2023 Holiday Bike Give Away

United States Space Force Col. Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander (center), Mary Shoemaker, SLD 30 commander’s wife (center), Santa Claus, Worldwide cheer bringer (left), and Roger McConnell, Village Dirtbags lead coordinator for Vandenberg military families (right), pose for photo during the Holiday Bike Give away in Lompoc, Calif., Dec. 16, 2023. Members of M&FRC and the Village Dirtbags hosted the giveaway for families of deployed military members and the Exceptional Family Member Program to ride their new bicycles and meet Santa. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley)

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2023 Holiday Bike Give Away

Members of the Village Dirtbags participate in helping children pick out their helmets during the Holiday Bike Give Away in Lompoc, Calif., Dec. 16, 2023. The Village Dirtbags members worked with Main Street Cycles and the 30th Force Support Squadron Military and Family and Readiness Center, giving away 100 bicycles to families of deployed military members and the Exceptional Family Member Program. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley)

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2023 Holiday Bike Give Away

United States Space Force Col. Mark Shoemaker, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, Mary Shoemaker, SLD 30 commander’s wife, Roger McConnell, Village Dirtbags members, Joseph Mueller, Military & Family Readiness Center family support coordinator, United States Air Force Master Sgt. Cole Connors, Military & Family Readiness Center superintendent of family readiness, pose for a photo during the Holiday Bike Give Away in Lompoc, Calif., Dec. 16, 2023. The 30th Force Support Squadron Military and Family and Readiness Center partnered with the Village Dirtbags and Main Street Cycles to give away 100 bicycles to families of deployed military members and the Exceptional Family Member Program. (U.S Space Force photo by Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley)

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2023 Holiday Bike Give Away

Published Dec. 16, 2023
By Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley
Space Launch Delta 30 Public Affairs

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. --

On Dec. 16, members of Vandenberg coordinated with the Village Dirtbags and Main Street Cycles for giving away 100 bikes to military kids this holiday season. The members of both clubs hosted the giveaway pickup in Lompoc where families came to bike around, eat the complimentary breakfast provided and talk to Santa.