{"id":162724008,"date":"2010-02-27T09:06:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T09:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=162724008"},"modified":"2010-02-27T09:06:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T09:06:48","slug":"students-give-bikes-to-disabled-people-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=162724008","title":{"rendered":"Students Give Bikes To Disabled People In Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE (WJZ) \u2015 For some disabled children, a bicycle can mean a new life.  Students at one Baltimore County school plan to give the gift of two wheels to disabled people in Ghana.  As Gigi Barnett explains, it&#8217;s a class project inspired by one athlete&#8217;s story.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nShortly after, Yeboah decided to apply for a bicycle from an athletic foundation in California.  When the bike arrived, it meant freedom.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#8217;s changed my life totally, 100%,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>So Yeboah pedaled 400 miles across Ghana, raising awareness for the disabled.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nBrendan Fowl, Danny Bredar, Kyle Rice and Ben Love decided to ask other students to donate bikes.  The teens will personally deliver them to disabled children in Ghana. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think we&#8217;re going to discover that the kids there are going to change our lives more than we could have ever imagined,&quot; Fowl said.<\/p>\n<p>So far, they&#8217;ve filled a trailer with more than 200 bicycles.  They will be accepting bikes for another two weeks.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wjz.com\/local\/disabled.people.ghana.2.1524184.html\">https:\/\/wjz.com\/local\/disabled.people.ghana.2.1524184.html<\/a>oldId.20100227090648214<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE (WJZ) \u2015 For some disabled children, a bicycle can mean a new life. Students at one Baltimore County school plan to give the gift of two wheels to disabled people in Ghana. As Gigi Barnett explains, it&#8217;s a class project inspired by one athlete&#8217;s story. &#8230; Shortly after, Yeboah decided to apply for a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=162724008\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Students Give Bikes To Disabled People In Ghana&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162724008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-in-the-metro-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162724008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162724008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162724008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162724008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162724008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162724008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}