handing them to smiling 2nd graders, is a moment they will not forget. Contact us today to learn more.
