Watsonville Bike Shack Cooperative

ion to people on fixing their bikes. Also, we promote healthy living and bike riding to people of all ages. We give at least three bikes away each week. We accept donated bikes from the community and fix them up and give them back for free or at a very low cost. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

We pay 3 youth to train as bike mechanics. That provides a job and training in a skill that can be used to get a better job in the future. We also give away and promote bike riding which helps stop obesity in our families. The Bike Shack also helps people with transportation so they can get to work on time and be safe. THE PLAN OF ACTION

We created the Watsonville Bike Shack with a lot of volunteer hours and the support of an organization in Santa Cruz called the Bike Church. For almost two years we have been building this program together. They gave us our first tools and had their mechanics train our youth in basic bike repair. Last year we received a small grant which enables us to pay 3 youth $20.00 a week to work at the Farmers Market for a four hour shift. Everyone loves our project, a lot of people give us their old bikes. Every week we help people at the Farmer’s Market and they look for us! We have given away many bikes to children and young adults. We have had a warehouse donated to the Bike Shack so we have a place to fix and store the bikes. Art is also created at the warehouse. We also would like to hold classes and workshops in the future at our warehouse. How Can Others Get Involved? People can donate bikes to us or they can donate money so we can start to organize bike and art workshops for the community. ENVIRONMENT
HEALTH
CONSCIOUSNESS
SKILLS
COMRADESHIP