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Volunteer!

Roll onto the streets for the SFBC

Improve your ride and your city when you volunteer with the SFBC. Below are ways you can help the cause keep rolling and fun events where you can volunteer! Questions? Contact Tessa at tessa@sfbike.org or (415) 431-BIKE x 303.

See a list of upcoming Volunteer Opportunities below.

Volunteer Night

This is the SFBC's oldest tradition! Stop by, snack on tasty treats, chat with fellow cyclists, and help us keep our organization rolling. Dinner is provided. Bring a friend - the more the merrier! Don't forget to bring up your bike! Questions? Email tessa@sfbike.org or just show up.

Phone Banking

Got the gift of gab? SF Bike Coalition Phone Bankers call other SFBC Members (no cold calls) for membership renewals & during election season to get out the pro-bike vote. Phone banking happens two evenings per month, and dinner is on us! To sign up to help, email Juli@sfbike.org.

Calling all Writers, Designers and Photographers!

Writers contribute to our quarterly Tube Times newsletter as well as other publications, including the SF Chronicle and Momentum Magazine.
Designers are needed to help design invitations, posters and campaign materials.
Photographers are needed to photograph events and story assignments for various publications and on our website. If you're interested in any of these creative opportunities, email Teri with samples or links to your work.

Valet Bike Parking

Justifiably famous in SF, the SFBC's bike valet parking is like a coat check for bikes. Give the precious gift of a worry-free fun time to a fellow bicyclist, all while in the company of other SFBC Volunteers. Interested in helping at valet bike parking events? Send an email to LisaRuth.

Tube Times Distribution

Help get the Bike word on the Street! Bring the Tube Times to your favorite neighborhood spots. Check out which gaps need filling!

Daytime Office Help

Behind the scenes, volunteers keep our work rolling smoothly making membership kits, helping out with mailings, and uplifting our spirits! Have weekday hours to spare to help the bike movement in this essential way? Contact tessa@sfbike.org if you can help.




Sunday Streets: Embarcadero

Sun., Mar 14 | 10am-3pm | Fisherman’s Wharf and PIER 39, south to China Basin and Terry Francois Blvd

Come play in the streets! Sunday Streets provides car-free recreational space for everyone. Get involved and sign up to Volunteer for Sunday Streets. The SFBC will be out in the streets doing outreach, parking bicycles, and celebrating the car-free space. Are you Outreach Trained and want to volunteer? Email tessa@sfbike.org. Want to help as a bike valet volunteer? Email LisaRuth.

SFBC Valet Bicycle Parking at 15th Annual Anarchist Book Fair *

Sun., Mar 14 | 11am | SF County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park (at Lincoln and 9th)

Bound Together Anarchist Collective Bookstore presents booksellers, posters, speakers, art exhibits, and idea-sharing. Free valet bicycle parking provided. To volunteer as a bike valet email LisaRuth

SF Bicycle Coalition Phone Banking

Mon., Mar 15 | 5-8pm | SF Bicycle Coalition HQ, 995 Market St Ste 1550

Got the gift of gab? Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC! No cold calling, just simple reminders to friendly lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. The more the merrier! We supply dinner and good company. Contact juli@sfbike.org if you're interested.

SFBC Tube Times Folding Party

Wed., Mar 24 | 5-8pm | SFBC HQ, 995 Market St. Suite 1550

It's time to get the Spring issue of the Tube Times out on the street! The SFBC office will be hopping with friendly folks - chatting, snacking, and folding away until the folding is done. Can you come out and help spread the news about biking in the city? Dinner is provided. Bring your bike up to the 15th floor. Questions? Email tessa@sfbike.org or just show up to volunteer.

SF Bicycle Coalition Phone Banking

Wed., Mar 31 | 5-8pm | SF Bicycle Coalition HQ, 995 Market St Ste 1550

Got the gift of gab? Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC! No cold calling, just simple reminders to friendly lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. The more the merrier! We supply dinner and good company. Contact juli@sfbike.org if you're interested.

SFBC Valet Bike Parking at A.C.T. Bike to the Theater: Vigil

Thu., Apr 8 | 8pm show | 415 Geary St

Ride your bike to the American Conservatory Theater for tonight's performance of Vigil and let the SFBC volunteer Valet Bicycle Parking crew park your bike. Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis and beloved Bay Area actor Marco Barricelli tackle this moving, surprising work by major Canadian writer and director Morris Panych. Barricelli stars as a self-involved bachelor who is summoned to care for an elderly aunt, whom he hasn't seen since childhood. As their relationship evolves in unexpected ways, this taut, terrific stunner explores complex emotions of family, friendship, and the human condition.

$10 discount exclusive for SFBC members! To receive your discount, purchase your tickets online @ www.act-sf.org and use promo code BIKE6 (Orchestra and Dress Circle tickets only, subject to availability).

Sunday Streets: Great Highway

Sun., Apr 11 | 10am-3pm | Along the Great Highway

Come play in the streets! Sunday Streets provides car-free recreational space for everyone. This Sunday Streets will coincide with World Health Day’s “1,000 Cities, 1,000 Lives” international event, as one of thousands of cities hosting simultaneous car-free events worldwide. Get involved and sign up to Volunteer for Sunday Streets. The SFBC will be out in the streets doing outreach and celebrating the car-free space. Are you Outreach Trained and want to volunteer? Email tessa@sfbike.org

SFBC Volunteer Night

Wed., Apr 14 | 5-8pm |SFBC HQ, 995 Market St. Suite 1550

This SFBC tradition every second and fourth Wednesday has been happening for as long as we can remember, but newcomers are always welcome. So stop by, snack on tasty treats, chat with fellow cyclists, and help us keep our organization rolling. Dinner is provided. Bring a friend - the more the merrier! Don't forget to bring up your bike! Questions? Email tessa@sfbike.org or just show up. A special thanks to Bi-Rite Market for sponsoring this Volunteer Night!

SF Bicycle Coalition Phone Banking

Thu., Apr 15 | 5-8pm | SF Bicycle Coalition HQ, 995 Market St Ste 1550

Got the gift of gab? Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC! No cold calling, just simple reminders to friendly lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. The more the merrier! We supply dinner and good company. Contact juli@sfbike.org if you're interested.

Sunday Streets: Bayview

Sun., Apr 18 | 10am-3pm | Along 3rd Street from King and 4th (Caltrain Station) to Bayview Playground

Come play in the streets! Sunday Streets provides car-free recreational space for everyone. Get involved and sign up to Volunteer for Sunday Streets. The SFBC will be out in the streets doing outreach and celebrating the car-free space. Are you Outreach Trained and want to volunteer? Email tessa@sfbike.org

SF Bicycle Coalition Outreach Volunteer Training

Wed., Apr 21 | 7:30pm-8:30pm | SFBC HQ

Interested in volunteering to do SF Bicycle Coalition outreach at events all over town, like bike to Work Day 2010, races, festivals, and SF Bike Coalition Service Stations? Then this training is a must! Lear ways to engage people, how to sign up new members, and more! RSVP to tessa@sfbike.org.

SF Bicycle Coalition Outreach Volunteer Training

Mon., Apr 26 | 7:30pm-8:30pm | SFBC HQ

Interested in volunteering to do SF Bicycle Coalition outreach at events all over town, like bike to Work Day 2010, races, festivals, and SF Bike Coalition Service Stations? Then this training is a must! Learn ways to engage people, how to sign up new members, and more! RSVP to tessa@sfbike.org.

SFBC Volunteer Night

Wed., Apr 28 | 5-8pm |SFBC HQ, 995 Market St. Suite 1550

This SFBC tradition every second and fourth Wednesday has been happening for as long as we can remember, but newcomers are always welcome. So stop by, snack on tasty treats, chat with fellow cyclists, and help us keep our organization rolling. Dinner is provided. Bring a friend - the more the merrier! Don't forget to bring up your bike! Questions? Email tessa@sfbike.org or just show up.

SF Bicycle Coalition Phone Banking

Tue., May 4 | 5-8pm | SF Bicycle Coalition HQ, 995 Market St Ste 1550

Got the gift of gab? Volunteer to phone bank with the SFBC! No cold calling, just simple reminders to friendly lapsed SFBC members that their membership is expired. Come share in the fun. The more the merrier! We supply dinner and good company. Contact juli@sfbike.org if you're interested.

SF Bicycle Coalition's Bike to Work Day Bag Stuffing Party

Wed., May 5 | 5-8pm |Sports Basement; 1590 Bryant St (at 16th) in the Grotto

Join the SF Bicycle Coalition for its biggest Volunteer Night of the year at our annual Bike to Work Day Bag Stuffing Party! We will stuff over 5,000 reusable Bike to Work Day shopping totes full of goodies. Enjoy good company, snacks, and dinner on us! Indoor bike parking, good folks, lots of fun. Questions? Email Tessa@sfbike.org.

SF Bicycle Coalition Outreach Volunteer Training

Thu., May 6 | 7:30pm-8:30pm | SFBC HQ

Interested in volunteering to do SF Bicycle Coalition outreach at events all over town, like bike to Work Day 2010, races, festivals, and SF Bike Coalition Service Stations? Then this training is a must! Learn ways to engage people, how to sign up new members, and more! RSVP to tessa@sfbike.org.

SF Bicycle Coalition Outreach Volunteer Training

Sat., May 8 | 1-2pm | Sports Basement, 1590 Bryant St. (at 16th) in the Grotto

Interested in volunteering to do SF Bicycle Coalition outreach at events all over town, like bike to Work Day 2010, races, festivals, and SF Bike Coalition Service Stations? Then this training is a must! Learn ways to engage people, how to sign up new members, and more! RSVP to tessa@sfbike.org.

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