Volunteering at Revolutions is a requirement. We are a bicycle shop led by and inspired by volunteer efforts, and the shop is only as strong and vibrant as our volunteer workforce.
The following individuals have earned lifetime memberships at Revolutions for donation 100 hours of service in one year:
Isaiah Flowers
Kyle Wagenschutz
Katie Messmer
Sara Davis
Anthony Siracusa
Jason Oakley
Jim Cole
When you come to the shop to volunteer, this is what you can expect to do:
- Bicycle breakdowns: our shop recycles bicycle parts by taking bikes apart piece by piece, saving parts that are good, and sending parts we do not need to a scrap metal recycling plant here in Memphis. Bike breakdowns are at the heart of our mission to recycle bikes
- Inventory organization: Once bicycle parts are broken down, they need to be sorted by type and integrated into our inventory. This is a very involved and time consuming task, but it is essential to the ongoing strength of the shop.
- Painting and carpentry: Revolutions has grown tremendously over the past 7 years, and we are constantly improving our facility here at First Congregational Church. That means we must paint from time to time, perform some carpentry work, or make other capital improvements to our space.
We need volunteers to help us in the following areas:
- Bike Repairs and Mechanical Education (some experience required)
- Data Entry (no experience required!)
- Bicycle Advocacy work with the City of Memphis (no experience required!)
- Organization of weekly bike rides (no experience required!)
- Construction of a Revolutions newsletter (some experience with Microsoft Publisher required)
If you’d like to contribute as a volunteer in some other way, please let us know! We’d love to have you! There are a variety of other tasks for volunteers to perform at Revolutions, so if you have any questions about volunteering contact us at: revolutionsbikeshop@gmail.com
