Can you change a bicycle tire? Want to learn yourself or teach a kid how to? Volunteer with us!

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Gears For Years is a Keep It Together Florida Inc. program that provides helmets and bicycles to children and teaches them life skills of how to assemble and maintain their equipment for years to come. We engage and challenge the local community to promote cycling, and safety. We accept donations including bicycles, and equipment. Drawing from the local community volunteers repair used equipment and promote active cycling activities and best safety practices

We teach kids life skills about valuing equipment and pride of ownership,(they have to do a little work on the bike to get it going before we give it to them), how to use tools (under supervision of the volunteer of course), when something breaks you don't need to throw it away, you can fix it.

We need volunteers on all levels. I am getting a group together to repair and clean up about 80 kids bikes. You don't have to know how to work on a bike to help. We can teach you, I am in the learning stages myself. The bikes need cleaning and painting and some other TLC work. After getting the bikes ready, we will need help giving the bikes to their new owners. There are many levels to help with- please contact me and let me know your available time commitment.

Laine

Program Director

904-993-1560

laine.becket@gearsforyears.org