Kids Bike Lane

1. IN SEPTEMBER WE CONDUCTED A FREE BIKE REPAIR CLINIC AT JACKSON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LIVERMORE, IN COOPERATION WITH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AS PART OF THEIR DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE KNOWN AS NEIGHBOR 2 NEIGHBOR. WE SERVICED 91 BIKES; 65 FOR CHILDREN AND 26 FOR ADULTS. WE ALSO MADE SURE THAT EACH CHILD WHO DIDNT HAVE A HELMET RECEIVED ONE. IN ADDITION, IF A CHILDS BIKE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, WE OFFERED THEM ONE OF OUR REFURBISHED BIKES IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR OLD BIKE. A SECOND BIKE REPAIR CLINIC SCHEDULED FOR HAYWARD WAS CANCELED BECAUSE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.2. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE RECEIVED USED BIKES THAT WERE REFURBISHED BY TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCED BIKE MECHANICS. THE REFURBISHED BIKES WERE GIVEN TO KIDS WHO CAME TO A REPAIR CLINIC WITH A BIKE THAT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AND TO OTHER KIDS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED BY SCHOOL CASEWORKERS TO BE IN NEED OF A BIKE. ADULT SIZED BIKES WERE DONATED TO THE LIVERMORE HOMELESS REFUGE AND SHEPHERDS GATE IN LIVERMORE. WE DELIVERED BIKES TO JEWISH FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICES/EAST BAY FOR REFUGEES AND TO SEVERAL OTHER CHARITIES. IN 2019 WE DONATED MORE THAN 75 REFURBISHED BIKES.3. ON DECEMBER 7 WE CONDUCTED OUR FOURTH ANNUAL BIG BIKE BUILD WHERE ABOUT 325 VOLUNTEERS ASSEMBLED 800 BRAND NEW BIKES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 25 CHARITIES FROM ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES. THE CHARITIES IN TURN GAVE THE BIKES TO THEIR FAMILY/CHILDREN CLIENTS FOR CHRISTMAS. IN ADDITION TO THE TWENTY TEAMS OF BIKE BUILDERS THERE WERE 40+ BIKE MECHANICS WHO INSPECTED EACH BIKE TO BE SURE THAT IT WAS ASSEMBLED CORRECTLY, A TEAM OF 30+ YOUTH SERVED AS THE GREEN TEAM THAT COLLECTED ALL THE CARDBOARD FOR RECYCLING, A TEAM FROM AT&T PIONEERS MANAGED THE REFRESHMENTS AND LUNCH, AND A TEAM OF TWENTY SERVED AS BIKE MOVERS, STAGERS, AND LOADERS OF BIKES INTO THE CHARITY TRUCKS.4. KIDS BIKE LANE ESTABLISHED A FUND TO HONOR THE DEATH OF ONE OF OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS, GERALD KRUSE, THE GERALD KRUSE MEMORIAL FUND. THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF A BIKE FROM MEMORIAL FUND WAS LILY, A YOUNG ADULT WITH AUTISM, WHO WAS PRESENT AT THE BIG BIKE BUILD TO RECEIVE HER THREE-WHEEL BIKE. WHEN SHE FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE THE BIKE GO SHE HAD SUCH A GREAT SMILE ON HER FACE AND SAID, I LOVE MY NEW BIKE, IT IS BEAUTIFUL. THE MEMORIAL FUND ALSO PROVIDED TWO BIKES TO CHILDREN WHO NEEDED BIKES WITHOUT HAND BREAKS. ANOTHER THREE-WHEEL BIKE WAS PRESENTED TO AUSTIN, A YOUNG ADULT WITH AUTISM. A THIRD THREE-WHEEL BIKE WITH POWER ASSIST WAS PURCHASED FOR BECCA, A YOUNG ADULT WITH AUTISM, WHICH WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO RIDE ON BIKE TRAILS WITH HER FAMILY OF CYCLISTS. 5. IN 2019 WE CONDUCTED TWO TEAM BUILDING BIKE BUILDS (TBBB). ONE OF THE TBBBS WAS HOSTED BY A LARGE TECH COMPANY AT A WINERY IN SARATOGA. NINETY EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATED IN TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES AND ASSEMBLED 25 BIKES THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CHARITY, GOOD TIDINGS FOUNDATION, BASED IN BURLINGAME. THE SECOND TEAM BUILDING BIKE BUILD WAS SPONSORED BY SALESFORCE AND HOSTED AT THE AIRBNB HEADQUARTERS IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS TBBB INVOLVED 16 EMPLOYEES FROM SALESFORCE AND AIRBNB WHO ASSEMBLED TEN BIKES THAT WERE DONATED TO HAMILTON FAMILY SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND. TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHARITY WERE PRESENT TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR MISSION AND TO RECEIVE THE BIKES.