![]() ![]() ''Trips for Kids Marin was started by avid mountain biker and environmentalist Marilyn Price in 1988. Is there a non-profit that takes old bikes and fixes them up for kids (or adults) in need? We have 2 bikes we'd like to donate to a worthy cause. ![]() The Tinkers Workshop in Berkeley will probably take your rusty mountain bike. I'm sure they would love a bike donation to their Thrift shop, The Recyclery. It's a wonderful organization that takes disadvantaged kids from the Bay area out on mountain bike trips. Have you tried The Tinkers Workshop in Berkeley at Aquatic Park? anonĪ great place to donate your mountain bike is Trips for Kids in Marin. The community bike shop also holds bikes sales for the general public (income helps to help sustain the project), so please keep us in mind if you are ever in the market for a refurbished bike! For more info: or call the Alameda Point Collaborative main office number (510)898-7800 and ask for Barry, Donna, or Joseph. Please consider donating your bikes to the APC Community Bike Shop! They accept donated bikes which are then fixed up by the formerly homeless youth and adults living in APC housing the residents can ''earn'' a bike by working in the bike shop. anonĪlameda Point Collaborative (the non-profit agency I work for) is partnering with an Oakland group called ''Cycles of Change'' and has started a community bike shop. Rust though is pretty bad for a mountain bike. This is an association of high school mountain biking teams and I know there are kids that always need donated gear. You could contact the NorCal Mountain Bike league to see if they'd be interested. I no longer have the specific contact information but if you look up Cycles of Change, I'm sure you won't have a problem Rachael They accepted it with much gratitude, gave me a tour of the shop, and gave me a receipt for tax purposes. ![]() I took my bike directly to the Middle School in North Berkeley - I believe King Middle School (the one with the edible schoolyard) - to their bicycle workshop. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition's Cycles of Change Youth Bike Program teaches kids to work on bikes, and encourages bike riding for all the right reasons. ![]() I donated my bike to this organization a year ago and it's exactly what you're looking for. Try pedal revolution in San Francisco: bikermom Anyone know someplace that could make good use of this. The bike club at my child's school doesn't do this. We would love to donate it to a group that refurbishes bikes for teens but haven't found any. It was kept outside on his boat and is a bit rusty and needs a bit more work than we are interested in. We were given a mountain bike by a friend who moved. They are a great place to donate just about everything to, and the $$ supports one of our best regional museums. I haven't had any experience with them, but found them a while back while surfing the net.Īnother possibility is the Oakland Museum's White Elephant Sale. anonĬycles of Change () is an organization that meets your requirements. You might consider Cycles of Change, a nonprofit at Alameda Point that offers education programs (like training to repair and refurbish bikes) to low-income youth in the East Bay. It's in great shape and we would like to be able to bring it to someplace local. Attending this or any of our other classroom workshops qualifies you to also sign up for one of our free “Day 2” on-the-bike road classes and earn a free set of bike lights! Click here to see our current schedule of Day 2 classes.We are interested in finding a local charity (Oakland preferably) to donate our son's bicycle. You must pay the fine at your earliest convenience after class, late payments might not be accepted. You can then present this certificate along with the ticket and your ID at the police office in Sproul Hall to pay the fine. If you are taking this class to have a traffic ticket fee reduced make sure you receive a signed certificate from the instructor at the end of class. 2-hour, indoor workshop for adults and teens, no bike required. Learn basic rules of the road, how to equip your bicycle, fit your helmet, avoid bike theft, ride after dark, and prevent common crashes. This fun workshop is taught by one of our instructors certified by the League of American Bicyclists. These classes are all open to the general public, but are also being offered to ticketed cyclists to qualify for a fine reduction ( more info here). Bike East Bay, with support from the UC Berkeley Police Department, is offering free, two-hour bicycle skills workshops. ![]()
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