Bike Safety Rodeo and Helmet Give Away
Quinlan ISD Hosts Successful Bike Safety Rodeo and Helmet Giveaway
May 9, 2025 – Butler Intermediate School, Quinlan, TX
Local children and their families gathered at Butler Intermediate School on Saturday, May 9, for the Quinlan ISD Bike Safety Rodeo and Health & Safety Fair—a fun and educational event focused on bicycle safety and overall wellness.
The event featured a comprehensive bike safety course, where children learned essential skills such as recognizing and avoiding hazards, obeying traffic signs, yielding appropriately, and staying aware of their surroundings while riding. Each child visited a helmet fitting station and received a properly fitted free safety helmet, along with a bike inspection station, where volunteers ensured their bicycles were in safe, working condition.
Dr. Mauricio Trujillo, Director of Emergency Services for Hunt Regional Healthcare, spoke with attendees about the critical importance of wearing helmets and staying safe while riding.
Children who completed the course were entered into a drawing to win brand-new bicycles, generously donated by:
- Jose Santander, Aetna Better Health of Texas
- Cindy Hitchcock, Hunt County EMS
- Natassia Radford, Parkland Community Health Plans
- Quinlan ISD Family and Community Engagement
- Hunt County Kids
“We were so pleased to be able to host this event for our community,” said Kathleen Witte, Director of Family and Community Engagement for QISD. “According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, helmet use can reduce the risk of head injury by up to 85%. QISD is deeply committed to the health and safety of our students and families. If this event inspired even one person to ride more safely, then it was well worth the effort.”
Witte emphasized that the success of the event was made possible through collaboration with a wide range of community partners and sponsors, including:
Hunt Regional Healthcare, Aetna Better Health Texas, Hunt County EMS/AMR, Carevide, Prism Health North Texas, Lakes Regional Community Center, Hunt County Health Department Medical Services, Hunt County Shared Ministries, DentaQuest, Texas A&M Forest Service, Recovery Resource Council, Maximus, Hunt County AgriLife Extension, Moncrief Cancer Institute, the Hunt County Sheriff’s Posse, South Hunt County Fire Rescue, and the QISD Maintenance and Food Service Departments.
Special thanks to the volunteers who gave their time and energy to make the event a success:
Ashley Gardner, Maria Aguilar, Betsy Brown, Josue Barron, Bobby Jones, Tim Witte, Mike Roberts, Carrie Patrick, Kim Grugel, Kaitlin Shores, Audrey Good, Jaiden Seigler, Hannah Trejo, Alexis Earls, Jennifer Thomas, Piper Jackson, Anna Jackson, Lisa Avrit, Lori Barber, Chelsea Hunter, Kaylee McClain, Katherine Boone, Ashley Dooley, and Shanna Jennings.
