[YellowBike] Yellowbikes & local Schools?

[jks04 at hampshire.edu]

thanks. i actually have a car and just wanted directions to get there if you 
had them. i could probably drive people but i don't know how regularly i would 
be able to go. (i'm not that dependent is basically what i am saying.) 
ciao jasmine

Quoting itw02 at hampshire.edu:

> right now all the info i have I sent out with the last email. They are
> looking 
> for volunteers on fridays from 3-5pm at the hilltown Charter school (5-8th 
> grade) in haydenville (25-30min drive 10 miles past north hamton). If you are
> 
> interested in volunteering we can email yellobikes to see how people who want
> 
> to do it can get there (car pool, public trans) and we can email the Hilltown
> 
> Bike Club to tell them people are interested in coming. so give it another
> read 
> and then email me back.
> thanks for your continuing interest, ian
> 
> 
> Quoting jks04 at hampshire.edu:
> 
> > Hey Ian,
> > 
> > Could you send me info on where this bike stuff is going down? That would
> be
> > 
> > awesome. Thanks! Jasmine
> > 
> > Quoting itw02 at hampshire.edu:
> > 
> > > Hey Yellowbikers,
> > > 
> > > The Hilltown Bike Club in Haydenville (West of Noho) recently
> conntacted
> > us
> > > 
> > > with the hope of connecting our two programs. The following explains
> their
> > 
> > > project and how we could become involved with it. This could be really
> > > exciting 
> > > for anybody whose interested in bikes, youth, and community
> development.
> > > Email 
> > > Aaron or I and we'll get you hooked up with them.
> > > Tires on the town,
> > > Ian
> > > itw02 at hampshire.edu
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ---------------
> > > Hilltown Bike Club - Mission Statement: 
> > > HBS teaches students from Hilltown Cooperative Charter School to
> rebuild
> > and
> > > 
> > > repair bikes from donated used bikes and bike parts.  These bikes will
> in
> > > turn 
> > > be donated back to families in the community who could otherwise not
> > afford
> > > 
> > > bicycles.  HBS gives participants an opportunity to participate in a
> > > meaningful 
> > > community service project while developing the skills to service their
> own
> > 
> > > bikes, and fosters both their independence and cooperative working
> > skills.
> > >  HBS 
> > > helps promote the principles of a sustainable community through the
> reuse
> > and
> > > 
> > > maintenance of bicycles.  It also provides a viable and practical 
> > > transportation option for Pioneer Valley residents.   
> > >   
> > > HBS Program Logistics: 
> > > Currently, the club meets on Fridays from 3-5 PM.  We typically have
> > between
> > > 5-
> > > 10 students each club session.  Currently, we've limited the club to
> > grades
> > > 5-
> > > 8.  At club sessions, students have the opportunity to work on their
> own
> > > bikes 
> > > or on bikes that will be donated to the community.  We ask that
> students
> > > spend 
> > > atleast half of their time working on bikes that will be donated to the
> 
> > > community.   
> > >   
> > > School Logistics: 
> > > Hilltown Cooperative Charter School is located in Haydenville, on Rt 9,
> 
> > > approximately 10 minutes west of Northampton (~25-30 minutes from
> > Hampshire
> > > 
> > > College).  It is located in the former Brassworks Factory.  We have
> access
> > to
> > > a 
> > > screened in pavillion to store bicycles and tools, and have permission
> to
> > > hold 
> > > club sessions in the school's "all-school" space.   
> > >   
> > > Hampshire Yellow Bike's potential role: 
> > > The two coordinators (Noah and Jacob) of HBC are leaving in mid-March.
> >  We
> > > are 
> > > looking for volunteers to take our place by supervising afterschool work
> 
> > > sessions.  This is an opportunity to expand the Hampshire Yellow Bike
> > > program, 
> > > and to give Hampshire students solid experience teaching and with youth
> 
> > > development.  Anyone interested in helping with this program is strongly
> 
> > > encouraged to visit the school during one of the remaining work
> sessions,
> > > (Feb 
> > > 27th, March 5th, and March 12th).   
> > >   
> > >   
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Newspaper article on the Hilltown Bike Club:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Youth recycle thoise old bikes 
> > > By NANCY H. GONTER 
> > > >From The Hampshire/Franklin County Republican  Monday, January 26, 2004
> 
> > >   
> > > HAYDENVILLE - Thirteen-year-old Liam N. Richardson rides a bicycle all
> > the
> > > time 
> > > in good weather, but has never known how to fix it.  Now, Liam and 10
> > other
> > > 
> > > students at the Hilltown Cooperative Charter School are getting the
> chance
> > to
> > > 
> > > learn how to fix their own bikes and at the same time helping to
> restore
> > old
> > > 
> > > bicylces that will be given to needy children.  
> > >   
> > > "We're going to be building bikes for people who can't afford them.  I
> > think
> > > 
> > > bikes are a fun thing, and it would be nice to give bikes to people who
> > want
> > > 
> > > them and can't have them," said Liam, a Northampton resident and an
> > eigth-
> > > grader at the school.  
> > >   
> > > Two members of the Hawley based Student Conservation Association, Jacob
> A.
> > 
> > > DeMott and Noah D. Pollock, who teach environmental education at the
> > charter
> > > 
> > > school, are working with pupils after school in the Hilltown Bike Club.
> > >  
> > > This gives students an opportunity to participate in a meaningful
> > community
> > > 
> > > service project while developing the skills to service their own bikes,
> > and
> > > 
> > > fosters both their independent and cooperative working skills," DeMott
> > said.
> > >   
> > >   
> > > Pupils involved in the program said they love having the opportunity to
> > learn
> > > 
> > > about bicycles.   
> > >   
> > > Kirin S. Bourgeois, 12, a sixth-grader from Goshen, said he has a few
> > bikes
> > > at 
> > > home and they all need work.  Two were donated to the program.   
> > > 
> > > "I think I could have fun fixing up my bikes and maybe I could make a
> > living
> > > 
> > > out of it and donate them to people who can't buy bikes," Kirin said.  
> 
> > >   
> > > Harpo Marchand Jaeger, 12, a seventh-grader from Northampton, said he
> > already
> > > 
> > > knew a little about fixing bikes because his dad taught him.   
> > >   
> > > "I'm finding I know a lot less about bikes that I thought I did and
> that
> > this
> > > 
> > > is very fun to do.  I think it's really cool to be able to build your
> own
> > 
> > > bike," he said.
> > > 
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