Become a sustainer today!

Our goal for this year’s winter sustainer drive is to reach 50 new sustainers! 🎯

Do you love Cycles’ mission and want to help us keep rolling? 🔄 We’d love for you to join our Cycles Pedal Power Sustainers 💛, a growing group of folks whose regular donations are vital to powering our work expanding equitable 🚲 bike access across the East Bay.

With a monthly contribution of as little as $10 💵, you can become a spoke on the wheel 🛞 that keeps Cycles turning and get special Cycles perks, a chance to win an ebike, and an exclusive sustainers only newsletter 😎.

Our goal for this winter is to reach 25 new sustainers – will you be one of them? Please consider signing up for a monthly donation, making a one time gift, or helping us spread the word to keep up our collective momentum.

Powered by Our Spokes

Our campaign theme, Powered by Our Spokes, uplifts collective work. Our work is not possible without a the support of our community – our folks, or our spokes.

Cycles is collectively governed through a 🗳️ democratic decision-making process. Our non-hierarchical structure enables us to draw from the 🧠 wisdom and 🌱 experience of all of our staff team, allowing us to continually adapt to best serve our community. We are also supported by a network of other 🌟 co-ops, who join us in creating a place for equitable, people-centered workplaces in the Bay Area.

To celebrate ✨ co-ops + collectivism, our sustainer drive will culminate in a 🚲 community ride to fellow co-op 🌿 Urban Farm Oasis in Berkeley on March 15, 2025. 📅 At UFO, we'll learn about food sovereignty in the Bay Area, how to raise chickens in your backyard, and meet the friends and fowl who call Urban Farm Oasis home.

A $25 donation is suggested to join the event, and we encourage you to consider becoming a monthly sustainer to support our ongoing efforts!

RSVP and see more details HERE

Let’s keep the wheels turning together! 🔄💛

🌟 BECOME A SUSTAINER, WIN AN E-BIKE! 🌟

We are partnering with Rad Power Bikes again! 🚲⚡ ALL new and existing monthly sustainers will be entered in our Winter Campaign Raffle for the chance to win the RAD RUNNER2 🛵, a “jack of all trades” e-bike that “carries cargo, friends, and heaps of style” valued at $1,299! 🏆

In addition to the perks listed below, monthly sustainers will earn 1 raffle ticket for every $10/month given. 🎟️ Our goal is to reach 50 monthly sustainers by March 15, 2025. 📅 Can you be the wind at our backs 💨 to help us reach 50 sustainers?

🚀 Please consider joining the Pedal Power Sustainers Circle today!
#PowerOfThePedal 🚲✨

✨ PEDAL POWER SUSTAINER CIRCLE PERKS ✨

ALL SUSTAINERS
🌟 Access to a sustainers-only quarterly newsletter 🙂
🎟️ One entry into the Rad Runner E-bike Raffle for every $10/month given

$10/month - Cruiser! 🚲 Gets bike club participants 10 sets of lights per year!
📦 Perks:

Cycles stickers
Acknowledgment on our website 🌐

$25/month - Freewheeler! 🌟 Provides 5 program participants with free helmets , lights 💡, and U-locks 🔒 per year!
📦 Perks:

Cycles shirt and stickers,
Acknowledgment on our website 🌐

$50/month - Randonneur! 🌍 Covers 5 free bike repairs for community members each month!
📦 Perks:

One free tune-up per year 🔧
Cycles shirt and stickers
Acknowledgment on our website 🌐

$100/month - Bikery Baker! 🍞
🔧 Perks:

20% discount on all Bikery repairs 🚴‍♂️
One free tune-up per year 🔧
Cycles shirt and stickers
Acknowledgment on our website 🌐

$250/month - Power Pedal! 🚴‍♀️💪
🔧 Perks:

Join a ride day in one of our school-based programs 🚲🎓
20% discount on all Bikery repairs 🚴‍♂️
One free tune-up per year 🔧
Cycles shirt 👕, stickers, acknowledgment on our website 🌐

Cycles of Change is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code: 11-3821114. 💛

🌟 YOUR CONTRIBUTION MAKES A BIG IMPACT! 🌟

Consistent and reliable monthly donations sustain our work nurturing long-standing relationships with local schools and community partners, providing internships and employment to local youth, and ensuring that our programs are sustainable and responsive to our community’s immediate and long-term needs. Each year, our work supports over 10,000 East Bay residents.

🚲 Join the Cycles of Change Pedal Power Sustainers and play a crucial role in expanding bike access in communities of color in East Oakland and beyond! 🌈✨

CORPORATE MATCHING

Many companies offer corporate matching for any contributions to 501(c)(3) organizations. 🏢💻 Check your company intranet or benefits for details on the company matching process. 📋🔍

Here is some information you may require for company matching:
🚴‍♂️ Org: Cycles of Change
🔢 EIN: 11-3821114
📍 Address: 1246 23rd Street, Oakland CA 94606

We appreciate you checking, as this is the most effective way to multiply your impact! 🙏💪💥

ABOUT CYCLES

Cycles of Change was founded in July 1998 as an afterschool bicycle education program aimed at reversing the root causes of youth violence. Since then, Cycles has become a well-known presence in East Oakland, offering beginners’ ride training, advanced bicycle adventures, school-based bike safety education, and bicycle restoration workshops to hundreds of East Bay youth and community members.

In September of 2009, Cycles of Change started the Bikery, a community bike shop located less than half mile from the East Oakland school where we started. The Bikery offers used sliding scale bikes for sale, full service repairs, and earn-a-bike programs for youth.

In recent years, Cycles of Change’s work has been in high demand as more and more people seek to lessen their dependence on gas-powered vehicles. We continue to place the success and well-being of our home community first, while working to expand our programs across the East Bay and reach as many residents as possible. In the 2023-24 school year, we reached over 8,000 students in our bike safety program, repaired and sold over 1,500 bikes at the Bikery, and provided dozens of community members with free bikes, helmets and locks, all while remaining committed to maintaining an equitable and empowering environment for our staff, interns, and program participants.

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