20 Bicycles for 20 Chemo Treatments

While David Turner, the New Truck Manager for Four Star Freightliner, Inc., was undergoing chemotherapy treatment, he knew he had to turn his negative situation into a positive one. He and his wife Julie decided they would expand on their annual giving by donating 20 children’s bicycles for each treatment David received.

The couple always makes it a point to donate to people in need. But after David was diagnosed with testicular cancer this summer, he and Julie knew they would expand their giving as a way of showing their gratitude for life and the people who supported them during this difficult time.

“It was Julie's idea to do a bicycle per chemo treatment,” David said. “When I was a kid, we always got clothes for Christmas. But I got a bicycle one time and I learned to take care of that bicycle. It made me appreciate the things that I have that are mine.”

Through a partnership with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, David and Julie were able to make the donation to the Heart to Heart organization located in Montgomery, Ala. The DA’s office is helping to gather gifts for the organization that will be distributed to children in foster care this Christmas.

"We promised each other that as we went through this, we would find a way to make it positive," said Julie.

Ironically, on Dec. 3, the same day the bike donation was made to Heart to Heart, David learned that his cancer was in remission. David has led the Four Star Freightliner sales team for nearly 20 years.