The Hartford BMX group teaches self-discipline, respect and team membership through a point system, with the ultimate goal of buying a bike with earned points. This program allows children to learn about bike safety, maintenance, general nutrition and career choices in biking. The children participate in practice, races and also partake in field trips to watch other professional races throughout the state. The program is unique in that math classes are incorporated into the world of bicycles, allowing the children to have fun while they learn. This program resembles many aspects of daily life for children to learn from.
Children start to understand that hard work pays off and that their future is in their own hands.
The love of bicycles helps bring children of different ages and ethnicity's together as a team. The program provides both structured and supervised activities for the youth that are educational and fun. The parent mentor program allows residents of Stowe Village to come together with one common goal, providing a social support system for young mothers. This program allows young mothers to turn to older residents as mentors for both guidance and support for young motherhood. Both mentors and parents develop mutual respect and trust for one another, keeping the children their number one priority.