Annual Fillmore Bike Safety Rodeo
On Saturday, May 4th, Fillmore Citizens Patrol partnered with the Fillmore Police Department, Santa Clara Valley Explorer Post, Bikeventura,org, and Channel Islands Bike Club for Fillmore’s Annual Bike Rodeo Safety Event. From 8 a.m. to noon at Two River’s Park a safety course was set for the kids to go through, free helmets and fittings were given out along with prizes and more. Photos courtesy Fillmore Citizens Patrol.
On Saturday, May 4th, Fillmore Citizens Patrol partnered with the Fillmore Police Department, Santa Clara Valley Explorer Post, Bikeventura,org, and Channel Islands Bike Club for Fillmore’s Annual Bike Rodeo Safety Event. From 8 a.m. to noon at Two River’s Park a safety course was set for the kids to go through, free helmets and fittings were given out along with prizes and more. Photos courtesy Fillmore Citizens Patrol.
By Anonymous — Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

Submitted by Fillmore Citizens Patrol

On Saturday, May 4, 2019, the Fillmore Citizen Patrol, in partnership with the Fillmore Police Department and the Santa Clara Valley Explorer Post, with assistance from BikeVentura.org and Channel Islands Bike Club hosted a public Bicycle Safety Event. The Bike Rodeo was held at the Two Rivers Park and included a safety course, free helmets and fitting assistance (68 were given away!), bicycle registration, bicycle tune-ups, and raffle prizes (we gave away 30 kids' bikes / scooters / skateboards and 1 adult bike!) Our featured displays were from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad, SWAT Unit, K9 Unit, Ventura County Sheriff’s Mounted Volunteer Team, Search and Rescue Unit, and Fillmore Fire Department. Additionally, we had 4 kids learn how to ride their 2 wheel bicycles at our rodeo!

The Fillmore Citizen Patrol would like to extend a special thank you to the following sponsors of our event: Rotary Club of Fillmore, Lion’s Club of Fillmore, Fillmore Fire Foundation, TNT, Fillmore Search and Rescue, Ventura County Sheriff’s Foundation, Bike Ventura, Channel Islands Bike Club, Ameci's Pizza, Baskin Robbins and Kona Ice.

During the upcoming summer months, the Fillmore Police Department and Fillmore Citizen Patrol will be looking for children wearing helmets while riding bicycles, skateboards, and scooters in the community. Each child found to be wearing a helmet will receive one Baskin Robbins certificate for a free ice cream cone.