ASAP

Alternative Saturday Academy Program

A program designed to get more students using their hands.

Ran 3 Saturdays throughout an entire semester, 6 times a school year.

Your Santa Cruz youth are the ones who fix the bikes that are donated.

Projected yearly impact: 150 students. 50+ free bikes.

How We Do It

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"Easy as 1, 2, 3"

Receive

Members and organizations donate bikes to Bikes4All.
In return, donors receive a fixed tax-deductable letter for their donation.
We accept any and all bikes free of frame fractures and/or missing parts.

Our Treasure

Your Junk

Student Mechanics holding up their hard working hands.

Group of girls working on bikes with a mentor guiding them.

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The Capitola Police department donating bikes.

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Student Mechanics holding up their hard working hands.

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Repair

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We partner with local Santa Cruz County High Schools to provide a hands on learning opportunity for Saturday Academy students.
Volunteer, professional bike mechanics mentor groups of 3-5 students, teaching them how to fix bikes and approach complex problems.
To-date, we have donated over 100 free bikes.

Anybody, regardless of financial status, socioeconomic background, or geographical situation can apply for a free bike.
We prioritize persons who may be going through difficult circumstances such as: foster students, essential workers, and persons who have lost their primary mode of transportation.
The abuse of our services will not be tolerated. Persons who provide false info for the purposes of "cutting the line" will be banned from B4A and any future B4A related activities.

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TESTIMONIALS

"I work as a nurse and rely on my car to get to work. When it broke down, I needed another way to get to my job. A bike did that for me"

"I just wanted a bike and could never afford one. I'm over 30 years old now and I finally get the chance to ride a bike."

"What an amazing birthday gift! My youngest will love his new bike. This way he can get to school by himself."

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Teacher & Class Reductions: California saw a significant drop—around 30%—in industrial arts teachers and classes from the late 1990s to early 2000s.

Budget Cuts & Testing Emphasis: Tight budgets and high-stakes testing led many districts to cut or downsize shop courses in favor of core academic subjects.

Declining Enrollment: Enrollment in traditional vocational classes fell by roughly 20–40% between 2000 and 2015, as schools consolidated or eliminated these programs.

Shift to STEM/STEAM: Districts increasingly replace woodshop and bike-repair courses with robotics or coding labs, leaving fewer opportunities to learn hands-on trade skills

Bike Repair Program Loss: With fewer in-school programs, bike repair often falls to community nonprofits—many report overwhelming demand from students who no longer have shop options.

*data based on basic internet search.