Hey guys!
I was a member of the think tank long ago, but have recently rejoined. I'm wanting to do a youth bicycle drive for the holidays. Anyone ever done one before? Got any tips?
I'm just hoping to help people clear their garages of unwanted youth bikes, and then in turn, provide them for inner city youth here in Chattanooga that need them and could use them for Christmas.
Thanks! Kat
Did one last year w great success. Used TV and newspaper, paired the drive w bike building/fixing volunteering, and did two separate dates. If folks missed the first, could make the second. We had an event chosen to support and made sure we put that out front. It’s a known local event through the Catholic Church, folks give more readily if they know where their gift is going. We are Queen City wheel house in Helena, MT. Helena community including outlying communities is about 70,000 people. Pulled in about 250-300 bikes, and we didn’t specify what types of bikes we wanted. Initial focus was kids bikes but we ended up w all varieties both donated and given away.
dave
On Oct 8, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Kathryn Volzer volzer22@gmail.com wrote:
Hey guys!
I was a member of the think tank long ago, but have recently rejoined. I'm wanting to do a youth bicycle drive for the holidays. Anyone ever done one before? Got any tips?
I'm just hoping to help people clear their garages of unwanted youth bikes, and then in turn, provide them for inner city youth here in Chattanooga that need them and could use them for Christmas.
Thanks! Kat ____________________________________
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That's a great idea. Have you identified ready volunteers to help out? Ulick
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 17:40, Kathryn Volzer volzer22@gmail.com wrote:
Hey guys!
I was a member of the think tank long ago, but have recently rejoined. I'm wanting to do a youth bicycle drive for the holidays. Anyone ever done one before? Got any tips?
I'm just hoping to help people clear their garages of unwanted youth bikes, and then in turn, provide them for inner city youth here in Chattanooga that need them and could use them for Christmas.
Thanks! Kat ____________________________________
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Hi All
We do Bike Drives all the time that are put on by us or members of the community. We then use the bikes in our programming or shop and refurbish them via staff or volunteers to sell or giveaway
We have a big Kids Bike-o-Rama bike giveaway for youth in June and Dec when we giveaway approximately 150- 200 bikes per session to youth from limited income families and we work with partner organizations to recruit the youth participants. We also have adult bike giveaways ( Bikes-for All!) and a program where we giveaway bikes at schools and orgs (UGottaGetABike)
Here is our Bike Drive Guide that we share with people, schools, community organizations who want to put on a drive for us ( It is about half way down the page under ‘Host a Bike Drive’) https://bikeworks.org/donate/used-bicycle/
Deb
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That's a great idea. Have you identified ready volunteers to help out? Ulick
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 17:40, Kathryn Volzer volzer22@gmail.com wrote:
Hey guys!
I was a member of the think tank long ago, but have recently rejoined. I'm wanting to do a youth bicycle drive for the holidays. Anyone ever done one before? Got any tips?
I'm just hoping to help people clear their garages of unwanted youth bikes, and then in turn, provide them for inner city youth here in Chattanooga that need them and could use them for Christmas.
Thanks!
Kat
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Short answer yes. We are part of a larger nonprofit mountain bike advocacy group that loves to pitch in for events. Depends what we are up to, but plenty of good wrenches in that group. Amassing an email list for updates and volunteer opportunities as we grow.
dave
On Oct 8, 2018, at 2:35 PM, Ulick O'Beirne ulickobeirne@gmail.com wrote:
That's a great idea. Have you identified ready volunteers to help out? Ulick
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 at 17:40, Kathryn Volzer volzer22@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys!
I was a member of the think tank long ago, but have recently rejoined. I'm wanting to do a youth bicycle drive for the holidays. Anyone ever done one before? Got any tips?
I'm just hoping to help people clear their garages of unwanted youth bikes, and then in turn, provide them for inner city youth here in Chattanooga that need them and could use them for Christmas.
Thanks! Kat ____________________________________
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