Program areas at Nine13sports Nine13 Logistics
Kids riding bikes is our preeminent youth program, built around the concept of community and team-building, achieving new personal goals, getting active and learning about the athleticism and hardware of the bicycle. Kids riding bikes gives today's youth the opportunity to get moving and active on stationary bicycle simulators as part of their physical education class. Bikes are mounted on indoor bike trainers as the kids find themselves in the middle of a big video game. The program provides an exciting and technologically driven, indoor bike training experience. Customized software provides the ability to tailor the courses we administer to the kids based on distance and elevation.
To covid where Nine13 was enlisted to assist with home food delivery for a brand new program in response to covid. The organization serves indianapolis by bringing food to the door steps of after the launch of the Nine 13 Logistics division in 2020 in response residents that cannot seek assistance at a traditional food pantry. Additionally, it assists dozens of community centers across indianapolis with logistical support and management of their neighborhood food programs. This division became a permanent part of our operations model in 2021 as we continue to work alongside local food agencies providing support services for our community. The cross collaboration between our two divisions continues to focus on creating healthy and active lifestyles through education based in physical activity, stem, and nutritional
Kids building bikes is the newest program launched by Nine13sports as the next step in our efforts to help build a more sustainable, responsible, and inclusive bicycling community in central Indiana. This program will build on our kids riding bikes program and get brand-new bicycles, helmets, and bike locks into the hands of kids for the very first time in our organization's history. This after school program will be conducted at the school in a custom-built goose neck trailer outfitted as a mobile bicycle shop. Over the course of 4 weeks students will complete 8 hands-on class sessions covering bicycle maintenance, rider safety skills & rules of the road. Upon completion of the course requirements, each graduate will receive a new bicycle.