Querencia Community Bike Shop
Donation protected
Current volunteers need your help to continue shop operations while we work to resolve our financial and fiduciary obligations re-establishing our 501(c)(3) non-profit status!
Querencia Community Bike Shop
420 S. Bell Ave, Denton, TX 76201
www.qcbs.org
Querencia’s mission is to establish and maintain a 501(c)(3) non-profit community-run bike shop, dedicated to providing residents of Denton County a healthy, affordable, and environmentally friendly alternative to the debilitating effects of automotive dependency. We will achieve our mission by offering open access to the necessary work space, tools, parts, and instructional resources for one to build, repair, and maintain his or her own bicycle. This will also serve to encourage self-reliant transportation while strengthening the bonds of community through collective ownership and cooperation.
In the past, Querencia and its volunteers have had success with several community service and cycling advocacy programs, including Workshops, Build-a-Bike, Youth Bike, GreenBike, and Art Bike programs. We would like to continue programs such as these, and we will need your help to continue our operations.
Workshops
Students receive practical instruction on topics ranging from commuter safety, bicycle repair, and fitness. We include both an “open shop” for immediate repairs and a more extensive program of continuing education workshops.
Build-a-Bike
Volunteers are rewarded with the opportunity to salvage and repair their very own bicycle from our donated inventory.
Youth Bike
A variety of courses teaches Denton’s youth about bicycle safety and basic maintenance.
GreenBike
This is modeled on a popular international method of releasing salvaged and uniquely identifiable bicycles in the “wild” for public use. Querencia and participating commercial shops repair the bicycles for free. GreenBike was recognized by the Denton Record Chronicle and by the community at our successful benefit concert and bicycle release during May 2007.
Art Bike
We are committed to ongoing collaboration with local artists and the art community. Our creative community converts bicycle waste into functional beauty and objects d’art, such as the Greenbike sculpture installation on the UNT campus in 2008.
Again, any contribution can help significantly! We also take donations of bikes, parts, materials, and tools in person at our shop.
We hope, with your help, to be able to continue providing Denton with the free public workspace, while offering greater involvement in the community and more Community Service and Cycling Advocacy Programs in the future.
Thanks!
Querencia Volunteers
Querencia Community Bike Shop
420 S. Bell Ave, Denton, TX 76201
www.qcbs.org
Querencia’s mission is to establish and maintain a 501(c)(3) non-profit community-run bike shop, dedicated to providing residents of Denton County a healthy, affordable, and environmentally friendly alternative to the debilitating effects of automotive dependency. We will achieve our mission by offering open access to the necessary work space, tools, parts, and instructional resources for one to build, repair, and maintain his or her own bicycle. This will also serve to encourage self-reliant transportation while strengthening the bonds of community through collective ownership and cooperation.
In the past, Querencia and its volunteers have had success with several community service and cycling advocacy programs, including Workshops, Build-a-Bike, Youth Bike, GreenBike, and Art Bike programs. We would like to continue programs such as these, and we will need your help to continue our operations.
Workshops
Students receive practical instruction on topics ranging from commuter safety, bicycle repair, and fitness. We include both an “open shop” for immediate repairs and a more extensive program of continuing education workshops.
Build-a-Bike
Volunteers are rewarded with the opportunity to salvage and repair their very own bicycle from our donated inventory.
Youth Bike
A variety of courses teaches Denton’s youth about bicycle safety and basic maintenance.
GreenBike
This is modeled on a popular international method of releasing salvaged and uniquely identifiable bicycles in the “wild” for public use. Querencia and participating commercial shops repair the bicycles for free. GreenBike was recognized by the Denton Record Chronicle and by the community at our successful benefit concert and bicycle release during May 2007.
Art Bike
We are committed to ongoing collaboration with local artists and the art community. Our creative community converts bicycle waste into functional beauty and objects d’art, such as the Greenbike sculpture installation on the UNT campus in 2008.
Again, any contribution can help significantly! We also take donations of bikes, parts, materials, and tools in person at our shop.
We hope, with your help, to be able to continue providing Denton with the free public workspace, while offering greater involvement in the community and more Community Service and Cycling Advocacy Programs in the future.
Thanks!
Querencia Volunteers
Organizer and beneficiary
Brandon Babbitt
Organizer
Denton, TX
Karl Gossot
Beneficiary
