Mark Reynolds Fund gives bikes to kids . . .

Every Christmas season, Mark Reynolds, an avid cyclist, would buy bikes for needy kids so he could share his passion for a sport that changed his life.

“Only a few people knew Mark would do this,” said his mother, Dona, a St. Joseph resident. “He would take them to Salvation Army to distribute.”

In 2004, she continued the tradition after Mark, 35, was attacked and killed by a mountain lion while riding his bike in Whiting Ranch Park in Northern California, near his home. . . .

“If it had two wheels, Mark was on it,” she said. “Mark loved cycling.”

The last two years, the Mark Reynolds Memorial Bike Fund has purchased more than $50,000 in bikes for kids who need them all over the country. The organization makes sure the bikes are assembled by professionals. Children also receive a helmet with their bike.