2007 Grant Awards

Organization Grant Purpose
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin Safe Routes to Schools is a growing national movement to increase the number and safety of children walking and bicycling to school.  The BFW expects to run five SRTS Sunmmer Bike Camps in Milwaukee.
Bike to Work Week promotes bicycling by encouraging people to use their bicycle as a means of transportation.
Dane County Transition School To fund consumable repair materials and bike parts for the Bikes for Kids program.  DCTS provides an environment which promotes the social, emotional, academic and vocational growth and development of students most at-risk for not graduating.
Freewheel Community Workshop Help make cycling more accessible by providing a non-commercial do-it-together bicycle repair shop for Madison's south side community and hold a series of classes on bicycle mechanics and repair.
We are All Mechanics Educate women about the mechanical systems of a bicycle, by demystifying the mechanisms for them and providing them with the opportunity to learn and practice 'unsocialized' skills.
Wheels for Winners The purpose of the "Fix a Bike Youth Mentoring Project" is to enable the participating teens to become self-sufficient cyclists and subsequently volunteer to repair bicycles for area-wide children receiving bikes from Wheels for Winners.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Milwaukee The bicycle repair and recycle program is designed to offer youth who live in the inner city of Milwaukee a place to get their bicycle repaired, provide B&GC members who do not have a bike the opportunity to earn one, and teach youth the basics of bike safety and bike maintenance.
Stoughton School District Help support the two-week long unit on bicycle safety to all third and fourth grade students as part of the elementary physical education curriculum.
Friends of Lake Wingra Help fund the printing of a map that will help people explore the Lake Wingra watershed by bicycle.
Andrew Muzi/Yellow Jersey Scholarship An annual grant to a graduate student in the UW Madison Nelson Institute  Transportation Management and Policy Program in honor of the lifetime contribution of Andrew Muzi and Yellow Jersey to bicycling in the Greater Madison Area.
Weston Wood Award The fund is meant to continue Weston Wood's legacy of support for bicycle touring by offering one award each year to someone who would otherwise be unlikely or unable to participate in such an adventure.