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Wheels4Life Events & Promotions

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Wheels4Life is funded by donations from people like you, but there are other ways you can help too, like organizing your own fundraising event in your community, school or corporation.

This page lists all the recent fundraisers and promotions we've done, large and small. Have a look at the events below for more suggestions and details.

And feel free to contact us if you have questions or don't know how to get started.

Wheels4Life Promotions

  • Flips 4 Life
    07/11/08 — Summer Of Shred partners with Wheels4Life to Create “Flips4Life”  Wheels4Life, the charity started by mountain biking legend Hans Rey, has joined forces with Phil Sundbaum and the Summer Of Shred. Hans will be joining Phil for a Summer Of Shred tour … More »
  • Art of Fitness Laguna Fundraiser
    06/10/08 — Art of Fitness Laguna Fundraiser   May 31st, 2008, in Laguna Beach California, Art of Fitness partnered with other local businesses to throw a block party that would benefit Wheels 4 Life.  The event opened with a three hour Spin-a-thon. … More »
  • Figu's 75th Birthday Fundraiser
    05/13/08 — Egliswil, Switzerland May 8th 2008My father Felix a.k.a. Figu Rey organized a Wheels 4 Life fundraiser in occasion to his 75th B-day party. He asked his guests to rather donate towards buying some bikes, than bringing gifts for his birthday. … More »
  • Trent College Supports Wheel4Villages
    12/12/07 — We are very happy that Trent College from Nottingham, UK, one of England’s top private colleges, came on board as a supporter and partner for the Wheels4Villages project.Our “Wheels 4 Villages — Film Project” is a 2-year film project to … More »
  • Crank Brothers Hospitality Night Fundraiser
    11/01/07 — Laguna Beach, Dec.07 As may of you know, the town of laguna beach annually holds an event called “hospitality night” right around this time of year.  during this evening, santa rides into town on a fire engine (just like in the … More »
  • 24h of Finale Ligure presents check to W4L
    09/03/07 — Eurobike, Friedrichshafen, GermanySept. 2, 2007Marco Marchese from the organizers of the 24hours race of Finale Ligure, Italy; presented Hans Rey a check for Wheels 4 Life over Euro 1017.-The money was raised during a fundraiser at the famous 24hour mountain … More »
  • Chris King launches W4L headset
    09/03/07 — Chris King Precision Components To Support Hans Rey’s Wheels4Life with Second Special Edition Component SeriesPortland, OR, August 31, 2007 – Chris King® Precision Components is partnering with Wheels4Life in the promotion of a special edition component series based on the … More »
  • Fox Racing Shox Raffle
    09/02/07 — Fox Racing Shox and Toxoholic's have raised $ 550.- at Eurobike tradeshow in Germany by selling raffle tickets to win a Fox Float fork. The winner was Sebastian Trautner from Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany  Congradulations to the winner and thanks to our … More »
  • Ride 4 Life Freeride Camp @ 24h race in Finale Ligure, Italy
    05/04/07 — Wheels 4 Life is an official partner of the 24h Mountain Bike Race in Finale Ligure, Italy from May 18. - 20. 2007In the days prior to the festival, Hans Rey will host the “Ride 4 Life” - Freeride Camp … More »
  • Cash4Trash Initiative
    02/22/07 — Check out this short video clip about our “Cash 4 Trash” project, where we asked people to donate proceeds from old stuff they sold on ebay or on a garage sale. Check out the video and get inspired. More »
  • Simplon Bicycles GmbH Raises Euro 3,100.-
    12/21/06 — Simplon Bicycles GmbH company from Austria has concluded their Christmas promotion with a local newspaper where they auctioned one of their award winning (test winning) carbon road bikes, PAVO.They raised an impressive amount of Euro 3,100.-We are currently searching for … More »
  • Soccer Team Fundraiser
    12/03/06 — Sophie’s Soccer Team FC Kent Fusion '95 (my soccer team) is raising money for Wheels 4 life. We hope to raise enough money to get at least one bike, for Wheels 4 life. We hope that our effort will make … More »
  • Win A New Mountain Bike
    12/03/06 — Win a new mountain bike My business partner and I have started an online raffle to benefit an amazing charity started by my friend and mountain bike legend, Hans Rey. The charity he created is Wheels4life.org. They donate bicycles to … More »
  • Simplon Bicycles Auction
    12/03/06 — Simplon Bicycles GmbH company from Austria is working on a promotion with a local newspaper to auction one of their award winning (test winning) carbon road bikes, PAVO. The highest bidder will be determined by Dec. 19.06.Wheels 4 Life will … More »
  • Fox Shox raffles off a fork at Interbike
    09/30/06 — Fox Shox Inc. sold 276 raffle tickets during Interbike tradeshow in Las Vegas Sept. 27. -29. 2006. The lucky winner of the Fox Talas fork was Nate Trumble from Santa Cruz, Ca. Tickets sold for $ 1.- each all proceeds … More »
  • CamelBak Bottles
    09/07/06 — Friedrichshafen, Sept. 6, 2006 At this year’s Eurobike show a total of 1000 CamelBak bottles were sold, generating proceeds of 10.000 Euro in total. The amount was handed over to Hans Rey, mountain bike legend and founder of ‘Wheels 4 … More »
  • Special Edition Hans Rey Pedals Benefit Wheels4Life
    08/27/06 — Crankbrothers teams with Rey, donates profits to charity. LAGUNA BEACH, California Crankbrothers announces the production of a special edition 5050 XX pedal designed by extreme biking legend and former Mountain Bike World Champion Hans Rey. Crankbrothers will donate all profits … More »
  • Danny's Bike-Shop
    08/23/06 — Danny’s Bike-Shop, Geneickener Straße 28, 41238 Mönchengladbach, Germany is collecting funds for Wheels 4 Life. More »
  • Cory Leclerc's new mountain bike film
    08/15/06 — Cory Leclerc’s new mountain bike film: Collectively Krankin up the Disorder (CKD) will premiere in the summer of 2006 at Whistler and Vancouver, Canada. Proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit Wheels 4 Life More »
  • Journey School Baking Sale
    07/25/06 — Journey School Baking Sale in Aliso Viejo, CA. In December 2005 the kids of the Journey School in Aliso Viejo, California organized a baking sale. They raised almost $1,000 by selling home-made cookies. More »
  • Wheels 4 Life Partners with Journey School to Send Bikes For Christmas
    12/06/05 — Journey School is a Waldorf-inspired charter elementary school located in Aliso Viejo. Situated adjacent to Aliso/Woods Canyon Regional Park, students often take to their bikes to explore some of the 5,000 acres of wilderness right next door. On Friday, December … More »

Wheels4Life Fundraisers

  • Fox Racing Shox Promotion
    09/13/06 — September 2006, Friedrichshafen, Germany Fox Racing Shox and their German distributor Toxoholics raffled off a Fox Talas 32 fork at Eurobike tradeshow in Friedrichshafen, Germany; to raise money for Wheels 4 Life. Over 4 days they sold 660 raffle tickets … More »
  • CamelBak Donates Bottle Proceeds to Wheels 4 Life
    08/15/06 — Mons, BelgiumCamelBak International intends to donate 1000 of its new ‘Better Bottle’ to ‘Wheels 4 Life’ at the upcoming Eurobike Show in Friedrichshafen. CamelBak sells the new bottles at their Eurobike booth at a ?10.00 promotional price and donates the … More »
  • SQ Lab seats launching a special edition W4L seat
    08/07/06 — SQ Lab seats, is a german based manufacturer of bicycles seats and saddles. They are launching a special edition W4L seat in the fall of 2006. More »
  • Crank Bros. Inc special edition Wheels 4 Life pedal
    07/18/06 — Crank Bros. Inc will launch a special edition Wheels 4 Life pedal in September 2006. For each set of W4L pedals sold, Crank Bros. Inc. will donate $10 to Wheels 4 Life. This will be a great way to raise … More »