Bike Safety/Bike to School

 Beginning in 2014 with funds from the Safe Routes to School grant, Boyne City PD created a bike safety program for the Boyne City Elementary School.  Each spring, Boyne City officers present a one hour lesson to each 4th grade class on the rules of the road and ways to stay safe while having fun on their bikes.  As part of that lesson, each student was provided their own bike helmet and shown how to properly wear it.  For the first 5 years, the helmets were purchased with those grant funds.  Since then, the generosity of an anonymous donor via the Charlevoix County Community Foundation has provided a helmet to each of our 4th grade students.  Since it's inception, this program has provided bike safety and a new helmet to approximately 900 students.  We frequently see Boyne City students in the community, wearing the helmets they were provided via this program.  

Also beginning in 2014, we started a Bike to School day to coincide with culmination of the 4th grade safety program.  We invite all Boyne City Public School students to meet at the Avalanche Mountain parking lot and ride their bikes to school alongside BCPD officers.  Attendance for this event routinely exceeds 100 students.  Below are some photos from our 2023 editions of these events.  

The Boyne City Police Department is thankful for the continued support of the Boyne City Elementary School, the Charlevoix County Community Foundation and the anonymous donor who has generously agreed to fund this program for years to come.  

   

 

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