A  nonprofit program geared toward youth development through bicycling is conducting summer camps in Philadelphia.

KYW’s John McDevitt reports that kids ages 8 to 13 were in the basement of St. Mary’s Church on the University of Pennsylvania campus today, learning about nutrition and working on their bikes — which they are building from pieces of old bicycles as part of the “Neighborhood Bike Works”  summer camp program.

Eleven-year-old Eric Walker of West Philadelphia (above) has been involved with the organization for four years:

“I can really repair bikes real good.”

Camp director Alison Scheiderer:

“This is session two of four.  We’ve got four two-weeks sessions.  Kids are here eight hours a day for two weeks, learning about bike repair, bike maintenance,  and refurbishing a bicycle for themselves to take home.  And right now we just had a hub lesson.”

To find out more about the program or if you would like to donate your old bicycle, go to neighborhoodbikeworks.org.

(Photos by KYW’s John McDevitt)