bike drives | Working Bikes

Similar to an event organized in 2007, the Riverside Junior Woman's Charity (RJWC) will be running a bike safety event (Bike Rodeo) for the Riverside community on May 30, 2009.

As part of that event, they will be collecting used bikes from the community for donation to Working Bikes.

The Bike Rodeo is being held in the parking lot of St. Mary's Church, located at 126 Herrick Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546.

This bike drive is being sponsored to coincide with the 7th annual Beverly Hills Cycling Classic, which takes place on Friday July 10th.

Bikes may be dropped off at theBeverly Bank & Trust Beverley branch at 1908 W. 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60643.

Contact: Holly Lindsey 773/233-5143 or 312/719-3655 (cell).
WBC coordinator: Mike Roeser

For those interesting in the bike-drive totals ...

Northfield (3/06 & 3/07) ?
Sustainable Saturday in Lisle (3/28) 135 bikes
South Loop at Whole Foods (4/11) ?
Global Alliance at JMLS (4/18) 30 bikes
Highland Park with VQC (4/18) ?
Folks on Spokes at GSU (4/19) ?
Northbrook at Whole Foods (4/19) 8 bikes
Lemont Village Earth Day event (4/19) 50 bikes
River Forest & Oak Park Trailside Museum (4/19-30) ?
Northeastern Illinois University (4/20-24) 4 bikes
Wheaton (4/22) ?
River Forest & Oak Park Whole Foods (4/22) 1 bike
Willowbrook Whole Foods (4/22) ?
Arlington Heights (4/25) 16 bikes
Glen Ellyn Recycling Extravaganza (4/25) ?
Lakeview (4/25-26) ?
River Forest & Oak Park Whole Foods (4/26) 1 bike
Glenview Bike Drive (5/02) 65 bikes
Warrenville Bike Drive (5/09) 43 bikes
C.A.R.E.'s Bike Drive in Lockport (5/17) ?
Riverside Bike Drive (5/30) ?
Beverley Bike Drive (7/11) ?
Central States Bike Drive (8/06) ?
Woodridge Rotary Bike Drive (8/29) 78 bikes
Earth Festival Bike Drive (9/26) ?
Winnetka Bike Drive (10/24) ?
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Recycle Day Bike Drive (10/26) ?
Cincinnati Bike Drive (10/31) ?
Madison Bike Drive (11/07) ?

- but, of course, this isn't a competition!

REI are sponsoring a holiday bike drive at their new store in Lincoln Park, located at 1466 N. Halsted Street (Google map), on November 8th.

Crate & Barrel will be sponsoring a bike drive at their Northbrook store this Thursday, between 8:00 am and noon ...

The store is located at 1775 Lake Cook Road in Northbrook, IL 60062, outside the Northbrook Court Shopping Center.

Click here for the web-site and a map.

WBC coordinator: 2.B. Decided.

For those interesting in the bike-drive totals ...

Butler Grade School in Oak Brook (4/19) 63 bikes
Lemont Village Earth Day (4/19) 80 bikes
Wadsworth Eagle Scouts (4/19) around 200 bikes
Edgebrook Lutheran Church (4/19) 93 bikes
Folks on Spokes at GSU (4/20) 16 bikes
St. George's Church in Tinley Park (4/19-20) 75 bikes
Whole Foods in River Forest (4/20) about 70 bikes
Trailside Museum in River Forest (4/20 & 4/21-26) ?
Northeastern Illinois University in Dekalb (4/22) 20 bikes
City of Chicago (5/03 & 5/04) ?
Oak Park "Excavating History" (5/04) 1 bike
Francis W. Parker School (5/10) ?
Warrenville Bike Rodeo (5/10) ?
Winnetka (5/12 - 5/16) ?
Newleaf Natural Grocery in Rogers Park (5/16 & 5/17) ?
Orangeville (5/17) ?
Woodridge Rotary (5/17) 38 bikes
Lockport (5/18) ?
Plainfield & Joliet (5/31) ?
Global Alliance Oak Park (5/31) 76 bikes
University of Chicago (6/12) ?
Gurnee (6/14) ?
Beverley (7/12) 91 bikes
Whole Foods Grocery in Lakeview (7/13) ?
Boy Scout Troop 160 in Des Plaines (8/10) 60 bikes
Framers Market in Logan Square (10/05) ?
Napirville Bike Drive by DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church (10/11 & 10/12) ?
Crate & Barrel in Northbrook (10/16) ?
Winnetka "Make a Difference Day" Bike Drive (10/25) ?
Villa Park "Make a Difference Day" Bike Drive (10/25) ?
REI in Lincoln Park (11/08) ?
Barrington Bike Drive (11/16) 32 bikes

- but, of course, this isn't a competition!

A bike drive is being held in conjunction with the Logan Square Farmers Market, at the SE corner of Logan Boulevard and Milwaukee Avenue.

Drop off a bike and then check out the Sunday Parkways route going south from Logan Square along Kedzie, through Humbolt Park and down to Garfield Park!

WBC coordinator: Sarah Miller

AmeriCorps*VISTAs Erin Morey and Caitlin Delap are currently developing an Earn-A-Bike program through the REC, in conjuction with Racine Unified School District's Lighted Schoolhouse Afterschool Program and the Working Bikes Cooperative.

The Earn-A-Bike program will be geared to youth ages 10-14 allowing them a chance to build a bike from scratch, and receive a helmet and bike lock!

The DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church is hosting a bike drive. ..

Contact: Dan Litchfield tel. (773) 318-1289

Saturday, 10/11 9 AM - 12 PM
Sunday, 10/12 9 AM - 12 PM

Location: 4 South 535
Old Naperville Road
Naperville, Illinois 60563

Make a Difference Day will be collecting bikes and non-motorized wheelchairs, on Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8:30 AM – Noon, at the Indian Hill Train Station in Winnetka (at the NE corner of Green Bay Road and Winnetka Avenue, see this Google map).