Cycles of Change APC Community Bike Shop
ABOUT CYCLES OF CHANGE APC
Cycles of Change APC is a not-for-profit community bicycle shop which opened in July 2006. It is a collaboration between Cycles of Change, a 10 year old East Bay youth bike education program, and Alameda Point Collaborative (APC), a non-profit which manages housing and services for a 200 unit residential community comprised of 500 formerly homeless adults and families.
SERVICES
The shop offers the following services:
• Earn a bike program: Youth and adults are able to volunteer in exchange for credits which are used to earn bikes and parts.
• Used bicycle sales: Expert mechanics refurbish and sell bikes that have been donated in order to support the project.
• Bicycle donation center: Please see DONATIONS below.
• DIY repair shop and mechanics classes: There are 6 bike stands and a full range of bicycle tools that can be used in the shop by visitors to assist in their repairs. Staff also are there to help others learn the repair themselves.
• Adult job training, youth internships, and volunteer opportunities: We are a site where adult APC residents are employed and receive job training in how to operate all aspects of the bike shop! We also offer unpaid youth internships and opportunities for volunteers to come and put their skills to work for a great cause.
• A safe, open and constructive community space for all: The bike shop is a wonderful place to be for people of all backgrounds and bike needs. Please come by for a visit!
SCHEDULE (Spring/Summer 2008)
Sales and donations
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11-6p
Saturdays 11-3p
(Wednesdays & Fridays 11-3p by appointment)
Community Shop
Tuesdays & Thursdays 2-6pm; Saturdays 11-3pm
The bike shop will be on a vacation schedule from May 21st to June 2nd. During this time, we’ll be open Saturdays from 11-3pm but closed other days. We’ll be back to our full hours (T/Th 11-6, Sat 11-3, W/F 11-3 by appointment)) on Tuesday, June 3rd.
DONATIONS
Cycles of Change APC serves as a place where you can donate/recycle your old bikes and parts. In fact, every bike that we have has been donated by someone like you! We are especially in need of useable bikes that can be earned by one of our youth or adult volunteers, or resold to support our operating expenses.
Donations can be dropped off whenever the shop is open. Just bring them into the shop. If you would like to donate when the shop is closed, you can bring donations to the APC offices across the street from the shop at 677 W. Ranger Avenue, M-F 10-5pm.
All donations are tax-deductible. Ask for a donation receipt at the time of donating.
Please DO NOT LEAVE DONATIONS anywhere around the shop or around APC. Check all donations in with an APC staff person.
Thanks!
VOLUNTEERING
The Cycles of Change Community Bike Shop needs volunteers to help refurbish bikes and contribute to the success of this amazing project.
We are in need of volunteers who have the skills to:
- Repair donated bikes for sales, library bike, bicycle field trips and earn-a-bike programs
- Build bike storage racks out of recycled bike frame metal or salvaged wood.
- Transform the shop from pretty cool bike shop in a warehouse to a community bike shop dream palace by helping to organize parts and contribute to the design and beautification of the shop.
- Manage our online bicycle sales program by taking digital photos of bikes and posting to our website.
- Install overhead florescent lights in the warehouse to light the entryway
- Spread the word to everyone you can! Write a story in a newspaper or magazine, talk to local schools, churches and other organizations, hang fliers, build new partnerships, etc…
- Help develop fundraising ideas for the project!
Please get in touch with us and let us know what types of projects or skills you are able to contribute. Once you get in touch with us we will get you our volunteer application packet and get you started on a great volunteer experience!
LOCATION
We are located in Alameda in the middle of a large warehouse on Alameda Point (west Alameda, former Naval Base). We are across the street from the APC offices at 677 W. Ranger Avenue. You can easily spot the shop by the 40-50 wheels that are hanging on the fence outside the entrance. To find the shop, go through the big wooden “barn” attached to the warehouse and into the middle of the warehouse.
CONTACT INFO
Office phone: (510) 898-7830
Email - Cycles of Change Alameda Point Collaborative
THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS
Funding for the bicycle recycle project has been provided by
stopwaste
a partnership of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board. The Alameda Police Department has donated bicycle helmets for the project.
