Community Bike Works

• 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, not charity.  

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. 

• 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. 

• Serve 500 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.