Revolve KC by Aiden Droege

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Action Plan

adroege27 — 2025-03-27 16:13:50 UTC

For our in person service we went to Bike Walk KC on E. 30th St. in Kansas City, Missouri. Ben, Brady, and Reid went for the night session while I went during lunch. I sorted bike lights for 2 hours while the others tagged bike helmets with a QR code that taught about how to use the helmets safely. We all enjoyed our time there and loved being able to help a non-profit organization.

Fact 1

blegenza27 — 2025-04-01 19:35:59 UTC

Revolve KC is a non-profit organization that rescues, refurbishes, and distributes bicycls.

Fact 3

blegenza27 — 2025-04-01 19:40:20 UTC

Revolve KC has 2 locations in the Kansas City Metro area where you can donate bikes.

Fact 2

blegenza27 — 2025-04-01 19:42:42 UTC

Revolve KC was founded in 2010 by Van Ackeren and Elizabeth Bejan.

Fact 4

blegenza27 — 2025-04-01 19:47:10 UTC

Revolve KC was founded because Van Ackeren saw many families who could not afford bikes. She devised a plan to collect bikes and to sell them for cheaper prices to fix this problem.

Fact 5

adroege27 — 2025-04-01 19:54:05 UTC

Revolve KC has an Earn-A-Bike program that so far, has had over 1,500 participants.

Fact 6

adroege27 — 2025-04-01 19:58:29 UTC

Revolve KC collects bikes in any condition and will refurbish them, for a slight cost. They will then put them in their Earn-A-Bike program.

Statistics

bcurry27_1 — 2025-04-03 16:02:11 UTC

In the U.S, only about 50% of people own a bike.

Revolve KC's Website

bcurry27_1 — 2025-04-03 16:05:07 UTC

How To Help

bcurry27_1 — 2025-04-03 16:12:23 UTC

You can help by bringing old bikes that are still in good condition and are not being used and bring them to Revolve KC.

Statistics

rshaffer27 — 2025-04-03 16:22:44 UTC

29% of Americans can't ride a bike because they don't have one or can't afford one.

Statistics

adroege27 — 2025-04-03 16:30:54 UTC

Fact 7

bcurry27_1 — 2025-04-15 19:46:06 UTC

One of Revolve KC's locations is on 5509 Troost Avenue. Another location of Revolve KC is Kansas City, Kansas 554 Central.

How To Help

adroege27 — 2025-04-24 13:27:23 UTC

Another way you can help is by volunteering. You can do this by going to Revolve KC's website to learn more details.

Aiden's Web Page

adroege27 — 2025-04-24 15:06:40 UTC

Revolve KC's Mission Statement

adroege27 — 2025-04-24 15:09:18 UTC

Revolve is dedicated to providing under-served communities within the Greater Kansas City Region with reliable bicycles for transportation and recreation.

Ben's Web Page

bcurry27_1 — 2025-04-24 16:26:53 UTC

Statistics

adroege27 — 2025-04-24 16:27:58 UTC

Fact 8

rshaffer27 — 2025-04-24 16:28:14 UTC

Revolve KC is trying to become world known to help more people who need bikes.

How To Help

adroege27 — 2025-04-29 16:48:01 UTC

One final way you can help is by donating to them via PayPal. You can do this by going to Revolve KC's website and clicking donate.

Fact 9

adroege27 — 2025-04-29 20:00:28 UTC

Revolve KC also accepts donations of bike accessories.

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blegenza27 — 2025-05-01 13:03:23 UTC

Fact 10

adroege27 — 2025-05-01 16:11:12 UTC

Revolve KC trains the people who enter into the Earn-A-Bike program on how to be safe on a bike.

Statistics

adroege27 — 2025-05-01 16:13:14 UTC

Only 0.6% of workers in the USA bike to work.

Fact 11

adroege27 — 2025-05-01 16:23:08 UTC

42% of people in 44 countries own a bike. This is more than the amount of cars.

Fact 12

adroege27 — 2025-05-01 16:25:43 UTC

The number of kids ages 6 to 17 who rode a bicycle at least 25 times in a year fell by 1 million from 2014 to 2018.

Reid's Web Page

rshaffer27 — 2025-05-01 16:26:14 UTC

Fact 13

adroege27 — 2025-05-01 16:27:04 UTC

One of the main reasons kids are riding bikes less and less is because of the growing cost of bikes and helmets.

Fact 14

adroege27 — 2025-05-01 16:31:11 UTC

The age group that uses bikes the most is between 45 to 64 years old.

Fact 15

adroege27 — 2025-05-01 16:32:18 UTC

The Netherlands is considered the country that bikes the most.

bcurry27_1 — 2025-05-01 16:34:11 UTC

Hi I am Ben and this is my service project video. I chose Revolve KC because I believe that everyone deserves a bike. I also chose Revolve KC because they teach kids how to ride a bike. My project progressed a lot, and there were many steps. Like first picking your project and even how you are going to help the company serve. My first step was learning about the service project. Then choosing a partner. I chose Aiden as my partner. Then we both agreed that Revolve KC was a good choice. Then Reid and Brady joined, which was great. Then we did our in person service at Bike walk KC because Revolve KC does not offer one. I learned that a lot of people made a lot of money. I learned about myself that I am great at doing service. If you would like to learn more about Revolve KC go to my link below.

https://sites.google.com/stekcschool.org/bcurry2027/home

blegenza27 — 2025-05-02 04:35:59 UTC

Hello my name is Brady, and I am a 6th grader at St.Elizabeth. I chose Revolve KC because I love bikes and I feel like everyone in Kansas City should be able to have a bike and helmet. Our group felt passionate about doing a project with bikes, and we found the link about revolve KC. When we looked at the link, we learned about Operation Blinky. This is where we packaged bicycle blink lights for the bicycles they would be providing to families. As a result of our volunteer effort, the organization was able to send out big bags of lights along with their helmets across the KC metro area. The blinking lights along with helmets were sent to refugee families who needed transportation, students learning to ride for the first time, and many other people. I learned that many people in KC don’t have bikes, bike helmets, or blinky lights to get from one place to another. I also learned that I really enjoyed helping people at Revolve KC, because I realized that I can make a difference in peoples lives. I invite you to visit RevolveKC.org to learn more about the organization. I have also attached my webpage information below. I thought the service project itself was really fun. I do still think that the project was challenging at times, but I’m glad that I accepted the challenge. I actually learned a lot about not only bikes but Revolve KC itself. I loved the service project and the people working there. It was really fun, and I hope it inspires you to help an orgainaiton that you are interested in.

https://sites.google.com/d/14DO-6dYd0qygGV0StaElKVJ9bdCKL1Sf/p/1fmpeWVXt4WtzZ1DUURtZDmB2kWUa9Ex6/edit?pli=1