We at velocipede are dedicated to being open to everyone. However, due to
safety and liability, if someone is under 16 they must have a guardian
with them at the shop at all times. This causes a problem for many
Baltimore youth whose guardians are either too busy, or unavailable to
come in with their child. We often have to turn youth with broken bikes
away because we don’t have the capacity to watch them during the craziness
of open shop.
To solve this problem we are looking for people who are willing to spend
one night a week mentoring one youth during open shop for at least 8
weeks. After the 8 week period the youth will become a junior co-op
member and will have the same privileges of a normal member but may have
to check in with his or her mentor from time to time, and cannot bring
friends to the shop unless their friends also go through the mentoring
process.
We want to start this program as soon as possible, but need a few more
people committed to becoming mentors.
If you are interested in becoming a mentor contact
info@velocipedebikeproject.org, or come to our mentor orientation meeting
on Sunday Oct 21st at 6:30 pm.
This is a great opportunity to help someone out and to grow our amazing
biking community.
Hope to see you there
the folks at velocipede