NBW needs volunteers to promote the programs at the Endurance Sports Expo this weekend. This is a fun exhibition that I dare say a lot of our volunteers will be attending anyway. If the weather is bad it’s a good thing to do if you’re not willing to ride in the rain!
There will be dozens of bike and bike part manufacturers. To find out more about the event, check out the link below.
http://www.endurancesportsexpo.com/index.html
We need people to table for various shifts during this time. Please contact Norman Lazarus at normanlazarus@yahoo.com with the times you are available.
NBW is always in need of your generous donations — we can always use bicycles, bike parts and cycling gear, as well as computer hardware, office supplies and snacks for kids’ classes. Right now, we’re particularly in need of digital cameras - of any age or quality, as long they work! We’re also looking for a laptop computer and manila folders. Please get in touch with Timothy if you can offer any of the above! Email timothy@neighborhoodbikeworks.org or give us a call at 215-386-0316. THANKS!
We’re starting our tutoring program for the Spring, and we’re looking for volunteers to tutor and provide homework help! This program will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7:30pm.
Tutors will meet students after the Earn-a-Bike class at our 40th St shop. The students range in age from 8 to 16 (mostly 10-12). Tutors would help students with their homework and other academic worksheets. The tutoring focuses on aiding academic progress for students enrolled in our Earn-A-Bike Program. The program is fun, educational, and valuable to the children who take part in it.
If you’re interested in tutoring, or would like more information, contact David at 215-386-0316 or dcb@neighborhoodbikeworks.org.
**The Penrose R.I.D.E. Class is taught at the Penrose School. Unlike our regular Earn a Bike classes, this course focuses only on riding skills. The first class will be held on Jan. 20 and will continue on Mondays & Wednesdays from 3pm – 4:30pm.
**The Martha Washington Go-Girl-Go Class is an all girls earn a bike class held at Martha Washington Elementary School. Only female volunteers are allowed! The class has already begun and is held on Mondays & Fridays from 4pm – 6pm.
**The Haddington Earn a Bike Class has already begun and still needs volunteers. Classes are held on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 4pm – 6pm.
If you’d like to volunteer or if you have any questions, send and email to volunteers@neighborhoodbikeworks.org.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Neighborhood Bike Works will celebrate MLK Day 2010 as an opportunity to work hard, make change and bring people together. This will be an all-day event held on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at our our three shops: 40th Street, Haddington and North Philadelphia/Temple.
Each year, Neighborhood Bike Works holds a Service Party on MLK Day to fix-up and organize its offices and bike shops while also reflecting on what the day stands for. This year, we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of this event at the 40th Street Headquarters.
The Bicycle Club of Philadelphia and
REI are generously sponsoring the event. At 12:30PM at 40th st, REI will present Neighborhood Bike Works with a grant to support our Mountain Bike Club and Earn-a-Bike program.
Volunteers can sign up for one or both time slots:
10:00 am – 1:00 pm and/or 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Breakfast and lunch will be provided!
The time you’ll be spending with us on that day will be dedicated to overhauling our shops (multiple, fun, projects including painting signs, construction, sorting parts, and cleaning). To register for the event or to find out more, send an email to volunteers@neighborhoodbikeworks.org. Please include your full name, a telephone number where you can be reached and preference of time and place in the email. If you are registering more than one person please include this information for all of the individuals as well as their ages.
Happy holidays!
We are looking for a few sturdy items for our North Philadelphia shop. New or gently used are both fine!
DONATIONS we could use:
- book shelf
- stools
- ladder (tall one, and 6ft)
- stackable or fold-able chairs (about 15)
- kitchen counter and sink
- refrigerator
- good computer and printer
- tool boxes (small ones and the big kind with drawers)
- snow shovel
- shop vac
- brooms and dustpans
- office items, like a mail sorter
- office supplies and art supplies (paper, tape, markers…)
- paint (water-based is best) and brushes
- spray paint
- tools- bench vice, bench grinder, hammers, screw drivers, wrenches (metric and non metric, sockets tool), hand saws, power tools of any sort, bike tools (including work stands!)
- TV/VCR
- stereo system
- bikes!
In addition to these items - we need some people with special **skills**, including *someone who can set up a sink! *people who like to clean *people who like to construct with wood.
If you’d like to donate some items or your skills, send an email to cat@neighborhoodbikeworks.org or call 215-386-0316.
Fill out a quick survey about Philadelphia-area nonprofits and Generocity will donate $5 to Neighborhood Bike Works!
Just write “Neighborhood Bike Works” on the last page as your nonprofit of choice.
Phone number: 215-386-0316
Address: 3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia PA 19104.
Thanks! Once more, the link is: http://www.generocity.org/take-5-give-5
Our NBW Temple location in North Philly will be opening soon, on Susquehanna Ave. near Broad St. Our long awaited additional storefront will have youth programs and Bike-Church-style adult sessions.
We need volunteers! Right now we need some hands to build work benches and tool boards, some truckers to help us move crates of parts and bikes from our headquarters, and general help setting up. We will soon need volunteers to assist with the youth classes and during the adult-use sessions.
Besides volunteers we also need donations! What we need:
- lumber
- screws and nails
- heavy duty shelves
- non-heavy duty shelves
- a table and chairs (that can fit about 12 kids)
- paint
- a big sink
- brooms, garbage pan, other basic things that belong in a bike shop
- office supplies (including a computer!)
- school/art supplies (SCISSORS!! MARKERS!)
- rags
- a stereo and speakers
If you would like to donate any of this stuff or you want to volunteer, please contact Cat at cat@neighborhoodbikeworks.org or call 215-386-0316.
Sergio Armani, a new volunteer here at Bike Works, is starting an effort to organize a multi-day ride next summer that will raise funds for and awareness of NBW.
The ride will be in the early summer, either from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh (5 to 7 days) or round-trip ride from Philadelphia to Harrisburg (4 days) potentially including a rally/meeting with legislators in Harrisburg before our ride home.
We are looking for volunteers to join the planning committee – we’re in need of folks that can help with logistics, PR, fundraising, sponsor support and rider recruitment.
If you are interested, please contact Sergio Armani at 484-347-6429 / sarmani@hotmail.com or Leland Mayne (leland@neighborhoodbikeworks.org).
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