Winter Festival and Kids Bike Giveaway

Help us give away 100 bikes this holiday season!

Winter Festival and Kids Bike Giveaway: Saturday, December 9 from 12-4pm

Waterside Workshops is hosting its annual Winter Festival and Kids Bike Giveaway event on Saturday, December 9! Each year, in collaboration with our community partners, we donate around 250 refurbished bikes, helmets, lights, and locks to Bay Area families and individuals.

This year, we’ve set a goal to donate over 100 kids bikes during the month of December. To achieve this goal, we are hosting a Winter Festival on December 9 at Waterside Workshops (84 Bolivar Drive in Berkeley) that will include a large-scale bike giveaway as well as cookie decorating for kids, tamales from Oakland’s Tamaleria Azteca, and gelato from Berkeley’s Passione Emporio. We’ll also have bike accessories and handcrafted gifts from our woodshop for sale, making this a great chance to do some holiday shopping! All are welcome to attend, even if you are not picking up a bike.

Our bike giveaway programs prioritize increasing bike access for marginalized communities impacted by systemic inequalities, including:

• Low-income households
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
• Immigrants and refugees
• Unhoused families and individuals
• Women, transgender, and gender expansive individuals
• People with disabilities

If you or your child self-identifies as a member of any of the above communities, we welcome you to fill out our kids bike request form to participate in the bike giveaway event on December 9.

To support this event and future bike giveaways, we are aiming to raise $10,000 by the end of the year. Every kids bike we give away costs us $100 in labor, parts, and supplies. By making a donation, you can help make biking more inclusive and accessible for young people in our community.

Thanks to our sponsors!

Enjoy these photos from our past bike giveaway events!