This weekend we biked to the Teen Summer Fair at Washington & Lee.
Which brings up an important thought. As you ponder what to do with the young’ns this summer besides leaving them to goof off on WasteBook – think about the Phoenix Earn-a-Bike program. 25 hours of volunteer time at the shop and the kids earn a bike. And what do they get out of this experience?
* Tear bikes all the way down, and build them all the way back up again. Learn solid bike mechanic skills.
* Small business skills, learning to work with customers, respond to orders, and general on the job training. A good nugget to put on the resume.
* They get to pick a bike, build it, and earn it!
And ~ of course ~ they get to go wandering through the trails of northern virginia.
It is a drop-in program. It can be done any time, started any time, completed in any length. Could be a good program to fill in some empty spots in the schedule.
There might be a camping trip this summer (but I am not sure and that is tentative). There may also be a Phoenix Century in August.