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Sarasota News Leader December 14, 2012 Page 49 CHURCH TO ACCEPT BIKES FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE The Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota is sponsoring a bike and bike parts collection on December 15 from noon to 3:00 pm. The event will take place in the UUCS parking lot and is co-sponsored by Suncoast Community Bikes, a start-up nonprofit for bikes for the poor. The organization collects, repairs, and distributes bicycles and bicycle parts, but steady donations are needed to keep the program going. If you cannot stop by on December 15, you can call Ryan Feller at 894-4333 to arrange a bike pick-up. For more information, contact El Parent at 206-6201. HOUSING AUTHORITY, POLICE HELPING UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTHS The Sarasota Housing Authority, City of Sarasota Police Department and Target are partnering to provide underprivileged youths with a unique holiday experience, the City of Sarasota has announced. The Sarasota Housing Authority���s Honor the Badge shopping event is a new initiative designed to help build a good relationship between law enforcement officials and children of families living in Sarasota Housing Authority communities, a city news release says. Honor the Badge is pairing 75 local underprivileged children with local law enforcement officers, including incoming Sarasota Chief of Police Bernadette DiPino and Acting Chief Paul Sutton, to shop for holiday gifts at a local Target, the release adds. Thanks to donations from local businesses, religious organizations and individuals prior to the event, the Sarasota Housing Authority provided the funds for the gifts to be purchased by the police officers, the release points out. and women sworn to protect them,��� said Sarasota Housing Authority���s Executive Director William Russell in the news release. ���Honor the Badge works to build this respect and trust through this fun and positive experience during the holiday season.��� DiPino added in the release, ���The holiday season is the perfect time of year for people to see that law enforcement officers have a heart for their community, and what better way for police to show their commitment to the community than by taking a child shopping for holiday presents!��� DiPino pointed out, ���My family has a long history of helping people in need during the holiday season which I have continued throughout my career. I am proud to see the Sarasota police involved in this event, which is what the holidays are all about ��� happy, smiling children being helped by America���s hometown heroes.������ The holiday shopping experience will be held ���Having a safe, strong, vibrant community from 6 to 8 a.m. on Dec. 15 at Target on Fruitbegins with having mutual respect and trust ville Road, before the store opens for regular between community members and the men customers, the release adds.