Gearing Up for the Future: 20 Years of Earn a Bike 

Community Bike Works presents Gearing Up for the Future, a celebration of 20 years of Earn a Bike. Gearing Up will honor the community of volunteers and supporters who have made our work possible, with special recognition of those who have been with us since our earliest days. All funds raised will support mentorship of our youth leaders.

Mingle with friends, alumni, and current students of Community Bike Works. Join youth leaders on a student's journey through Community Bike Works, and enjoy a look at 20 years of Earn a Bike.

We'll also have a live and silent auction. Whether for yourself or as a gift, you won't want to miss out on the chance to win these items:

Jason Aldean Concert Package  Country fans, this one is for you! The Jason Aldean: We Were Here Tour 2016 comes to the PPL Center on Friday, May 6, and you'll enjoy the show in style, with 4 tickets to Suite #1, a parking pass, and food and beverages. Jason Aldean is reigning three-time ACM Male Vocalist of the Year, and he recently released his sixth studio album OLD BOOTS, NEW DIRT, which debuted at #1 on Billboard's all-genre Top 200 chart. Value $650 Courtesy of Sacred Heart Hospital

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Use of Air Products' suite for an IronPigs game  The ultimate way to enjoy IronPigs Baseball! On Friday, May 6, you and 17 of your friends will enjoy the game from the comfort of the Air Products' suite, on the Club Level of Coca-Cola Park. Pamper your clients, employees, family and friends in an exclusive luxury space, yours to enjoy during the game! Includes 18 tickets, early ballpark access, a food and soft drink package, and 4 preferred parking passes. Treat your friends and family, or get several people together and bid as a team! Value $1300  Courtesy of Air Products

Beach Cruiser: Women's Bicycle by LIV/Giant   Get ready for spring! Feel like a kid again with the iconic beach-cruiser style of the women's Simple by LIV/Giant Bicycles. Blending the comfortable, laid-back look-balloon tires, plush saddle and swept-back handlebars-with modern features, including a lightweight aluminum frame with a chainguard, Simple W is a modern classic. Value $490  Courtesy of Saucon Valley Bikes

Getaway: Bear Creek Spa Package Feel like you're miles away from home right here in the Lehigh Valley! Enjoy the ultimate spa experience with this spa getaway package, which includes an overnight stay at The Hotel at Bear Creek, a $100 credit towards treatments at The Spa at Bear Creek, a spa gift, and breakfast for two at the Trail's End Café. Value $$ Courtesy of The Spa at Bear Creek 

Brewer for a Day: Two Rivers Brewing Company  If you (or the beer-lover in your life) have ever wanted to brew beer professionally, this is for you. Josh Bushey, head brewer at Two Rivers Brewing Company in Easton (and spouse of Executive Director Kim Schaffer), will spend a brew day with you. Brew on the professional system and make a beer that will be enjoyed by hundreds! Josh will treat you to lunch and a shift beer on your brew day and invite you back for a toast on your beer's release. Value $$

Handcrafted dovetail box by Community Bike Works graduate Kyle Cunningham  If you've known Kyle since he was 11, you know he's long been a budding woodworker. Now that he's enrolled in the cabinetmaking program at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, all we can say is WOW! This hand-cut, dovetail box crafted of figured cherry with a solid curly maple top will have a special place in your home for years to come. Value $$

Gearing Up for the Future Donors

 Air Products  |  UGI  |  National Penn  |   PPL  |  Rothrock Motors |  Lehigh Valley Health Network 

Anonymous  |  Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, PA  

 Smart Juices, LLC  |  Natural Food Source, Inc |  Campbell, Rappold & Yurasits LLP  |  Lehigh Valley Carpenters Union |  Valley National Financial Advisors  |  M&T Bank  |  Barry J. Hoffman Co, Inc. 

Liquid Interactive | ASR Media/The PEAK TV

Bob & Georgine Snyder  | Bob & Susan Boehret  |  Karen &  John Castaldo |  Claire & Bob Aylward |     Pat & Sandy Beldon  | David & Kathy Leber              

Mike Gausling | Nick & Andrea Mittica |  Judy & Larrie Sheftel  |  Justin Sheftel Memorial  |  Saleem Mawji

Saucon Valley Bikes  |  Sacred Heart Hospital  | The Spa at Bear Creek 

About Community Bike Works 

Since the first students stepped into our bike shop in the summer of 1995 to participate in our new Earn a Bike program, Community Bike Works has been a safe haven for the boys and girls of Allentown, a place where students gain confidence and practical skills. In 20 years, more than 3,500 students have participated in Earn a Bike!

The lessons go well beyond bikes. From Earn a Book to afterschool Drop-in, students have the opportunity to participate in enrichment activities with adult mentors. Once they turn 12, students are invited to become youth leaders, serving as Earn a Bike instructors while participating in semester-long sessions on topics from career planning to being citizens in their community.

 Josh Ortiz came to Bike Works when he was 11. Following Earn a Bike, he served as a youth volunteer and then a paid youth apprentice. Now 19, he is a sophomore at Temple University. In his words:

“What I learned at Community Bike Works goes well beyond bikes. The staff and volunteers of Bike Works have helped me to grow as a man. One volunteer introduced me to Temple, and others have helped with everything from transportation to internship planning. I know how invested everyone at Community Bike Works is in my success in college and in life, and that means so much.”