We've been in operation since 2007 and have tracked a fair amount of data for much of that time period.  Numbers of all sorts got skewed during the years coinciding with the COVID pandemic but otherwise trends have generally maintained or risen in terms of donations of cash and bikes as well as our volunteer hours, and bikes given away/sold.  One thing our Board and Staff sets as a yearly goal is keeping the ratio of bikes sold to bikes given away free as close to 1:1 as possible.  This has required a balancing act of pricing some bikes higher when we need to slow sales down, or doing special events to give away bikes when we need those numbers to come up.  Along that line we've had an annual "kids bike giveaway" that we promote around Christmas time where we give any child who wants one a free bike (under 26") and it's brought in a ton of great press for us and has put smiles on hundreds of kids' faces.

Cheers,

Sam

SAM HARALDSON     Bozeman Bike Kitchen President, Board of Directors 2104 Industrial Drive A community cycling center bozemanbikekitchen.org

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