El Grupo Norte Youth Cycling

1. Youth Cycling programs - delivered various bike programs for children in six counties of northern Michigan. For our three most popular programs, we had 1,302 registered for 2023. Norte offers summer bike camp (784, 1st-8th grade) and spring and fall sessions of adventure bike club (97, 1st-5th grade) and mountain biking team (421, 1st-12th grade). 2. Scholarship support - supported over 200 families with over 24,304 in Youth scholarships to pay for our programs' complete or partial registration fees. 3. Kids' bike library - loaned out nearly 900 bicycles through our grand traverse regional kids' bike library. The library includes balance bikes for 2-5-year-olds, 12'-24" bikes for 6-10-year-olds, adaptive bikes for people with special needs, and geared mountain bikes for use during our Youth bike programs. 4. Bikes for all - expanded the bikes for all program to include weekly meetups for adults and young adults with special needs and abilities. The weekly social ride introduced the community to Norte's growing ?eet of adaptive bikes, which includes tricycles, tandems, recumbents, low step- through bikes, and wheelchair bikes. These bikes are available to check out at no cost to the user. 5. Balance bike club - hosted a weekly balance bike club meetup for children 2-5 years old from may through september at our bike skills track at the grand traverse county civic center and rotary park in elk rapids. The meetup is at no cost to families, and Norte provides bikes and helmets for anyone who needs one. 6. Community slow rolls - led 30 community slow rolls in traverse city and elk rapids, Michigan. Slow rolls are casual bike rides that keep it slow for people of all abilities. Norte's slow rolls celebrate community and show that healthy activity isn't about speed. Also, we had themed rides to celebrate our community partners like upnorth pride. 7. Bike valet program - parked over 3,000 bikes through our bike valet program at the national cherry festival, sara hardy's farmers market, and concert on the lawn series at the grand traverse pavilions. 8. Community bike shop - opened the community bike shop at the Norte clubhouse and wheelhouse for 4,000 hours during 2023. The Norte community bike shop is a place for people to buy and sell used bikes and learn to fix their bikes using shared tools. 9. Volunteer program - provided the opportunity for over 265 volunteers to contribute over 3,150 volunteer hours to the organization. The estimated value to Norte was 94,500 in time and expertise. Norte creates a place for all individuals to feel welcome and connected to their communities, while also providing leadership opportunities for young adults.