Bicycle Works

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St.louis Bicycle Works since 1988

Mission Statement

The primary objective of BicycleWORKS is to increase the probability of positive life outcomes for "at-risk" youths in the Saint Louis area. This is accomplished by providing them the incentive and opportunity to develop their academic, vocational, and social skills through our Earn-A-Bike Program.

Website

Programs

-Kids Earn A Bike, Open to any resident age 8-18 6 week class, covering mechanical and safety.

-Road One, Adult class or LAB

-Bicycles to developing Nations, Bicycle Works is dedicated to helping other similar non-profits. We collect bicycles for Working Bikes for shipping to developing countries for transportation.

-Bicycle Recycle, We will take anything bicycle related and make sure if possible reused, if not we are proud of our recycling of 95% of the items that get donated to us.

-Open Shop,

 -A time that we will help those that want to learn how to repair a bicycle.
 -Two open stands are reserved for those that could not otherwise pay to have a bicycle serviced. 

-Prison program

-Ex prisoner program

Photos

Most of our public photos are kept here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77602109@N00/sets/

We also keep just a few on our website

http://www.stlbicycleworks.org

REQUEST FOR DONATIONS

All donations are tax deductible.

Bicycles

BicycleWORKS is currently accepting bikes of any style in any condition to support our various programs.

  • Kids' Earn-A-Bike Program
  • Bicycles to Developing Nations Project
  • Shop Support
  • Ex-prisoner project

Donations can be dropped off at 4102 Shenandoah. Donations are accepted between 10 AM and 1 PM on Saturdays and 7-10 PM on Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

You may also drop off your donation at one of our two collaborating professional shops:

Alpine Shop (Kirkwood)
440  N Kirkwood Rd
  • 10 AM to 9 PM M-S
  • Sunday 11 AM to 6 PM

Tools

We are always using our tools, so we need to replace them about once a year.

Metric hand tools Bicycle related tools

Monetary Donations

Monetary donations are always welcome, please mail checks to:

BicycleWORKS
4102 Shenandoah Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63110

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