Accessing or connecting with community resources can be an obstacle for many of our resource insecure Tampa neighbors struggling with poverty, especially those without reliable or affordable transportation. It may seem a simple thing, but a bicycle can help address the some of these challenges, providing that needed transportation, supporting their independence, and reconnecting them to their community’s resources.
Sacred Heart’s “Bikes from the Heart” ministry provides hope to these neighbors. We collect used bikes, refurbish them to working order, and deliver them to those in need.
- Volunteering Time Commitment: As your schedule allows.
- MUST BE 18 years of age or older OR with a parent /legal guardian if under 18.
- Hours: Tuesday – Thursday | 10 a.m. -2:00 pm
- T/W/Th. location at Sacred Heart Church North Campus, 3515 N. Florida Ave. Second entrance off of Florida Ave. First building on the right.
- Sundays | Portico Café (1001 N Florida Ave., 5 blocks north of the church) | 8 to 9:30 a.m.
- How you can participate: Depending on your desire and abilities, many opportunities exist:
- Repair/rebuild bicycles as part of a volunteer team
- Pick up and deliver bicycles
- Administration – scheduling volunteers, ordering and inventorying parts, tracking bicycles through the process
- Coordinating with other ministries and organizations providing bicycles in the Tampa Bay area
- Working with the supply chain to optimize the ministry’s reach
- Donating used bicycles
- Training: No immediate training required, just a willingness to participate.
- Training for repairs and rebuilds will be available as needed.
