Fall River's B.M.C. Durfee High School's 2012 21st Century Summer Program offers a Recycle-A-Bike classroom program to teach bicycle repair and related topics, such as physics and math, to students who would repair donated bicycles that they would then keep. Six different classes are taught during the six-week summer program in which over 30 students are involved. "This is an idea that has been started in Boston, Detroit and Providence," noted Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly who put the program together as a way to generate interest in cycling among young people in the City. "By getting young people interested in cycling early, they are likely to take it up as a life long interest," she added. The Massachusetts Mass in Motion project aims to promote wellness and to prevent overweight and obesity in Massachusetts, with a particular focus on the importance of healthy eating and physical activity by addressing systems, policies and environmental changes. Click here for a 4-minute  video of the class. Click here for the Herald News article. Click here for photos of an early planning session. For more information, contact Fall River Mass In Motion coordinator Julianne Kelly at 508-324-2405.  

(Top row, left) Instructor Jonathan Breton leads his class to the high school workshop following a classroom session on math and physics that applies to the repair work they are doing. (Top row, center) Angela Furtado, Erik Rivera and Keyshawn Jenkons put on their work gloves before starting their repair work. (Top row, right) Angela, Leyshonna Reed and Jacob Hidalgo clean up a bicycle before working on it. (Middle row) Jacob and Trevor Gorjizian work on a bike together. (Bottom row, left) Jon gives Angela some tips on brake adjustment and works with Keyshawn and Erik on tightening a bearing.