CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A group of CMCSS students recently attended the District 6760 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards and received brand new bikes and helmets.

Local Sunrise Rotary Club members connected with Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officers and the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System to select elementary school children who could use a little summertime recreation.

On June 16, 2022, Local Sunrise Rotary Club members connected with Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officers and the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System to select elementary school children who could use a little summertime recreation in the form of a brand new bike and helmet.

The bikes were purchased by the District 6760 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards and assembled by RYLA participants. Robert Huffman explained.

“The genesis of this bike giveaway program is to allow the RYLA youth to see their hard work in action. To be able to meet the children after they built their bikes is what we instill here; it’s servant leadership at its best,” Huffman said in a release.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office worked to coordinate the event to include a little pep talk to the youth on the art of leadership from the law enforcement perspective.

The event was all smiles, all day. Parents, children, and RYLA participants exchanged stories with each other.