Why Youth Outreach Is Important?
The NCC Youth Outreach Programs
Bicycle Training and Safety Education
In partnership with Safe Kids NW Piedmont, the NCC provides bicycle training and safety education to local elementary schools and children’s organizations. Through these programs, kids learn how to ride a bike, are fitted with properly adjusted helmets, and are educated on essential "rules of the road" to ensure safe cycling habits.
Intramural Access
The NCC provides bicycles to local schools to supplement their physical education programs, introducing thousands of children to an active, outdoor sport and encouraging them to “unplug” from screens. For many underprivileged children, a bicycle not only serves as a mode of transportation but also promotes a healthier and more active lifestyle.
Community Hub
The NCC serves as a focal point for cycling-related activities in the community, offering support and information for local clubs, organized rides, and individual cyclists, helping to create a vibrant and interconnected cycling culture.
Opportunities for Youth
The NCC partners with local bike-centric organizations to provide refurbished bicycles to youth at no cost.
Safe Routes to School
The NCC operates the City of Winston Salem's Safe Routes to School Biking Program. The equipment includes a trailer containing 25 bikes that travel on a continuous schedule to over 10 different elementary schools in Forsyth County each school year. Students participate in cycling during PE over a 2-3-week period. The NCC provides education and ongoing support to the PE teachers at the individual schools. Before, during or after the bike trailer is at the school, the NCC partners with Brenner Children's Hospital, WSPD Downtown Bike Patrol, Winston-Salem Fire Department and the Safe Kids Coalition to provide a Bike Safety Event at each school. At these events we educate 4th & 5th graders on bicycle and pedestrian safety, provide educational materials (English & Spanish) for students to share with their families and give students a properly fitted helmet. Since 2018 we have helped make an impact on over 9,000 students and counting in WSFCS at the Elementary Age.
Bicycles & Pedestrian Safety Presentations
The NCC is an active member of Safe Kids NW Piedmont and helped initiate bicycle & pedestrian safety events back in 2018 as a way to enhance the Safe Routes To School Bike Program in WSFCS. Many of the Safe Kids Coalition’s members are individuals who represent Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Novant Health, WSPD, WSFD, Forsyth County Health Dept. City of WS, NC Highway Patrol just to name a few. Bike and Pedestrian Safety is only part of Safe Kids NW Piedmont’s mission. During these events bike and pedestrian safety information is provided to students within the WSFCS system and beyond. Since 2018 Safe Kids has distributed 2538 helmets and provided education for 10,320+ students.
NCC Bike for Life Program
Consists of 40+ bikes that travel on a continuous schedule to various high schools in Forsyth County. The NCC provides education and ongoing support to the PE teachers at the individual schools. This program provides an opportunity for hundreds of students per school to learn proper riding techniques and experience the joys riding a bike can offer, before becoming an adult. The NCC Bike for Life Program helps instill the idea that bikes can be ridden at any age while providing fitness & fun. Biking provides benefits to an individual’s physical, spiritual, emotional and mental health. This program began in Fall of 2016 and has provided biking to numerous WSFC High Schools. During this time the NCC Bike for Life Program has engaged and impacted +/- 10,000 high school students in the Winston Salem Forsyth County School System.
