Colavita Helps Serve Up Bicycles to Children in Need

New Bikes and Helmets Distributed with Support of Colavita Cares Program

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Sep 07, 2018, 09:00 ET

HIGH POINT, N.C., Sept. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With support from Colavita, the trusted family brand, the Bobby Labonte Foundation and its Charity Bike Ride Title Sponsor Thomas Built Buses assembled and delivered more than 80 bicycles to children in need in the High Point, N.C.-area this week.

More than 80 children's bikes, donated in part by the Colavita Cares program, were distributed to children in need

Children at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater High Point receive new bikes through support from the Colavita Cares program

Colavita has a long-standing commitment to encouraging healthy living through running and cycling, and has donated more than 80 bikes to children through its Colavita Cares program. The bikes and new helmets were given away Wednesday and Thursday to cheering crowds of children at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater High Point and the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of High Point after a bike safety presentation by NASCAR Champion Bobby Labonte and four-time U.S. National Champion Cyclist Freddie Rodriguez. Labonte and Rodriguez share Colavita's passion for supporting children and families, and keeping kids active.

"It was amazing to see the Thomas Built Buses employees come together with us and the Bobby Labonte Foundation to build bikes for the kids, what a great company," said Mary Zider, director of the Colavita Cares program. "As a family-owned company, Colavita really does care about supporting families and their children, and especially enjoys sharing the benefits of living healthy, riding bikes, and being active with the kids."

Colavita, the leading family-owned specialty food producer of one of the top-selling extra virgin olive oils in the United States, also brought the Colavita Cares Pizza Truck to High Point, N.C. to serve fresh, brick oven pizza to Thomas Built Buses employees after the bike build, and later to the community at both a local Publix grocery store and to finishers of the Bobby Labonte Foundation Charity Bike Ride.

Colavita is distributed in over 80 countries and is recognized worldwide as the top authentic Italian extra virgin olive oil. Colavita is the leading brand in premium extra virgin olive oil, Italian pasta, and Italian vinegar in the USA in both the retail and food service sectors.

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About Colavita Cares:
Colavita Cares is a community outreach program inspired by Colavita's long time support of cycling combined with Colavita's corporate initiative to promote nutritious eating and exercise as the best means to a healthy lifestyle. The primary mission of Colavita Cares is to assist charitable foundations that benefit children, individuals and families in achieving their fundraising goals.

About Colavita:
Colavita (http://www.colavita.com) – A long time ago in the quaint hilltop village of Sant'Elia a Pianisi, located in the Molise region of Italy, two small family businesses were born. They were both Colavita families. Today, the Colavita Olive Oil and Colavita Pasta companies are still family-owned and operating in the same town of their ancestors. They have since joined with another family-owned company, Colavita USA, and together they have shared the fruits of their respective crafts with American consumers for over twenty years.

SOURCE Colavita