Neighborhood Bike Works Summer Camp will soon start accepting applications for Summer 2010.
If you would like to receive an application for Camp, please call 215-386-0316 or send your mailing address to dcb@neighborhoodbikeworks.org.
We will hold four 2-week sessions this summer. Each session runs Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm.
Dates for the 2010 NBW Summer Camp:
Session I
July 5 - 16
Session II
July 19 - 30
Session III
August 2 - 13
Session IV
August 16 - 27
Details
The fee for the 2-week camp session is $450 per child; scholarships are available. The fee includes breakfast and lunch every day at camp, as well as a bicycle, helmet, and bike lock for each camper to keep.
For more info, please email dcb@neighborhoodbikeworks.org or give us a call in the office at 215-386-0316.
NBW’s eighth summer day camp is over. Great congratulations to camp director Cat Bergeron and instructors Liz Brown, Giulia DeProphetis, and Olivia Haas. Many other people helped out, including several parents and family members, intern Jeff Cao, work study students Susan Fang and Dave Hilbert, numerous ride volunteers including Jeff Appeltans of Go Cycling and Kristin Gavin of Gearing Up. Interns Sara Kruger and Yowei Shaw mobilized youth employees to make audio yearbooks for the camp students. Keep an ear open for those being posted here soon! Youth assistats Joshua Case and Devon McPherson worked the full eight weeks. If I didn’t know anything about NBW’s summer camp and you described it to me I would think it was pretty cool. But it’s more than just the activities that are planned and the individuals who attend, work and volunteer. Because the summer camp is such an intensive bike repair and riding experience, people form special friendships that are lasting and meaningful. That is the thing that is most impressive to me. This is made possible by the dedication and skill of the people who work with the children. Each session I wondered if the 12-15 bikes would be done, but each time they were done with time to spare. It is a tribute to the planning that the staff put into the camp and to the motivation of the students. Thank you to everyone. Volunteers, donors, families–NBW is lucky to have you all. Come back next year!
– Andy
Design from the first session of summer camp
NBW has Summer Camp t-shirts for sale. The shirts were designed by the campers and silk-screened with Reclaim Print and Hottt Off The Press. We have 4 different designs printed on white t-shirts, one design from each session of the summer camp. T-shirts are $12.00. Call or email for information about purchasing shirts–215-386-0316 or info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org. They’re pretty sweet!
The Summer Bike Camp was in for a special treat today… Do-it-yourself Bike Bars!! Megan, a camper’s mother, taught a lesson in how to make your own energy bars for biking, and do they ever look delicious! Thanks to Harvest Market Natural Foods on Lancaster Pike in Hockessin, Delaware for donating all of the ingredients. Make your own tonight!
Do-It-Yourself Bike Bars
Adapted from Super Natural Cooking by Heidi Swanson (www.101cookbooks.com)
Grease a baking pan with coconut oil or coconut oil spray. Use a pie pan or a loaf pan for this half recipe or a 9 x 13 pan for the full batch.
- 1/2 c + 2 Tbs rolled oats
- 1/2 c +2 Tbs chopped nuts
- 1/4 c oat bran
- 3/4 c unsweetened crisp brown rice cereal
- 1/2 c dried fruit, chopped
- 1-2 Tbs seeds, shredded unsweetened coconut, or crystallized ginger
Mix above ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- 1/2 c brown rice syrup
- 2 Tbs natural cane sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp fine-grain sea salt
Combine the syrup, sugar, vanilla and salt in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Stir constantly as it comes to a boil and thickens just a bit, about 4 minutes. Pour over oat mixture and stir until it is evenly incorporated.
Spread the mixture into the pan and cool to room temperature before cutting to desired size.
EAT!
Summer is just whizzing by here at Bike Works. Last week, Summer Camp took a trip to Reclaim Print and learned how to silkscreen. Check out the beautiful prints they made!
(Photograph by Giulia de Prophetis)
We have another donation request… Please give us your tools!
We are in special need of:
- 10-millimeter wrenches
- 15-millimeter wrenches
- allen keys
However, we can also use your screwdrivers, or any other bike-related tools.
If you can help, please call 215-386-0316, email timothy@neighborhoodbikeworks.org, or just drop them off at our 40th & Locust shop when we’re open!
Before Summer Camp starts on July 6, we still need a couple things…
1) A large, working air conditioner –10,000 BTUs or bigger.
2) A volunteer to weld a railing onto the stairs into the basement. Preferably someone with prior welding experience!
3) Blank T-shirts — all colors, sizes and styles! We’ll silkscreen these with the NBW T-shirt design. We can even use other solid color clothing items, too.
And once Summer Camp starts, we’d love some fresh vegetables from your gardens (or the store) that can be eaten as snacks for Summer Camp. Carrots, cucumbers, radishes, beets, celery, peppers and greens are all welcome!
If you can help us out with any of the above items, please contact yowei@neighborhoodbikeworks.org.
Summer Camp is approaching — want to be a part of the fun? We’re looking for volunteers to help out! Summer Camp is July 6-Aug 28th, weekdays from 8:30am-4pm. You can volunteer as much or as little as you want. Some people choose to help out 1 day a week for all 4 sessions, some people come every day for 1 session… Any involvement is helpful! If you’d like to volunteer, please contact Cat as soon as possible (215-386-0316 or cat@neighborhoodbikeworks.org), and plan on attending the Summer Camp volunteer orientation on Wednesday, June 17th at 6pm.
What is exciting about volunteering at the camp?
We go on field trip rides! This year we will visit:
- Firehouse Bikes
- Urban Nutrition Initiative woodshop
- Mill Creek Farm
- The Belmont Plateau (compasses, map reading and nature walks)
- Reclaim Prints (silk-screening)
- Zhang Sah (martial arts)
- The Bill Picket Museum ( Urban cowboy history and horse back riding)
If you have any special interest in any of these trips, we would love to have you join us on that day!
We cover the entire Earn-a-Bike curriculum in just 2 weeks!
This means lots of learning about how to diagnose, fix, and avoid bicycle mechanical problems. Doing these lessons with the campers is a great way to brush up on your bike knowledge! You don’t have to be an expert mechanic to be helpful! (although, if you are an expert, don’t hesitate to volunteer, too!)
We are also looking for folks with special skills to lead presentations and workshops at camp! Do you have interest or expertise in any of these subjects? Please contact Cat if you’re interested in leading one of those workshops!
- Map reading/ compass use
- Nutrition/ importance of exercise
- Yoga
- Art project (photography, bike part art/ jewelry, etc.)
- How learning to work on bikes can help you with school subjects, like math!
- Anything else! What are you good at, what do you like? What skills would you love to pass on to young people?
Want to help before July 6? We’ll need help getting the shop and our fleet bikes ready for camp! Get in touch with Cat if you’re interested, at 215-386-0316 or cat@neighborhoodbikeworks.org.
Want to volunteer this summer but can’t make it during the week? We always need volunteers for our Saturday drop-ins! Please contact Yowei at yowei@neighborhoodbikeworks.org for weekend volunteer options.
Summer Camp at Neighborhood Bike Works is going to be amazing this year… with your help! We are looking for volunteers of all types to help out with the Camp, and you can volunteer just for one event, for one two-week session or for the whole summer. All interested volunteers should contact camp director Cat Bergeron at 215-386-0316 or cat@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
In particular, we’re planning some SPECIAL FIELD TRIPS that will require some SPECIAL VOLUNTEERS.
We’re calling all cartographers, nature lovers, and historians looking for a super fun and educational way to spend a morning or afternoon in the woods and an opportunity to share some knowledge with some young people!
For a map making and nature walk in the Belmont Plateau, we’re looking for those experienced in map making (GPS or Scout-style compasses), plant and tree identification, wild crafting, and local history.
We also need some of our finest artists to help young campers with Silk Screening and Bike Part Art projects!
For those horse lovers, we will hopefully be visiting some local stables and are looking for some volunteers to lend a hand.
The camp has four sessions, so each of these trips will be repeated four times. You can volunteer for one, some or all the trips, it’s up to you. All interested volunteers should contact Cat Bergeron at 215-386-0316 or cat@neighborhoodbikeworks.org.
Thanks everyone! See you this summer.
All sessions of Summer Camp are now full for 2009. If you want to be put on the waiting list, please email cat@neighborhoodbikeworks.org or call 215-386-0316.
If you’re looking for other camp options, may we suggest Spiral Q’s Parade Camp?
PLUS: New Earn-a-Bike class at 40th street starts May 5th. This class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-6pm. It’s free and open to all youth 8-18.
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