We are thrilled to announce the completion of our 2022 Impact Report! We took a deep dive into the past year to tally our accomplishments, acknowledge some of our struggles, and celebrate them all. Through a combination of staff/participant stories and quantitative data, we’re able to summarize where we are at as an organization. This […]
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More than just a bike
When my family immigrated to the United States, my parents were forced to navigate virtually every facet of our new life in America in an unfamiliar language and an unfamiliar place. We were not in Iran anymore, and the chaotic sounds of war were replaced with the urban landscape of Cleveland. This meant, for the […]
Holiday Bike Drive On December 2nd
Our biggest and most magical event of the year is coming up soon, on Sunday, December 2nd. Hundreds of kids from families with low incomes will get to choose a bike to take home, and the smiles will light up the room. We have a few slots still available for volunteers to help with […]
A Bike Build with AWS Elemental
In fall of 2017, an AWS Elemental team gathered to build bikes for the Cycling Center’s Holiday Bike Drive, an annual event during which more than 400 children receive their first bicycle. Following is a recount from AWS Elemental Community Ambassador Emily Barrett. Could you describe what happened at Elemental’s most recent bike build? Most […]
It’s the 22nd Annual Holiday Bike Drive Recap!
Here’s the word from Executive Director Kasandra Griffin: “To many, the Holiday Bike Drive looks like the day in which over 400 children get a bike. But for me, the Holiday Bike Drive looks like the first day of a lifelong relationship with bicycles for over 400 children. It is a big, beautiful idea, and […]
Holiday Bike Drive 2016 Recap
It’s been two weeks since the Holiday Bike Drive, and the numbers and photos are in! On Sunday, December 4th, 411 kids picked their first bike, received a perfectly fitted helmet, and rode away with a great introduction as to what a bike can bring to their lives. For those of you who like the […]
Photos from the 20th annual Holiday Bike Drive
By Melinda Musser, Communications & Marketing Manager On Sunday, 300 children rode home with new bicycles, helmets, and the newfound knowledge on how to ride safely in their neighborhoods at the 20th annual Holiday Bike Drive. This event has come a long way since its inception in 1995 when our founder, Brian Lacy, used to […]
Sponsor a child’s first bike
This December, the Community Cycling Center will celebrate 20 years of the Holiday Bike Drive, our most impactful program that has provided over 10,000 bicycles to children from families with low incomes since 1995. We believe that every child deserves the life-changing power and healthy benefits that bicycles bring. Every December, Holiday Bike Drive helps […]
Here are Portland’s 300 new riders after Holiday Bike Drive (PHOTOS)
By Melinda Musser, Communications & Marketing Manager Since the Holiday Bike Drive’s inception in 1995, the Community Cycling Center has provided over 10,000 bicycles to children from underserved communities. On Sunday, 300 children became Portland’s newest riders after going home with bicycles, helmets, and safety education at the 19th annual Holiday Bike Drive held at Legacy […]
The sum of sights and experiences: one volunteer’s perspective of the Holiday Bike Drive
By Heidi Beierle, Volunteer Storyteller I volunteer for the kids, the other volunteers, the love of bicycling, and because being at the Holiday Bike Drive feels right and good. Every year, the Community Cycling Center brings the gift of bicycling to approximately 375 children. This annual event requires the work of over 500 volunteers, and […]
18th annual Holiday Bike Drive is a success thanks to our volunteers
By Melinda Musser, Communications & Marketing Manager Last Sunday, over 375 children and their families convened at Legacy Emanuel’s beautiful and surprisingly sun-filled atrium to earn bicycles, helmets, and safety education. The Holiday Bike Drive is the culmination of a year of work by more than 500 volunteers who dedicate over 5,000 hours to clean […]
Stories and photos from the 17th annual Holiday Bike Drive
By Britt Appleton, Social Media Specialist On Sunday, December 9th, 440 children lit up the atrium of Legacy Emanuel Hospital with huge smiles. Before choosing their new bikes, they learned how to be safe on the road, how to safely fit and snap on their new helmets, and many other hands-on lessons designed to make […]
Alicia’s Holiday Bike Drive story (VIDEO)
This December, over 400 underserved children will choose their very first bicycles at our 17th annual Holiday Bike Drive. Check out the video below featuring Alicia and Diego Sanchez, who share their memories of how bikes have affected their family after Alicia received her first bike in 2010. To celebrate the spirit of the Holiday […]
You’re invited to the Holiday Bike Drive Sneak Peek
The 17th annual Holiday Bike Drive is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than a party at the bike shop? Join us on Wednesday, December 5th, from 6:30-9pm at our bike shop for the 3rd annual Holiday Bike Drive Sneak Peek. – Enjoy beer, wine, snacks, and music. – Take advantage […]
Wieden + Kennedy Volunteers clean 17 bikes for Holiday Bike Drive
By Lara Sheets, Program Support Specialist On Thursday, May 17th, 32 volunteers from Wieden + Kennedy pulled up to our shop on a warm, sunny day in a bright yellow school bus. They arrived eager and excited to get their hands dirty painting and cleaning 17 kids bikes for our annual Holiday Bike Drive. After […]
The Shipley era: a look back at four years of Holiday Bike Drive magic
By Brian Benson, Community Engagement Director
As we’ve said many times before, the magic behind the Holiday Bike Drive isn’t really magic – it’…
ODS Health cleans bikes for 2012 Holiday Bike Drive
By Alison Graves, Executive Director
It should come as no surprise to learn that dentists are experts at cleaning bicycles. Their enthusiasm for…
Photos and recap of our 16th annual Holiday Bike Drive
On Sunday, December 11th, we provided over 465 bicycles to low-income youth at the 16th annual Holiday Bike Drive. The event, held at Legacy Emanue…
Portland Wheelmen Repair Over 20 Bikes for Holiday Bike Drive
For over a decade, the Portland Wheelmen Touring Club has generously and enthusiastically supported the Community Cycling Center. Every winter, the…
Bike Gallery staff turn wrenches for Holiday Bike Drive
From the day the Community Cycling Center opened its doors, the Bike Gallery has been a huge supporter of our work.
Seventeen years ago, a Bike …
Holiday Bike Drive Stories – Quin (VIDEO)
Quin has been volunteering for the Community Cycling Center since he was 12. In the third installment of the Holiday Bike Drive video series he tal…
Holiday Bike Drive Stories – Sarah (VIDEO)
In the second installment of our Holiday Bike Drive Stories video series, Sarah, a volunteer, talks Holiday Bike Drive and how she got involved wit…
Holiday Bike Drive Stories – Patricia (VIDEO)
We are excited to launch our 2011 Holiday Bike Drive video series, filmed and edited by Chad Berkley, a volunteer filmmaker and creator of last yea…
You’re invited to the Holiday Bike Drive Sneak Peek
Please join us at the second annual Holiday Bike Drive Sneak Peek – a FUNdraiser for the Community Cycling Center.
Snack on tasty treats from th…
Old Spaghetti Factory Raises $9,500 for Holiday Bike Drive
Every year, we engage volunteer groups from over twenty area businesses in cleaning bicycles destined for the Holiday Bike Drive. It’s an energetic…
Intel builds fifty bikes for the Holiday Bike Drive
We’re so fortunate to have a broad base of business supporters in the Portland Metro Area, and for the past decade Intel has been one of the most l…
Returning from Cycle Oregon
After daily moves between towns in southwestern Oregon with more than 2,000 riders, we are back in Portland sleeping in our own beds instead of gra…
Holiday Bike Drive Stories: Sharon Senter, Community Booster
An active cyclist and community booster, Sharon Senter opened Russell Street Bar-B-Que with her partner Diane Santucci in 2004. Following Sharo…
Holiday Bike Drive 2010 a roaring success
On Sunday, December 12th, hundreds of Portland children and families, speaking 15 languages, from 38 partner agencies, made their way to Legacy Ema…
Holiday Bike Drive Stories: Elizabeth Trinh, Community Partner and Volunteer Translator
Elizabeth Trinh first became a part of the Holiday Bike Drive when she began signing up participants at the Housing Authority of Portland, wher…
Holiday Bike Drive Stories: Tom Ralley, Front Door Coordinator
Tom Ralley has offered unflagging volunteer support to the Community Cycling Center for more than a decade. A retired educator, he has been ded…
Holiday Bike Drive Stories: Bob Wong, Mechanic and Helmet Fitter
You can often catch Bob working on Holiday Bike Drive bicycles at the shop on weekday afternoons, wrenching away and trading smiles and stories wit…
Holiday Bike Drive Stories: Sarah Royal, Bike Safety Educator
Sarah Royal is an amazing advocate for bike safety. As a member of Bike and Build, she rode cross-country teaching bike safety to kids. She began v…
You’re invited to the Holiday Bike Drive Sneak Peek
For the past fifteen years, the Holiday Bike Drive has inspired hundreds of children and families to ride bicycles. On this special day, 400 childr…
The magic! The music! The bicycles! A report from the 15th annual Holiday Bike Drive
"What does a helmet protect?" asked the smiling bike safety volunteer, holding up a bike helmet. Hands shot up and one child spoke up, "Your head!"…
It takes a community part 3: The business sponsor
It takes a community to create the magic of Holiday Bike Drive. This winter, we are featuring profiles of community members who are pitching in to …
It takes a community part 2: The donor
It takes a community to create the magic of Holiday Bike Drive every year. This winter, we are featuring profiles of community members who have pit…
It takes a community part 1: The bike donor
It takes a community to make the Holiday Bike Drive happen every year, and we are so proud of everyone who contributes time, money, skills, and mor…
Holiday Bike Drive (the Sequel) a snowy success!
At 6:30 Sunday morning Volunteer Coordinator, Brian Benson, looked outside and asked himself, “who ordered more snow?!”
It was only a…
Holiday Bike Drive: the Sequel needs your support!
More than 350 children could not attend the Holiday Bike Drive on December 14th this year due to the wintry road conditions. So we have decided, wi…
Crocodile Cruisin’ pt. 4: Goodbye, little Crocodile!
Have you ever wondered about the path a bicycle takes on its way to a lucky kid at the Holiday Bike Drive? So much time and love goes into each bic…
Holiday Bike Drive still great, despite snowstorm
It takes a lot more than a little snow to keep the Holiday Bike Drive down. Despite freezing temperatures and frequent snow squalls the 2008 Holida…
Crocodile Cruisin’ pt. 3: Tender, loving repair
Have you ever wondered about the path a bicycle takes on its way to a lucky kid at the Holiday Bike Drive? So much time and love goes into each bic…
Holiday Bike Drive Progress Update
Holiday Bike Drive is fast approaching and the office and shop are buzzing with activity. Updated stats below!
Want to learn more about how we p…
Bike Gallery pitches in
Beginning Friday, November 28th, all six Bike Gallery stores will commence one month of in-store fundraising for the Community Cycling Center!
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One child, one bicycle, one volunteer, one dollar at a time
Registration for Holiday Bike Drive closed yesterday and we couldn’t be more pleased with the progress we’re making toward this year’s event. Below…
Crocodile Cruisin’ pt. 2: Cleaning up
Have you ever wondered about the path a bicycle takes on its way to a lucky kid at the Holiday Bike Drive? So much time and love goes into each bic…
Crocodile Cruisin’: One bike’s journey to the Holiday Bike Drive
Have you ever wondered about the path a bicycle takes on its way to a lucky kid at the Holiday Bike Drive? So much time and love goes into each bic…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Holiday Bike Drive season has arrived!
500 children to receive lovingly refurbished bicycles and so much more this December
Continuing a 13-year year tradition, we will provide refurb…
Mud, sweat and cheers: Holiday Bike Drive at the Cross Crusade
Join Bob’s Red Mill and support the 2008 Holiday Bike Drive
Bob’s Red Mill is serving up FREE oatmeal at all Cross Crusade races this season and…
500 Children Get Bikes for the Holidays
Thanks to the hard work of hundreds of volunteers, donors, and parterning agencies, 500 children took home their very own refurbished bicycles, new…
Get Wild With Holiday Bike Drive
The final installment of our Holiday Bike Drive Trilogy is cleaned, repaired, and ready to go. Meet the one we call Tierra del Fuego. He’s one part…
Gamma Ray Gorgeous
For some, a gamma ray might simply refer to a high energy photon, but for some lucky kid at Holiday Bike Drive, Gamma Ray is the sweet violaceous G…
Holiday Bike Drive Gets Ambitious
We got a little excited while registering children for our Holiday Bike Drive! Instead of signing up 500 kids, we signed up 519 — with the help o…
Introducing “America”– Holiday Bike Drive Style
Remember our Holiday Bike Drive insiders? We’re following 3 bikes from collection to Holiday Bike Drive when they’ll go home with some lucky bo…
The Secret Lives of Holiday Bike Drive Bikes
These are the chosen few, the proud, the Holiday Bike Drive insiders — bikes we’ve plucked fresh from bike collections to follow through the cou…
Holiday Bike Drive Season Is Here!
Each year, hundreds of volunteers spend thousands of hours preparing bikes to give away to children at our Holiday Bike Drive in December. This t…