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Our Mission
Community Bike Works
teaches life lessons through bicycles to the young people of the Lehigh Valley who could benefit most.
CBW Learning Pillars
In our youth bike mentoring programs, young people can:
- Build protective relationships with adult mentors in a safe space
- Learn life and STEAM skills
- Learn healthy living habits that support physical and mental health
- Learn to be engaged citizens and leaders in their community
Principles & Strategic Priorities
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
- We offer high-quality mentoring programs that use bicycles and books to connect youth with adult and peer mentors who can teach them skills that help them succeed.
- In order to help students reach their full potential, we offer additional resources and partner with organizations to help strengthen students’ families and the community.
- In all we do, we seek to give students and families a meaningful voice in our work. We strive to be an organization of racial and economic justice and equality.
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
We aim to serve more students, more deeply, through high-quality mentoring programs.
- Ensure that the programs of Community Bike Works remain effective in delivering the mission of the organization and that our youth have the tools they need to succeed.
- Increase the number of students served, while seeking to serve those who could benefit most.
- Increase our engagement with participating youth and families, in order to provide them with opportunities for deeper connections to mentors and more avenues to success.
- Develop and maintain effective partnerships that allow Bike Works to serve our students and strengthen the community.
- Ensure that dedicated and capable staff, board and volunteers are in place.
- Strengthen and diversify our funding base.
- Implement administrative and facility improvements that increase Bike Works’ effectiveness and ability to serve as a safe place for students.
PROGRAM GOALS
- Offer engaging bike mentoring programs that are effective in providing students with the STEAM, social-emotional, and healthy living skills they need to succeed.
- Increase our engagement with participating youth in order to provide opportunities for deeper connections and more meaningful learning experiences.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Serve 600 or more students each year in Earn a Bike and Junior Earn a Bike.
- Maintain Earn a Bike and Junior Earn a Bike completion rates of 75% and 85%, respectively.
- Have all students who complete Earn a Bike and Junior Earn a Bike demonstrate bike learning and express satisfaction with their mentoring experience.
- Have 30% or more of onsite Earn a Bike students participate in supplemental programming, including Drop-in, Earn a Book, cycling programs, and Youth Leadership.
- Have 100% of Youth Leaders graduate from high school with a plan for post-secondary education and community engagement.
Bylaws
Adopted March, 2022
Community Bike Works is committed to being an organization of racial and justice. As part of that work, we are consciously working to enact authentic power-sharing among students, staff, and board, including through the Board of Directors' March 2022 adoption of new organizational bylaws that codify this approach.
Our new bylaws were written by a committee of board, staff, and a youth leader—who contributed significantly to their development. Among other changes, the bylaws call for the development of a Youth Advisory Council that will review major decisions that are slated to go before the board. The YAC will also develop their own youth-led projects in support of the Bike Works mission. Students who have completed Earn a Bike and at least one semester of Youth Leadership will be eligible to run for election to Youth Council, and we will hold our first elections in August 2022.
Previous Gratitude Reports
Captured Moments: Our Youth in Action
Community Bike Works
235 N Madison St Allentown, PA 18102 US