*On hold until more youth are able to be vaccinated.*

Youth Open Shop is an afterschool program designed to teach bicycle mechanics to youth ages 8-18. Youth Open Shop hours are set aside only for youth so they have a place to learn among their peers. Youth can expect the same do-it-yourself experience as our normal Open Shop users have; staff will provide guidance but not do repairs for them.

During Youth Open Shop, youth are allowed to:

1. Work on their own bike
2. Work on bikes for giveaway
3. Earn a bike for themselves by first working on bikes for giveaway

Please note:

• While the shop time fee is waived, youth are still responsible to pay for all new parts they use or earn used parts by volunteering
• PBC will not store your child's projects
• Work stands are first-come-first-served and PBC shop staff have the right to turn youth away if the shop is too full
• PBC staff will not tolerate misbehavior and reserve the right to ban youth from Youth Open Shop
• Youth are responsible for repairing their own bicycles; PBC staff will not repair bikes for them
• Parents are welcome to wait in the shop but are not allowed to work on bikes with thier children.

Provo Bicycle Collective helps nearly a dozen scouts each year complete their Eagle Projects. The most common project is hosting a bike drive, through which the scout and his volunteers canvas the neighborhood and surrounding communities, notifying the residents of the bike drive and leaving flyers at doors.  The scout and volunteers then pick up unwanted bikes (a large trailer is helpful), and drop them off at our Community Bike Shop. These bikes will be refurbished and given away to homeless, refugees, and low-income individuals, sold to fund our programs, or stripped and recycled. The average project yields between 30 and 100 bicycles. 
We often have other needs to fulfill besides the bike drive project. Please direct all questions to . 

Some Eagle Project approval commitees want the scouts to do a little more.  Here are some extra things that would help us fulfill our mission:

• - Wash the bikes before bringing them to us.  This could take about 2 hours with lots of helpers.
• - Host a presentation in your neighborhood on how to bike safely and why we should bike more and drive less (we have presentation materials you can use)

We discourage scouts from trying to repair the bikes or bringing in large groups of volunteers since we already have a large number of volunteers and basic bike mechanic training takes a considerable amount of time.