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Loyola University Chicago is pleased to announce a Book & Bike Drive to benefit Global Alliance for Africa (GAA), a non-profit organization which develops programs to economically strengthen communities throughout Africa. The drive is the outcome of a Loyola University Immersion Trip to East Africa in June 2007 where faculty and staff members had the opportunity to learn about GAA’s initiatives first hand.

WorkingBikes will be hosting a Bike Drive at the upcoming Wolff’s Flea Market (http://www.wolffs.com) & 329Cycles Bicycle Swap Meet in Rosemont, Illinois, on Sunday October 14th.

Bring along your unwanted bicycles when you come to wander around!

At the Allstate Arena on the Mannheim Road between Higgins Road & Tuoy Avenue.

Northeastern Illinois University is hosting a bike drive as part of their recycling event on Saturday October 13th.

Bring your bike donations to 5500 N. St. Louis Ave., IL 60625.

Francis W. Parker School and Working Bikes Cooperative
Sponsor A Fall Re-Cycling Bike Drive

Saturday October 20, 2007, 10 am to 3 pm
Francis W. Parker School ‘s Webster Parking Lot
330 West Webster Avenue, Chicago

All bikes and bike parts, broken, rusted or old will be accepted and greatly appreciated. The bikes collected will be donated to Working Bikes Cooperative, a local non-profit organization whose mission is to empower global communities by promoting public health, environmentalism and human equality.

The Working Bikes Co-Op's Peruvian project sponsor COPRODELI is having a bike drive on Sunday, at the big church near the Haymarket monument: Old St. Patrick’s Church 700 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661.

Drop off gently used or new bicycles for underserved communities in Peru. Bicycles can EMPOWER individuals by providing transportation to work, promote exercise and a healthy lifestyle, and can keep children off the street.

http://www.coprodeliusa.org

Gabe Levin is holding a bike drive at the West Suburban Temple Har Zion, 1040 N. Harlem in River Forest on Sunday September 30th.

Tim Wetzel will host a bike drive as a part of his Eagle Scout project.

Please donate your used bicycles from 1PM to 5PM at the 1st United Church at 848 Lake Street in Oak Park on Sunday, September 30th.

The bikes will transform people's lives in Angola, Tanzania, Ghana, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba or the U.S.

Part of the Village Recycling Extravaganza and is advertised by the Village of Lombard and Waste Management.

Location: Hammerschmidt School, 617 S. Hammerschmidt Avenue.

At DuPage Unitarian Church, located on Old Naperville road - just south of I88 off of Deihl road, east of Naperville road.

WBC coordinator: Dan Litchfield

At DuPage Unitarian Church, located on Old Naperville road - just south of I88 off of Deihl road, east of Naperville road.

WBC coordinator: TBA