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Adults & Students Alike Earn Bicycles!
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We want you connected with both Village Wrench and your neighbors. We encourage you to complete a quarter of your service with us. Come to a Village Wrench Volunteer Orientation and volunteer nights.
Plug into other Greenville service opportunities. You can serve at “official” places like churches or soup kitchens, or if you’re a kid, you can simply help a neighbor out. Ask yourself, "What am I good at and how can I put that to work in my neighborhood?" Trash pick up, visiting with a senior citizen, or raking leaves for a single-parent are great examples of helping your neighbor.
We encourage our adult earners to utilize our partner organizations and those organizations can also refer earners through their program.
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Elementary kids, work 5 hours. Adolescents and adults, work 10 hours (4 hours at VW) for a bike that costs less than $100 and 20 hours (8 hours at VW) for a higher quality bicycle. Bike quality and what you earn is always subject to availability. Submit the online Earn-a-Bike Form (preferred) or print the hard copy Earn-a-Bike Form to record your service and sign the liability form.
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Call the workshop (864-248-6243) when we’re open (Tuesday - Saturday 10-6, 5p winter) to ask about our bike stock. When we confirm we have a bike that will fit you, stop by 1186 Pendleton St during normal business hours.
Earn-a-Bike Policies
You must have a supervisor signature to validate your work. No phone number = no hours.
Service at organizations that will provide a verification letter is preferred. If you help a neighbor and s/he does not answer the verification phone call, you will have to wait until s/he responds to receive your bicycle.
Only able to earn one bicycle/person/year.
Village Wrench is not liable or responsible for bicycle injury or accident.