It’s that time of year when things really start moving at BWorks — so much so we skipped last week’s post! But worry not; here is a recap with some great pictures from the past two weeks. It all adds up to some amazing joy, learning and memories.

1 Grant’s Trail / Farm alumni adventure

+ 1 Dream Machine test-ride celebration after a semester-long collab with Wash U

+ 1 Learn-To-Ride kickoff (our first-ever LTR course in Forest Park!)

+ 2 Safety Assemblies with kids at elementary schools on how to bike safely

+ 2 free mechanical youth days at two more elementary schools in the region

+ 2 tabling events

+ 4 bike buses (read all about it at St. Louis Magazine! → https://tinyurl.com/2nm8s387)

+ 5 Learn-To-Ride class sessions

+ 6 Earn-A-Computer classes

+ 7 Earn-A-Bike classes

… and so many meetings for everything from fall program partners, to a new home, new events, staff additions and more = a very exciting springtime for the BWorks community!

Kudos to all of the great children and teens, our dedicated volunteers and staff, and our amazing donors for keeping us rolling. Want to join in our parade? Email info@bworks.org.

It’s been a busy week of amazing BWorks projects. Rolling out bilingual classes, bike buses for various schools, a special graduation ride for some amazing youth at Forest Park, adding a Granite City class location, dream bike class at Wash U — all on top of 11 different groups of students attending our core programs. We rounded out the week today with three groups graduating, two in Earn-A-Computer and the other getting to enjoy a ride to Benton Park for graduation day. 

Amazing work by some incredible staff and volunteers who will do it all again next week and the week after that.

For this week’s recap, we want to give a special shout out to the volunteers who joined us yesterday at Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy to provide free quick fixes, as we help their school community prepare to launch their bike bus this spring! We also have to give kudos to all 88 bike and computer students who joined us in the 10 different class sessions that took place, rain or shine. From not letting some light rain stop them from heading outdoors in some cases, to cheerfully trudging back indoors for inside learning in others, to even giving team presentations with their own bike safety tips to each other, these wonderful young people really impressed us and warmed our hearts all week.

We’re feeling especially proud of all of our bike and computer students this week as well as all of the BWorks staff and volunteers, parents, school teams and other caregivers who have worked together to make big things happen. From three Earn-A-Bike launches at elementary schools in north city, south city and Madison County, to lots of busy days and evenings at our Soulard retail shop, to lessons on everything from flat fixes to internet safety, our community impressed us on multiple levels all week! Happy Saturday, everyone!