We will help build a bike storage area behind the Root River Environmental Education Center in Racine, WI.
The festival at the start of UIC's "Sustainability Week" is being held at Harrison and Morgan.
Working Bikes will pay for the transportation of another container of bikes from Bikes Not Bombs, in Boston, to our partner Maya Pedal, in Guatemala.
Working Bikes Co-op will be at the I-Renew Energy Expo, being held at the University of Northern Iowa's Center for Energy and Environmental Education in Cedar Falls, IA.
We managed to get a container this (past) weekend and 25 brave volunteers filled it in the pouring rain! Visit Raul's Picasa Web Album to see how wet everybody got!
We packed 320 26" mountain bikes, 93 24" mountain bikes and 139 20" kid's bikes. This adds up to 552 bikes. We also loaded about 80 boxes of books.
Working Bikes will pay for the transportation of another container of bikes from Bikes Not Bombs, in Boston, to our partner Maya Pedal, in Guatemala.
Working Bikes Co-op will be at the I-Renew Energy Expo, being held at the University of Northern Iowa's Center for Energy and Environmental Education in Cedar Falls, IA.
Working Bikes will be attending UIC's "Transportation Day", which is being held on campus during their "Sustainability Week" celebration.
Working Bikes will be on the East Side (undergrad community). The site is the Lecture Center Plaza, directly west of Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted.
The Hidout's Street party runs from noon-10pm on Saturday and noon-10pm Sunday. Working Bikes will be attending.
The Hidout's Street party runs from noon-10pm on Saturday and noon-10pm Sunday. Working Bikes will be attending.
The Francis W. Parker School is hosting its annual Community Action Fair for the high school students and faculty. The school is located at 220 W. Webster Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 (tel: 773/353-3000).
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco.
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco.
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco.
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!
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco.
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!
