My name is Enzo, I'm the board secretary from The Bikerowave in Los Angeles (www.bikerowave.org). We have decided to host bici bici 2012 here in Los Angeles. The current plan is to have this take place on April 13-15th. The 15th will also be CicLAvia here in Los Angeles. We are still in the early stages of planning this but we anticipate a lot of help from the many other bike Co-ops in LA. I hope to see many of you folks from around the west coast down here so we can share our experiences and discuss ways to make it so we do what we do better than before. Please keep your calendars clear for this weekend and look forward to hearing more from us as the planning progresses. Also this is my first time organizing something like this so I'd appreciate any help or suggestions.
Does anyone have experience with an earn-a-bike program where the bike recipients earn a bike not by learning bike mainteence skills, but by completing some other task or assignment? For example, by participating in an after school program, or volunteering for a community project, or agreeing to take part in an educational program on drug awareness/nutrition and fitness/sex education. i.e. Have you found creative ways to use a bike as a bridge to address other important issues, for young people or adults? Thanks! Chuck
I have incorporated other activities into earning a bike, and I still make sure they can maintain a bike with Fix a flat and lubing a chain classes. If they can not take care of the bike they earn then it will not be used and I have not created a cyclist.
-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Fox hmltntheater@usadatanet.net To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Sun, Jan 15, 2012 4:17 am Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bici Bici 2012
Does anyone have experience with an earn-a-bike program where the bike recipients earn a bike not by learning bike mainteence skills, but by completing some other task or assignment? For example, by participating in an after school program, or volunteering for a community project, or agreeing to take part in an educational program on drug awareness/nutrition and fitness/sex education. i.e. Have you found creative ways to use a bike as a bridge to address other important issues, for young people or adults? Thanks! Chuck
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We partnered with an elementary school reading program and the United Way recently to provided bikes to children who needed one and met their reading goals...
http://uwslhub.org/2012/01/12/bicycle-donation/
I have also heard of actually riding a bike to earn it.
http://pedaltopossibilities.org/
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
On Jan 15, 2012, at 10:17 AM, "Chuck Fox" hmltntheater@usadatanet.net wrote:
Does anyone have experience with an earn-a-bike program where the bike recipients earn a bike not by learning bike mainteence skills, but by completing some other task or assignment? For example, by participating in an after school program, or volunteering for a community project, or agreeing to take part in an educational program on drug awareness/nutrition and fitness/sex education. i.e. Have you found creative ways to use a bike as a bridge to address other important issues, for young people or adults? Thanks! Chuck _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
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