Program Name: Community Bike Works
Adults who are interested in establishing positive relationships with youth are welcome to volunteer at Community Bike Works. We teach basic bike mechanics and bike safety with the help of mentors in our Earn a Bike program, and you don't need to have prior experience to do this! Classes are once a week for two hours in the evening. Other opportunities for volunteering include our daily Drop-In program, which is more flexible and includes fun games and activities, and our Earn a Book program in which students receive homework help and read for fun.
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Community Bike Works provides inner-city children living in at-risk situations with meaningful work-ethic alternatives to gangs, drugs and the streets. We use bicycles, peer role models and adult mentors to develop and nurture relationships and to engage youth; and once engaged, influence their behavior and their outlook about school and life.
Community Bike Works offers an innovative series of youth development programs to the students of Allentown and the Lehigh Valley who need us most. We serve approximately 300 students each year in our Earn a Bike program, which is offered at our Allentown learning center, at schools in the Allentown and Bethlehem school districts, and at the Orefield campus of KidsPeace.
In Earn a Bike, students learn bike mechanics and safety while practicing reading, writing, teamwork and work ethic skills. And of course, at the end of class, they earn their refurbished bicycle and a new helmet!
Other programs include Earn a Book, Afternoon Drop-in, and Youth Leadership. The capstone of a student's experience is our Youth Apprentice program, in which students who have served as youth volunteers earn their first paycheck as members of the Community Bike Works staff.
Once engaged in Earn a Bike, students may participate in our full range of programs until they turn 18. All of our programs are offered at no cost to families.
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