Fwd: We are Unstoppable!

[Bill Baugh]

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On Jun 3, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Neighborhood Bike Works <in...@neighborhoodbikeworks.org> wrote:

June 3, 2016 Donate Now We are 66% of the way toward our goal of raising $28,000 for our Summer Camp Campaign. Can you help us reach our goal? Donate now! UPCOMING PROGRAMS & EVENTS Youth Programs Monthly Group Ride: Philly Pumptrack Join us in June at the Philly Pumptrack. Youth graduates of any of our entry level programs are welcome to test out the dirt track at 53rd & Parkside Ave and learn how to pump! As always, we'll have fleet bikes available for the ride. Saturday, June 18 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM More details. Please RSVP to (215) 386-0316 x 114 or email.   Fall Programs All programs listed below are open to youth new to NBW. Fall Ride Club: Sept 6 - 26 Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:00 - 6:00 PM Fall Earn-A-Bike: Earn-A-Bike for High School Students: Sept 26 - Nov 16 Mondays & Wednesdays 4:00 - 6:00 PM Earn-A-Bike ages 8-18: Oct 4 - Nov 17 Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:00 - 6:00 PM Welcome New Staff We've recently hired four new staff at NBW. Be sure to give them a warm welcome when you see them in our shop or on a ride! We're thrilled to have staff with a wealth of mechanic experience, including several staff who are returning to NBW to fill new roles. And our new staff are (drumroll): Florence, Tyshawn, Janique, Jonathan Adult & Community Events Lancaster Avenue Day & Art Opening at NBW Join us for Lancaster Avenue Day at NBW, where we'll show off the kinetic Dragon sculpture that our youth made. The event includes free art activities and food! Friday, June 10 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM **1-2 volunteers needed: email Nadav to help out.    Philly Seersucker Ride   The Roaring Twenties return to Philly for a fashionable roll around the city, ending with a picnic social, on June 25 from 1:00 - 6:00 PM.   August Adult Bike Repair Class We are offering our Adult Bike Repair Class on Monday evenings, August 8, 15, 22 & 29.  Bring your bike to this hands-on class and learn how to maintain it by adjusting your brakes, derailleurs, and replacing your chain. More details and registration is here. Volunteering with NBW Volunteer with Summer Camp We are looking for volunteers who can join us two half days per week or more at NBW's summer camp. Volunteers can offer to help for one two-week session or several. If interested, call (215) 386-0316 x 116 or email Nadav. All volunteers must pass background checks and receive NBW training.   Volunteer at NBW Events & Rides Event season is here! Get in touch with Outreach Coordinator Nadav if you can volunteer for any of these upcoming events. We'll make sure you are prepared with training and event details. Philly Pumptrack Ride: We are looking for two volunteers to ride from NBW to the Pumptrack and back with our youth riders. You'll also get to test out the pumptrack. The Seersucker Ride & Social: We're searching for two volunteers to join for the ride to the picnic spot. Additionally, volunteers will assist staff and youth with valet bike parking at the picnic We're Back From the Youth Bike Summit! This Memorial Day weekend seven Neighborhood Bike Works (NBW) youth and four staff traveled to the Youth Bike Summit in Minneapolis, MN. Our youth led a workshop at the Summit, tried out Minneapolis' Bikeshare (Nice Ride), and had a ton of new experiences. We'll share a full update soon. In the meantime, here are a few photos from our trip. There are more here. Wishlist * GoPro Cameras for a Summer Camp video project created by NBW youth.   * Arts & Crafts supplies for Summer Camp. Helpful items are construction paper, markers, and colored pencils.   * Sports equipment for Summer Camp. Helpful items are rubber balls, soccer balls, and jump ropes.   * Board games such as Life, Mancala, Operation, and UNO If you have any of the above items, get in touch with us at (215) 386-0316 x 113 or email us here. Unstoppable: NBW at the Kinetic Sculpture Derby The NBW team was prepared for challenges along the annual Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby route, and the challenges came thick on Derby Day. NBW's Dragon, photo by Bob Burton, The Spirit of the Riverwards For one, the forecast called for heavy rain. We brought ponchos and went anyway. The Derby parade route was the longest yet, taking over three hours to complete. We paraded anyway. There were obstacles on the course - slippery, soapy bubbles; unforgiving and unpredictably sloped wooden blocks; and a mud pit where a throng of onlookers would cheer and jeer as we rode through. We pedaled through them all.     The real challenge for the team of NBW youth, staff and volunteers that built and powered NBW’s kinetic sculpture was a wobbly front wheel. Early in the three-hour course the wheel turned from wobbling (out of true) to a very flat tire. In order to stay in the parade, the team pulled over and used its mechanical savvy to replace the tube within the three minute timeframe the course marshals allowed. We did it! We lifted the sculpture, removed the wheel, removed the tire, replaced the tube, and reassembled it all back on our Dragon sculpture in under three minutes.   Click to continue reading HBD Youth Bike Share Ambassadors Indego recently turned one, and with it so did our Youth Bike Share Ambassadors partnership. NBW's role is to engage youth in spreading the word about bike share to hard-to-reach communities within Philadelphia.   This spring, summer and fall, the Youth Bike Share Ambassadors will take to the streets to spread the love about Indego. This year, rather than simply handing out fliers and promoting the new system, our youth will flex their bike mechanics skills. They’ll offer bike safety checks to the public so neighborhood families can get their bikes tuned up. While our trained teen mechanics tighten brakes and adjust gears, adults in the family have an opportunity to test ride an Indego bike to see what it’s all about. YBEEP Coordinator Taylor Kuyk-White explains that this multi-layered ambassador program allows youth to identify where their skills and talents are- whether in engaging with people or diving into a complex mechanics challenge. Plus, it puts youth in the role of representing the Philly bike community and breaking down the idea that Indego is just for one group of people – those who live in Center City for instance, or for wealthy people. “It’s exciting to see our youth in a position of doing community outreach and advocacy,” Taylor said. That’s not all, either. This year, for the first time, we’ll partner with Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) to place youth mechanics in BTS’ warehouse bike shop where they’ll have a part in tuning up those Indego bikes. For six weeks this summer, those youth will earn money in a unique summer job, paid through Philly’s Work Ready program and the Better Bike Share Partnership. Last but not least, NBW collaborated with the Better Bike Share Partnership to produce a toolkit to share our skills and experience with youth biking and bike share with other cities looking to do the same. We see wins all around from this partnership. Not bad for a one-year old. 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