20 Jul
2012
20 Jul
'12
5:33 p.m.
Give me a call at SPOKES next Monday at 9:00 california time.
Brian Drayton Executive Director SPOKES National , Richmond 322 Harbour Way #5 Richmond, CA 94801 brian@richmondspokes.org Google voice (510) 545-2243 http://www.richmondspokes.org FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/richmond.spokes Join our mailing list and get a subscription to our monthly news letter (SPOKE ~N~WORD ) *http://tinyurl.com/sp0ke-n-w0rd*
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On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:50 AM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op <
mobobicyclecoop@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Collective Genius:
>
> MoBo runs a Kids Day program in the summer and we wanted to know how a few
> other co-ops ran similiar programs. Our program works like this: We are an
> all volunteer run program but we have a paid coordinator who runs Kids Day.
> It's one day a week and kids must have a parent sign a waiver form. We will
> work with kids to fix up their own bikes and we have an earn-a-bike program
> for kids who need a bike. Kids are asked to work with our gardens program
> to work in the gardens, including weeding, turning compost, picking fruit,
> planting, learning how to build an oven using solar energy--things like
> that.
>
> However, we have a couple questions that we are wondering if the
> Collective Genius could help us with. They are:
>
> 1) Our program has exploded in this, our fifth year. We normally have 15
> kids a day at kids day. This year,we 've been having over 40 or 50 on site.
> And because we are volunteer run, we do not have enough volunteers to watch
> all the kids or get bikes out to every kid who wants one. Has anyone ran a
> program with this many kids before? The amount of kids has also lead to
> lots of fighting and arguing with mechanics and, sadly, bike theft. How
> has, or would, your organization handle this situation? We do have
> activities for kids to do while they wait. For example, this year two
> science teachers come down and do experiements with the kids and we try to
> get some of them to go to the Patch a Tube station to learn how to patch
> their own tires.
>
> 2) How do you keep your kids activties going year around? We would like to
> keep this going as clearly there is a huge demand that has built up over
> the years and through our marketing program. Most of our kids are from our
> neighborhood so having something like this year around gives them options
> for safe and fun places to be.
>
> 3) How do you encourage bike safety? Helmets are uncool with our set and
> although we distribute them, we find them discarded later. Because we are
> located in a high traffic area where many accidents do occur, we would love
> to encourage kids to wear helmets.
>
> Whew that's a lot! Thank you for listening and for any advice or input!
> Ellie Nava-Jones and Judi LoPresti
> Getting Kids on Bikes Enthusiasts
>
>
>
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>
>
> MoBo Bicycle Cooperative
> a project of The Village Green Foundation
> 1415 Knowlton St.
> Cincinnati, OH
> www.mobobicyclecoop.org
>
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