Bworks
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BWORKS is a St. Louis, Missouri non-profit organization devoted to providing opportunities for youth to develop their academic, vocational, and entrepreneurial skills and to become community leaders.[1] BWORKS is governed by a an 11 member all-volunteer board of directors and is operated entirely by volunteers.
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[edit] History
BWORKS was originally created in 1988 by Roy Bohn[2] as BicycleWORKS to provide youth residents of the urban Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri with an opportunity to develop mechanical ability, responsibility and leadership skills through repairing and rebuilding donated bicycles. BicycleWORKS was the first program in the St. Louis metropolitan area to use the bicycle as a vehicle to achieve these goals.
In 1996 the BicycleWORKS organization added an additional traning program focusing on computer skills. Much like the earlier bicycle program, participants in this new program were encouraged to develop not only an academic or vocational skill, but also leadership skills.
[edit] Programs
BWORKS offers three training programs: an Earn-A-Bike Kids program, an Earn-A-Computer children's program, and an Earn-A-Computer Adult program.
[edit] Related Links
[edit] External Links
- Official BWORKS Site
- Saint Louis Post-Dispatch articles about BWORKS
- YoungSaintLouis.com article about BWORKS and several children who attended classes
