All I want for Christmas is a bicycle

Jamie Beckham and Dave Shepherd talk amid the 45 bicycles waiting to be taken home as part of The Beacon’s Adopt-A-Family Christmas program Friday morning at Community Christian Church.

Tammy Helm

The Fort Scott Rotary club organized a bicycle drive to make sure every child in the Adopt-A-Family program who asked for a bicycle will have one under their tree. Many individuals also donated bicycles or money to help Rotarians reach their goal, according to Rotarian Rhonda Dunn. She said Walmart employees and Fort Scott Fire Fighters scrambled to assemble each bicycle in eight hours Thursday. Ninety families and 375 people were served during this year’s Adopt-A-Family event.