Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Learn basic mechanics skills while repairing bikes for our free bike programs. For example, our ALL-VOLUNTEER organization has given away 120 kids bikes to low-income kids over the last school year; we also repaired and gave away over 300 bikes to displaced individuals in the months following Hurricane Katrina.

We require only a willingness to learn and ask questions when you don't know how to do something - we'll teach you all you need to know.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Austin's Yellow Bike Project

Volunteers will work with the following groups Adults (26-54) Students Low-income / Poverty Young Adults (18-25) We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekends This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Unpaid Interns Court-appointed Young Adults (18-25) This volunteer opportunity addresses the following social interests Children & Youth Nonprofit Organization Civic & Community Transportation Environmental We are looking for volunteers with the following skills Advocacy Transportation

Contact Person: Jennifer Schaffer, (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

1720 E. 12th St Austin, TX 78702 (See a map)

Directions:

Located on the North Side of 12th Street between Salina and Leona Sts., about a mile east of I-35. We're temporarily working out of a shipping container in the parking lot of Treasure City Thrift. We hope to open our new headquarters at 1200 Webberville Road sometime this summer (2009). For maps or information, please see http://www.capmetro.org/riding/trip_info.asp