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Bike Buddies "Donate a Bike--Change a Life." At Anson's Bike Buddies we collect used bikes from the community, repair them and donate them to children (6-16) in need.

Anson’s Bike Buddies is a Columbia Gorge Non-Profit Organization. Anson is now a Hood River Valley High Schooler. Anson’s Bike Buddies started when Anson was eight as an idea formed in conjunction with Anson’s realization that there are children in his community who cannot afford a bicycle and the monthly service projects adopted by his school. Anson’s parents, Kristen Campbell and Jeff Pulk, and his mentor, Jeff Craven, a Mountain View Cycles bike mechanic, supported Anson’s idea to create a service project aimed at collecting used bicycles, repairing them and partnering with other local non-profit organizations, such as The Next Door, to donate the bicycles to mid-Columbia children who may not otherwise have access to a bicycle. This idea became Anson’s Bike Buddies, a 501c3 non-profit organization with this mission: “Donate a Bike—Change a Life.”

Since its inception, Anson's Bike Buddies has evolved far beyond Anson and is truly a community organization, wholly dependent on an army of volunteers from every corner of the Gorge. We collect bicycles from our participating drop-off locations on a weekly basis. Bikes are brought back to our repair shop and inspected. If a bike cannot be repaired for reuse, we dismantle it and inspect each part for future use. Repaired bicycles are donated. Do you have a bicycle that you would like to donate in Hood River, Wasco, Klickitat or Skamania Counties or do you want to host a bike drive at your Church, School or place of work? Please go to www.ansonsbikebuddies.org to learn more. You can also drop off a bike at any of our drop-off locations which are year round donation sites for Anson’s Bike Buddies. If you are an organization that we could help by providing bikes to, please contact us to discuss your organization and needs and our qualifications and see if we can help. Are you interested on Volunteering for events? Do you want to help us fix bikes? Are you curious about upcoming events? Please visit www.ansonsbikebuddies.org to sign up.

3 E-bike library borrowers and 3 bike donations to kids. The work continues!
10/16/2026

3 E-bike library borrowers and 3 bike donations to kids. The work continues!

102 Woom locks and 2 flat tires from the Hood River Middle School fleet transported to Bike Buddies shop.Thanks to the T...
09/25/2026

102 Woom locks and 2 flat tires from the Hood River Middle School fleet transported to Bike Buddies shop.

Thanks to the Touba Family Foundation for their generous support so that every person who gets a bike from us, also has a secure way to lock it up.

"This report shows that the Electrification + Mode Shift policy scenario alone can reduce annual fuel consumption in urb...
09/22/2026

"This report shows that the Electrification + Mode Shift policy scenario alone can reduce annual fuel consumption in urban passenger transport by 70%

The report calls on governments to prioritize policies that support compact, mixed-use cities; expand high-quality public transport; build safe walking and cycling networks; manage private car use; accelerate vehicle electrification; expand charging infrastructure; and use measures such as aggregated procurement and zero-emission vehicle standards to bring down costs."

Bike Buddies is doing our part with mode shift from vehicles to E-bikes with our library.

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09/18/2026

Reimagining the school run thanks to an E-bike Library.

Ana is a mother of 3 who borrowed a Trek E-bike, Burley trailer and Yepp seat and is now the proud owner of this set-up thanks to the Hood River E-bike Library.

Thanks to Pacific Power for funding this program.amd changing lives.

📝 🔗 https://www.buddies.bike/ebike-library

It's a family affair.We were so happy to get these 4 siblings bikes.
09/18/2026

It's a family affair.

We were so happy to get these 4 siblings bikes.

"I've been using the E-bike to pick the kids up from school"We love to hear from Ana, a mother of 3, who can now joyfull...
09/09/2026

"I've been using the E-bike to pick the kids up from school"

We love to hear from Ana, a mother of 3, who can now joyfully power through mom life on this Trek + Yepp seat + Burley trailer.

Meet Gaby, who works for the County She is our newest E-bike library borrower and wants to use it for commuting to work....
09/02/2026

Meet Gaby, who works for the County

She is our newest E-bike library borrower and wants to use it for commuting to work.

Meet Vanessa, a mother of 3 who lost her home to a fire. She is our newest E-bike Library borrower who is trying this Be...
09/02/2026

Meet Vanessa, a mother of 3 who lost her home to a fire.

She is our newest E-bike Library borrower who is trying this Benno Bikes cargobike and a Vvolt Ebikes + Burley trailer to commute and transport 2 of her kids on the best under 10 mile bike ride in America.

Meet Tim, another happy E-bike library borrower!
09/01/2026

Meet Tim, another happy E-bike library borrower!

Another happy E-bike Library borrower. Colten is excited to use the V-Volt to transport his dog and cans to redeem.We al...
08/27/2026

Another happy E-bike Library borrower. Colten is excited to use the V-Volt to transport his dog and cans to redeem.

We also have 2 fully loaded Benno E-bikes for kid transportation just in time for back to school. Experience the red carpet version of school drop off and pick up!

🔗 In bio or www.buddies.bike/ebike-library

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2025 Cascade Avenue
Hood River, OR
97031

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5:30pm - 8:30pm

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