Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society

Ever considered volunteering at bikeworks but didn’t know where to start? Are you a current volunteer who wants to maximize how often the shop is open? Just curious about volunteering at EBC? We’re trying to put together a schedule for Summer 2010. With your help, EBC can be open 7 days a week. Mechanic training and volunteer orientations available. Volunteer Greeters and Mechanics wanted. Current volunteers please provide your availability so that we can determine the best schedule for everyone.  Link to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TQ9NBLB

Each month, we try to host a fun event to thank our many volunteers for making EBC the great organization it is.

This month we are having a movie night–we will be screening The Triplets of Bellevue and The Bicycle Thief at Bikeworks, starting at 6:30pm until about 11:30pm, on Saturday, November 28, 2009. Pizza and sodas will be provided by EBC, but feel free to bring snacks.

If you’ve volunteered at all this year, we’d like to thank you for your help, so come on by. And if you haven’t had a chance to take part in any EBC activities yet, come by too and get to know everyone.

For more information, please see http://edmontonbikes.ca/calendar.

If you’re interested in volunteering at our community bike shop, BikeWorks, then come attend our volunteer orientation this Sunday, June 21 at 5pm at BikeWorks.  We’ll go over how the shop is run (procedures and policies), where things are, and how to handle various scenarios.

It’ll also be a good opportunity to meet the other volunteers.  If you’re interested in volunteering, but aren’t sure about your mechanical knowledge, we can partner you up with a mechanic that can mentor you.

For those that can’t attend the first session, an alternate session will happen on Sunday, June 28 at 2pm at BikeWorks.

Are you interested in volunteering for EBC but not sure how to go about it? You don’t need to have any mechanical experience to volunteer for us! We are always looking for people to help out at the shop or with other tasks (ie: outreach, community events, etc…). If you are interested in volunteering for EBC, please contact Zoe at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Underwear Affair is looking for a large group of volunteers who are able to bike, in order to set the pace for the walk and run courses, as well as to be the caboose.  If you’re interested in volunteering with this event on behalf of EBC, please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Bike Month is fast approaching and we need your help! Please let me know if some of the following volunteer opportunities resonate with you. Open this link to see what positions are available and then contact Molly at
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Come work for EBC this summer - scads of fun!

EBC is looking for volunteers for our adult cycling courses.

EBC is looking for volunteers to help people in the city who can’t operate a bicycle on their own experience the joys of cycling!

A couple of dates are planned to help get BikeWorks ready for the summer bicycling season.  The first is a shop clean-up afternoon on February 24, 2008.  The second is a bike building session during the afternoon of March 9.  Check out the calendar for more info.

Instructor John Collier is looking for experienced cyclists to help out with spring and fall special needs learn-to-bike courses.