Santas bike through Philly to deliver toys
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<p>Employees of the Dranoff Properties dressed as santa and rode bikes through Center City to deliver toys to Catholic Social Services. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)</p>
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<p>The Dranoff Santas' baskets were filled with toys and treats for needy children. "Santas can come on a bike as well as a sled, it's just as good!" said company president Carl Dranoff. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)</p>
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Bishop McIntyre greets the Dranoff Santas after their ride through Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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<p>Dranoff Properties President Carl Dranoff said that the Ride of the Dranoff Santas shows that "people can ride bikes in philadelphia and at the same time help out needy children." (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)</p>
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<p>Employees of the Dranoff Properties dressed as santa and rode bikes through Center City to deliver toys to Catholic Social Services. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)</p>
“Santas can come on a bike as well as a sled,” said Dranoff Properties President Carl Dranoff. “It’s just as good!”
Employees of Dranoff Properties dressed as santas Friday morning and donned bikes to deliver toys to Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia.
Dranoff also presented Bishop McIntyre with a thousand dollar check for North Philadelphia’s Casa Del Carmen, which offers support to Latino immigrants in the city.
Dranoff said that he and the company wanted to help children in need but also wanted to promote bike riding. He credited advertising mogul Brian Tierney with the idea for the ride.
McIntyre was on hand to greet the riders and said that the children of Casa Del Carmen would be very grateful. Dranoff said that he hopes to make the ride a tradition. “Im sure we made quite an impression this morning,” he said, “and it shows that people can ride bikes in Philadelphia and at the same time help out needy children.”
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