The Francis W. Parker School is hosting a bike drive during it's Green Festival (at 330 W. Webster Avenue, Chicago) on May 10th, from 9am until noon.
At Warrenville City Hall, 28W701 Stafford Place, adjacent to the Prairie Path.
This is a part of the City of Warrenville's annual bike rodeo event.
Contact: Rachel Reklau.
STOP-PRESS: it looks like we still haven't managed to procure a container, so the shipping-party will have to be postponed?
We (Lee) have finally scheduled a shipping party to load bikes into a container bound for Angola on Saturday, May 10th.
Due to the weak dollar and increased fuel costs shipping to Angola is much more expensive than before, so the need to pack 500 adult bikes into the container to increase the value of it's contents is even greater!
At the North Shore County Day School, 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093.
Bikes will be accepted at the Middle School parking lot Monday through Friday.
Drop-off times are mornings 7:30am - 8:15am and after school 3pm - 4pm all week.
Contact: Becky Flory.
At the North Shore County Day School, 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093.
Bikes will be accepted at the Middle School parking lot Monday through Friday.
Drop-off times are mornings 7:30am - 8:15am and after school 3pm - 4pm all week.
Contact: Becky Flory.
At the North Shore County Day School, 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093.
Bikes will be accepted at the Middle School parking lot Monday through Friday.
Drop-off times are mornings 7:30am - 8:15am and after school 3pm - 4pm all week.
Contact: Becky Flory.
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
At the North Shore County Day School, 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093.
Bikes will be accepted at the Middle School parking lot Monday through Friday.
Drop-off times are mornings 7:30am - 8:15am and after school 3pm - 4pm all week.
Contact: Becky Flory.
527 bikes, 147 child's & 380 adult's, crammed into the container! Pictures HERE
Marathon Angola Shipping Party Thursday and Friday.
We have been waiting for a container to be available for two months and here it is.
We want to load 500 bikes today and tomorrow to be free for this weekend's festivities.
1401 West Waubansia. 8 AM to 9 PM Thursday and Friday.
At the North Shore County Day School, 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093.
Bikes will be accepted at the Middle School parking lot Monday through Friday.
Drop-off times are mornings 7:30am - 8:15am and after school 3pm - 4pm all week.
Contact: Becky Flory.
527 bikes, 147 child's & 380 adult's, crammed into the container! Pictures HERE
Marathon Angola Shipping Party Thursday and Friday.
We have been waiting for a container to be available for two months and here it is.
We want to load 500 bikes today and tomorrow to be free for this weekend's festivities.
1401 West Waubansia. 8 AM to 9 PM Thursday and Friday.
The Newleaf Natural Grocery is sponsoring a bike drive in Rogers Park in May on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th. Drop of bikes at the store any time between 9am & 7pm on either day - 1261 W. Loyola Avenue, Chicago IL 60626.
A flyer is attached: if you 'have the technology' and live in the area, then please print out some copies and post or distribute them!
WBC contact: Steve Parkes.
The Newleaf Natural Grocery is sponsoring a bike drive in Rogers Park in May on Friday 16th & Saturday 17th. Drop of bikes at the store any time between 9am & 7pm on either day - 1261 W. Loyola Avenue, Chicago IL 60626.
A flyer is attached: if you 'have the technology' and live in the area, then please print out some copies and post or distribute them!
WBC contact: Steve Parkes.
Trailside Bike Rental of Orangeville, IL is hosting a bike drive.
They are located at 1740 High Street, Orangeville, IL 61060. Orangeville is between Dubuque & Beloit, about 40 miles NW of Rockford.
From Highway 26, turn east on Orangeville Road towards Orangeville. Turn left on Ewing Street and right on High Street. Trailside Bike Rental is at the end of the street.
Contact: Sherry Moyer 815/291-9316.
Back for another year, the Woodridge Rotary will be collecting bicycles on May 17th as part of the Woodridge Park District event called Motion Explosion.
Location: Cypress Cove Water Park at 83rd and Janes Ave., Woodridge
Contact: Susan McNeil-Marshall.
The Chicago Green Festival is held on Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. Sponsored by Global Exchange and Co-op America, the Chicago Green Festival will showcase more than 350 green businesses and include numerous speakers, a fair-trade pavilion, yoga classes, green films, a kids' zone, live music and organic dining. Working Bikes (Lee) will be attending.
The Chicago Green Festival is held on Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. Sponsored by Global Exchange and Co-op America, the Chicago Green Festival will showcase more than 350 green businesses and include numerous speakers, a fair-trade pavilion, yoga classes, green films, a kids' zone, live music and organic dining. Working Bikes (Lee) will be attending.
Citizens Against Ruining the Environment are sponsoring a bike drive at Dellwood Park in Lockport during their Earth Day Celebration on Sunday, May 18th.
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
The Green Toronto Festival is being held at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The festival will feature exhibits of green products and services, speakers, children's activities, music, locally grown food and more.
The Green Toronto Festival is being held at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The festival will feature exhibits of green products and services, speakers, children's activities, music, locally grown food and more.
Working Bikes will offer emergency bike repair during Chicago's "Bike the Drive" ride and may have a booth at the post-ride festival?
Lakeshore Drive is open to cyclists from 5:30am with cars returning at around 10:30am. The post-ride festival is from 8am until noon at Butler Field in Grant Park.
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
The congregation and youth group of Wheatland Presbyterian Church and the greater
Plainfield/Joliet community will be hosting a bike drive at 11839 S. Heggs Road (a.k.a. 260th Avenue), Plainfield, IL 60585.
WBC contact: Raul Gonzalez.
The Global Alliance for Africa is holding a bike drive on the Kenilworth side of Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School at 325 N. Kenilworth Avenue in Oak Park.
For more information, contact: Scott Daniel (708)383-1457.
120 middle-schoolers (aged 9-12) will be taken out for a day to the forest preserve and allowed to keep the bikes they use on their ride.
To be decided?
Bike Machine designing and building party, on the first floor of 1401 W. Waubansia. This is across the street from the Hide-Out, it is two blocks north and one east of Stanley's Fruit Market - which is at North Avenue and Elston.
Please bring your favorite appliances so we can attach run them using human power. We promise not to fry them.
Working Bikes will be represented at the Bloomin' Days in Kenosha (6th Avenue & 54th Street) by Kate.
Saturday we start at the Western warehouse at 11 AM. We will loosely load a rental truck with mountain bikes.
They will then be taken to 1401 W. Waubansia at 2 PM where we will start loading the actual container. We will load until people decide they have done enough for one day.
We will return to Waubansia on Sunday at 10 AM and continue loading the container until we've had enough for one day.
Saturday we start at the Western warehouse at 11 AM. We will loosely load a rental truck with mountain bikes.
They will then be taken to 1401 W. Waubansia at 2 PM where we will start loading the actual container. We will load until people decide they have done enough for one day.
We will return to Waubansia on Sunday at 10 AM and continue loading the container until we've had enough for one day.
