DAYTON, OHIO and HOUSTON -

Two hundred bicycles offer lots of opportunities to smile this holiday season, as Reynolds and Reynolds continues its tradition of donating bikes to military families.

Reynolds associates in Dayton, Ohio and Houston, along with their families, gathered on Saturday to build more than 200 bicycles to be given as Christmas gifts to area military families, as part of the annual Reynolds Bike Build.

“Reynolds associates volunteer hundreds of hours each year in their local communities, and this is one more example of our employees reaching out to help others,” said Trey Hiers, vice president of marketing at Reynolds and Reynolds.

“The company purchases the bikes, which is the easy part. It’s our employees and their families who put in the time, and every year we have a record turnout of Reynolds families who stop by to help put the bikes together,” he said.

Working together, Reynolds associates and their children assembled bicycles ranging in size from 12-inch children’s bikes sporting training wheels to 26-inch multi-speed bikes.

After a final inspection on each bike, the youngsters who helped build it attached a signed, handmade holiday card, the company said. Reynolds families then helped soldiers load the bikes for transport to military unit Christmas parties.

Bicycles assembled in Dayton were given to children whose parents are serving with the Dayton-based 155th Chemical Battalion. In Houston, the bicycles went to the Texas Military Forces, which includes the Air Force, Army, Army National Guard, Coast Guard and Navy.

The Reynolds Bike Build was launched in 2007, the company said, and since then employee families have assembled more than 700 new bicycles during the Christmas holidays for children of military members.