Less than a month after new mountain biking program began at a Dalton Boys and Girls Program, directors are forced to cut it short because all of the bikes that were stolen.

The Boys and Girls Club Mountain Bike pilot program in Dalton is one of the first in the country with trips like biking at the Chickamauga Battlefield.  Trips like that are things many children in this neighborhood have never experienced before.

"The kids are coming here having fun, meeting new people, involved in a safe environment and then this happens when somebody want to to take away what you worked hard to get," said Robbie Slocumb, the Chief Professional Officer at the Dalton Boys and Girls Club.

Dalton Police say over the past 2 weeks all 17 of those bikes went missing after someone broke into a shed at the club.

Investigators say a Boys and Girls Club worker saw someone riding one of the bikes in the area.

"So when they saw one of the bikes they figured it belongs here. The person saod they actually bought it from somebody on the street for 10 dollars so they gave that back," said Bruce Frazier, with Dalton Police Public Relations.

"It takes a special kind of person to steal from the boys and girls club. I feel somebody not thinking very much who it's coming from," said Shane Adams, owner of Bear Creek Cycle in Dalton.

8 black bikes, a light blue bike and 5 yellow bikes are still missing. Police, the community, and the Boys and Girls Club are asking people to be on the lookout.  Many say they're just hoping to bring a smile back to those children's faces when the bikes are returned.

"I worked with the kids out on the trails and the smiles that the bikes have brought on the faces and the experiences that they've helped bring these kids. You can't really put a monetary value on that," said Adams.

The Boys and Girls club has only been in the building for about 4 months and they adversely plans to put in a fence over by the shed where the bikes were stolen to make the area more secure and make sure nothing like this every happens again.

Dalton Police say they are still looking for 14 bikes and if you have seen them call (706) 278-9085, extension 214.