Ride to School, Ride to the Future.
The Bahati Foundation is bringing bikes, helmets, and possibility to LA County schools.
Bike To School Week
What if the ride to school could change a young person's life? For hundreds of students across Los Angeles County this May, it just might. The Bahati Foundation is activating one of its most expansive community campaigns to date — bringing National Ride Your Bike to School Week to five schools across three school districts, united by a single, powerful belief: movement is opportunity.
“Ride Your Bike to School Week is about more than getting to campus; it’s about showing young people that movement is power, and that they belong in spaces of health, sport, and opportunity.”
Anchored in the Foundation's Motion Equals Healthy, Road to LA28 campaign, this year's initiative isn't just a single event; we are coordinating a multi-school movement to build the pipeline of young riders who will be watching, cheering, and maybe competing when the Olympics arrive in Los Angeles in 2028.
Five schools. Three districts. One movement.
All five participating schools are officially registered in the 2026 National Walk, Bike & Roll to School registry, making the Bahati Foundation's LA-wide push part of a nationwide celebration of active transportation:
Student competitions that spark school spirit
Beyond the rides, every school will host its own Ride Your Bike to School Week Contest. A creative challenge designed to get students excited about active transportation on their own terms. Contest categories include:
Building toward something bigger
Every helmet fitted, every student who rides to school for the first time, every hand raised in a bike safety clinic, it all feeds into something much larger. The Bahati Foundation's Road to LA28 campaign is intentionally creating early entry points into cycling for youth in Compton, Los Angeles, and Long Beach. These are the communities that have historically been left out of elite sport. The Foundation is changing that.