Bikes Together in Denver, CO used to offer an earn-a-bike program for adults to volunteer in the shop and repair their own, earned bike.  Due to the complications of coordinating these new volunteers (tracking their time, and managing flow of people in/out of the program), B.T. changed to a new format.  Now, the adults are referred by an external organization (halfway house, etc) and are asked to do any type of community service in exchange for a bike which is repaired by volunteers in advance.

Andrew

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 6:20 AM Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista@inventati.org> wrote:
At Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles we threw out the volunteer hours concept
completely.

We require cash donations in a pay-what-you-want (as long as it's
something) amount for any physical parts, including whole bicycles,
taken. Other than that, there is no debt/credit situation. It often
takes days or weeks to complete a bike project, and we decided that
considerable investment was more than enough to ask of people to get a
bike.

Also I didn't want to keep track of people's hours -_^

I mean also - because it felt crappy to keep holding it over people's
heads. Telling people, especially young poor people, that they hadn't
done enough.

cyclista Nicholas



On 2019-03-21 23:00, Judith Feist wrote:
> Thank you, Kevin!
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 4:13 PM Kevin Dwyer <kevidwyer@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective has long had a program whereby
>> volunteers earn shop credit for hours worked. This credit can be used
>> to
>> purchase a bike for fixing up (about $50/10hrs for a good basic steed)
>> or
>> for parts to keep one running. If a volunteer wants a better quality
>> bike
>> or better parts, they can save up. There are limits on the number of
>> bikes
>> and credits that can be earned per year.
>>
>> Kevin
>> SLC, UT
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 1:45 PM breathingplanet
>> <breathingplanet@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 15 hours is too steep of an ask for most of our adult patrons.  We've
>>> settled at an informal 6 hours and then they can pick out a bike to
>>> fix up.
>>> That means attending 2 open shop sessions and starting work on the
>>> bike on
>>> the third. I say informal because our tracking is poor.  We really
>>> just
>>> want people coming back and project bikes moving.
>>>
>>> A
>>> troy bike rescue
>>>
>>> On Mar 21, 2019 1:36 PM, "Judith Feist" <judith@backalleybikes.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Holy Crud, that would be awesome info to share!
>>>>
>>>> That is what I was thinking, too. 15 hours, you get a bike to fix,
>>>> we
>>>> help you fix it up.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:39 AM Jack Murphy
>>>> <jack@bikewalkwichita.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Bike Walk Wichita's ReCycle program has an Earn a Bike program, 15
>>>>> hours and you earn a bike of your own to fix up. We provide any
>>>>> parts or
>>>>> supplies, plus lights and u-lock. We have a whole price list of
>>>>> parts,
>>>>> marked in both hours and cash. Using Salesforce, we track volunteer
>>>>> hours
>>>>> and spent, so we know hours available to spend. "How many hours I
>>>>> got?" is
>>>>> a frequent question. Hoping to get a description of the program to
>>>>> share
>>>>> soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack Murphy
>>>>> On Mar 21, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Judith Feist
>>>>> <judith@backalleybikes.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any workshops out there have Adult Earn-a-Bike programs? How are
>>>>>> they
>>>>>> run? Are they successful? Do they differ from your regular
>>>>>> volunteers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd like to get something started here and wanted feedback on
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> folks' programs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At FMCBW we had a program where folks could buy a bike out right
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> then work on it during open shop times (if anything needed
>>>>>> replacing that
>>>>>> was included in the price), OR they could volunteer 15 hours (i
>>>>>> think) and
>>>>>> we'd get them a bike and help them fix it up (same thing,
>>>>>> replacement parts
>>>>>> where included, if needed).......We have a bunch of adult bikes
>>>>>> and,
>>>>>> depending on the shape they are in, we'll fix 'em and sell them at
>>>>>> the Hub,
>>>>>> or minor adjustments are done and we sell 'em cheap at our monthly
>>>>>> garage
>>>>>> sales...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally, anytime I see a full suspension out in the wild I want
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> leave a note on it that they could trade it in towards an Adult
>>>>>> bike that
>>>>>> we'd help them fix up....but that might be just me...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, Happy Spring all! I hope you're well!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Judith C Feist
>>>>>> Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela
>>>>>> Davis
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria
>>>>>> Steinem
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than
>>>>>> anything
>>>>>> else in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and
>>>>>> self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis
>>>>
>>>> "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria
>>>> Steinem
>>>>
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>>>> anything
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