Helping with Horsepower Bike Rebuild Program began in 2011 by President and Founder of HWH, Laura Klock, who wrote a curriculum because of her desire to share motorcycles as an effective tool to teach life lessons to youth ages 7-17 in residential treatment. The Abbott House in Mitchell, South Dakota, was the first location, and the program was so successful that 5 projects, which completed 6 magazine worthy custom motorcycles hands-on in the classroom with youth in care, had a significant financial impact from the bike raffles (nearly $600,000) for the Abbott House, and produced measurable results in personal growth and reduced critical incidents while youth were participating. Inquiries came in so Laura taught and licensed the curriculum to other centers. At its peak, there were as many as eight Helping with Horsepower Bike Rebuild Programs being facilitated at residential treatment centers across the US, including the Omaha Home for Boys in Nebraska, AND Pine Bush High School in New York where youth customized a Victory race bike, and with Laura as the pilot, set a national land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats!