BWORKS

BWORKS (A/K/A St. Louis BWorks and St. Louis BicycleWorks) is a St. Louis, Missouri, United States, non-profit organization providing opportunities for youth to develop their academic, vocational, and entrepreneurial skills and to become community leaders.[1] BWORKS is governed by an 11-member all-volunteer board of directors and is operated by a small staff supported by volunteers.

History

BWORKS was originally created in 1988 by Roy Bohn[2] as BicycleWORKS to provide youth residents of the urban Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri with an opportunity to develop mechanical ability, responsibility and leadership skills through repairing and rebuilding donated bicycles. BicycleWORKS was the first program in the St. Louis metropolitan area to use the bicycle as a vehicle to achieve these goals.

In 1996 the BicycleWORKS organization added an additional training program focusing on computer skills called ByteWorks. Much like the earlier bicycle program, participants in this new program were encouraged to develop not only an academic or vocational skill, but also leadership skills.

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Bworks.org". 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  2. ↑ Freeman, Gregory (1997-09-21). "The Bike Man Needs Help". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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