Volunteers Learn Mechanical Skills Hands-On
While many industrial arts classes are no longer available in our schools, youth can join us to learn mechanical skills in a festive environment at over 100 weekend, weekday and evening events every year. Tech workers throughout silicon valley can take a break from their desk jobs and enjoy a fun team building environment centered around a bicycle repair stand. Our events draw from over 26 different groups and businesses including National Charity League, Scouts, Stanford and Google.
Numbers
Numbers are one way to measure impact. The Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange has been donating bikes since 1993. We started keeping our records in Google Docs in 2006. The chart below provides an up-to-date total of our donations to various organizations since late 2006.
Diverse Recipients
The Bicycle Exchange donates bicycles to a wide range of non-profit service organizations that support a diversity of impacted populations across Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Our 12+ recipient organizations serve disadvantaged children, homeless children and adults, immigrants from various countries, veterans, day workers, and families in economic, legal, and substance abuse recovery.
Testimony and Observation
One way we measure impact is through the happy faces of volunteers and recipients. And, we consistently receive comments from case worksers about how the bikes we donate helped their clients to get to work, achieve freedom, get to school, or be able to do basic errands.
Organizations We Support
The Bicycle Exchange is a supporting member of the following organizations.
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition is our sister organization that advocates for a more bike-friendly region by promoting safer streets, sustainable transportation, and stronger communities. Through education, outreach, and policy advocacy, SVBC works to create a thriving environment where biking is accessible and enjoyable for all.
The California Bicycle Coalition enables more people to bicycle for the health, safety, and prosperity of all Californians.
The League of American Bicyclists represents bicyclists in the movement to create safer roads, stronger communities and a bicycle-friendly America. Through information, advocacy and promotion, LAB works to celebrate and preserve the freedom cycling brings to its members.
People for Bikes is making biking better for everyone by uniting millions of Americans, thousands of businesses, and hundreds of communities to make every bike ride safer, more accessible, and more fun. The PeopleForBikes Coalition has more than 325 supplier members and 1.4 million supporters in its grassroots network. When people ride bikes, great things happen.
The Bicycle Exchange supports these organizations through financial donations.
