Back Alley Bikes – Michigan Volunteers

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Back Alley Bikes

Economic Opportunity: Poverty

3611 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

Phone (313) 879 - 5630

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Our mission	To develop youth’s bicycling and leadership skills in the city of Detroit.

Opportunities	Transport Volunteer Transport volunteers assist us with their personal motor vehicles. Just be willing to donate some time and gas to picking up donations, delivering bikes to youth or helping us take scrap to the yard. Occasional, Weekly, Monthly Adults Individuals Physical, Outdoor On-site Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends General Volunteer Nights During volunteer nights, volunteers help us maintain our space by sorting donations, building bikes for our Youth Give-a-Way program, cleaning the space and general upkeep of our warehouse. General Volunteers work in the shop on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 5-8pm. Occasional, Weekly, Monthly Adults Individuals, Groups (10+) Physical, Indoor On-site Weekdays, Evenings Volunteer Youth Instructor Volunteer youth instructors work with youth during our Youth Earn-a-Bike or Youth Ride Club program. Volunteer Youth Instructors are required to get a central registry clearance through the Department of Human Services and have a separate orientation to attend. Occasional, Weekly, Monthly Adults Individuals Physical, Indoor, Outdoor Formal, Skilled Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends All Ages Volunteer Night This night is a fantastic opportunity for families to bond, youth to meet each other, and future Mechanics in Training to get their feet wet. Youth are also given the opportunity to volunteer and learn skills right alongside adults, a unique opportunity! Youth who are not with an adult need to be ready to leave when the program ends (8pm). If they will be getting a ride, this is when it has to be here. If you are comfortable with your child riding/walking/busing themselves home after the program, please put that on the permission slip. Weekly, Monthly Children, Teens, Adults, Child with Adult Individuals, Groups (2-10), Families Physical, Indoor, Outdoor On-site Evenings Tabling Events We need folks to go out into the community and talk about what our organization does. If you’re good at talking us up and like going out to interact with the community, let us know! Occasional Adults Individuals Event support, Indoor Formal Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

How you help	There are a number of ways for folks to help out around here. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been working on bikes your whole life, or if you just started riding for the first time two hours ago and find yourself really inspired about getting involved. We’ll teach you what you need to know.

About us	Back Alley Bikes and the Hub have continued to thrive and grow. At BAB, we continue to put numerous youth on bicycles, cultivate a fantastic group of volunteers, and throw some pretty awesome fundraisers (if we do say so ourselves). Getting involved at Back Alley Bikes – as students, teachers, customers, donors, participants, and/or volunteers – gives cyclists so many ways to contribute to our mission to develop youth’s bicycling and leadership skills in the city of Detroit.