Bike Box of the BLue Ridge
Why We Exist
Bike Box of the Blue Ridge is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower people. Our work will enhance the physical and economic wellbeing of people in our communities by providing quality recycled bikes and the skills to maintain and ride them safely.
What We Do
Bike Box is a community bike shop and offers many of the services provided at a quality bike shop.
Quality used bikes for all ages
Expert bike fitting
Tools and space to repair your own bike
People to help you fix or teach you how to maintain your bike
Bike rider skills training for all ages
New parts for basic bike repair and maintance.
Community fun rides
Workshops on bike repair and rider skills with partner organizations
Who We Serve
We serve the citizens of Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County. Our primary focus is to support low income families and at-risk youth.
Where We Serve
Why Community Members Support Our Work
Augusta Health’s 2016 PRC Community Health Needs Assessment identified issues of being overweight and obesity as key health challenges in our communities. The survey also showed that 37.8% of area children are obese, which is triple the national level, and of the area’s lower income community, 50% of adults are obese. The 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundations County Health Rankings show Augusta County behind the nation and state in two key health behaviors, “Physical Inactivity” and “Access to Exercise Opportunities.” Bike Box will present opportunities and the tools for community members to increase their physical activity and improve their economic wellbeing.
Bike Box will encourage youth to establish a healthy lifestyle, ride to school, explore their world, and develop self-reliance. Waynesboro Police Sgt. Brian Edwards shared that each school day 1,500 to 1,800 cars drop elementary and middle school students off at school; think of the positive impact if ten percent of those students biked to school.
Lower income adults use bikes as a primary mode of transportation over twice as much as middleclass adults. The 2015 Central Shenandoah Transit Development Plan shows dense pockets of people who do not own, or have access to, a car in our area.
How Volunteers Contribute to our Work:
Augusta Health’s 2016 PRC Community Health Needs Assessment identified issues of being overweight and obesity as key health challenges in our communities. The survey also showed that 37.8% of area children are obese, which is triple the national level, and of the area’s lower income community, 50% of adults are obese. The 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundations County Health Rankings show Augusta County behind the nation and state in two key health behaviors, “Physical Inactivity” and “Access to Exercise Opportunities.” Bike Box will present opportunities and the tools for community members to increase their physical activity and improve their economic wellbeing.
Bike Box will encourage youth to establish a healthy lifestyle, ride to school, explore their world, and develop self-reliance. Waynesboro Police Sgt. Brian Edwards shared that each school day 1,500 to 1,800 cars drop elementary and middle school students off at school; think of the positive impact if ten percent of those students biked to school.
Lower income adults use bikes as a primary mode of transportation over twice as much as middleclass adults. The 2015 Central Shenandoah Transit Development Plan shows dense pockets of people who do not own, or have access to, a car in our area.
How You Can Offer Your Charitable Donations:
How Volunteers Contribute to our Work:
Augusta Health’s 2016 PRC Community Health Needs Assessment identified issues of being overweight and obesity as key health challenges in our communities. The survey also showed that 37.8% of area children are obese, which is triple the national level, and of the area’s lower income community, 50% of adults are obese. The 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundations County Health Rankings show Augusta County behind the nation and state in two key health behaviors, “Physical Inactivity” and “Access to Exercise Opportunities.” Bike Box will present opportunities and the tools for community members to increase their physical activity and improve their economic wellbeing.
Bike Box will encourage youth to establish a healthy lifestyle, ride to school, explore their world, and develop self-reliance. Waynesboro Police Sgt. Brian Edwards shared that each school day 1,500 to 1,800 cars drop elementary and middle school students off at school; think of the positive impact if ten percent of those students biked to school.
Lower income adults use bikes as a primary mode of transportation over twice as much as middleclass adults. The 2015 Central Shenandoah Transit Development Plan shows dense pockets of people who do not own, or have access to, a car in our area.
Contact Information:
Randall Wolf
PO Box 61
Stuarts Draft,
Virginia
24477