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09 / 12
Start: 9:00 am
The festival at the start of UIC's "Sustainability Week" is being held at Harrison and Morgan. | ||
09 / 13
Start: 12:01 am
Start: 09/13/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/14/2008 - 11:59pm
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. Start: 12:01 am
Start: 09/13/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/14/2008 - 11:59pm
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. Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
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. | ||
09 / 14
End: 11:59 pm
Start: 09/13/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/14/2008 - 11:59pm
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. End: 11:59 pm
Start: 09/13/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/14/2008 - 11:59pm
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. | ||
09 / 15
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
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. | ||
09 / 16
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09 / 19
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09 / 20
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 09/20/2008 - 5:00pm
End: 09/21/2008 - 10:00pm
The Hidout's Street party runs from noon-10pm on Saturday and noon-10pm Sunday. Working Bikes will be attending. | ||
09 / 21
End: 10:00 pm
Start: 09/20/2008 - 5:00pm
End: 09/21/2008 - 10:00pm
The Hidout's Street party runs from noon-10pm on Saturday and noon-10pm Sunday. Working Bikes will be attending. | ||
09 / 22
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09 / 23
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09 / 24
Start: 9:45 am
End: 11:30 am
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). | ||
09 / 25
Start: 12:01 am
Start: 09/25/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/28/2008 - 11:59pm
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco. | ||
09 / 26
(all day)
Start: 09/25/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/28/2008 - 11:59pm
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco. | ||
09 / 27
(all day)
Start: 09/25/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/28/2008 - 11:59pm
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco. Start: 12:01 am
Start: 09/27/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/28/2008 - 11:59pm
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! | ||
09 / 28
End: 11:59 pm
Start: 09/25/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/28/2008 - 11:59pm
Mary, Jesse & Raul are representing us at Bike!Bike! '08 in San Francisco. End: 11:59 pm
Start: 09/27/2008 - 12:01am
End: 09/28/2008 - 11:59pm
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! | ||
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10 / 4
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
We finally got a container for the Ghana shipment and managed to cram over 500 bikes and many spare parts into it on Saturday October 4th. People worked so hard there was nothing left to do on Sunday! Pictures HERE This was the last shipping party to be held at Wabansia as we are now moving out of that location. Start: 12:00 pm
Mike collected 20 bikes on Saturday, October 4th. Probably 7-10 kid's bikes for children in the shelter Mike is associated with? | ||
10 / 5
Start: 12:01 am
End: 11:59 pm
Working Bikes will have a table at the Grand Opening of the REI's new store in Lincoln Park, located at 1466 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60622. They will be collecting bikes for us in the near future. .. Start: 10:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
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 | ||
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10 / 9
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10 / 11
Start: 8:00 am
End: 8:00 pm
The Earth Summit comes to Wheaton Franciscan campus. Start: 9:00 am
Start: 10/11/2008 - 9:00am
End: 10/12/2008 - 12:00pm
The DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church is hosting a bike drive. .. Contact: Dan Litchfield tel. (773) 318-1289 Saturday, 10/11 9 AM - 12 PM Location: 4 South 535 Start: 12:00 pm
Read the Chicago Tribune article about this event here ... Delivery of the bikes now rescheduled to October 11th ... The annual giveaway in conjunction with local shelters. 70 bikes required. | ||
10 / 12
End: 12:00 pm
Start: 10/11/2008 - 9:00am
End: 10/12/2008 - 12:00pm
The DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church is hosting a bike drive. .. Contact: Dan Litchfield tel. (773) 318-1289 Saturday, 10/11 9 AM - 12 PM Location: 4 South 535 | ||
