The city of Warrenville are holding their annual Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 8th, and will be including a bike collection for Working Bikes.
To be held at 28W701 Stafford Place, adjacent to the Prairie Path.
Contact: Rachel Reklau or Bill Weidner 630/301-8093.
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.
We'll call it 518 bikes to Uganda ... had trouble closing the door to the shipping container! Comprising 448 used adult mountain bikes, 70 used children's bikes, 9 boxes of used parts, 33 used rubber tires & 2 bags of used inner-tubes.
We will be sending a container of 500 bikes to the Women's Prisoner Support Organization in Uganda, on Saturday May 8th from 10am until 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
The Chesterton High School Interact Club, sponsored by the Chesterton-Porter Rotary Club, will be holding a bike drive on May 15th from 9 am-3 pm in the high school parking lot.
Used and broken bikes from the community will be gathered and donated to Working Bikes Cooperative, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization based in Chicago.
We crammed 496 bikes into the container - 389 adult & 107 child bikes - and a lot of spares: tyres, tubes, wheels, small parts, etc.
On Saturday, May 15th, at 2434 S. Western Avenue we will be filling a container bound for the Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation with our partners at Bikes for the World.
Woodridge Rotary has scheduled a huge spring cleaning & recycling event again this year, and they will be collecting bicycles for Working Bikes as before.
Location: Cypress Cove Water Park at 83rd and Janes Ave., Woodridge.
Contact: Susan McNeil-Marshall.
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.
Working Bikes Co-op will have a booth at GR 2010 in Joliet.
An inaugural event, Will County’s premier sustainability fest will be filled with the best in green products, services and technologies through an environmentally responsible fair of education and entertainment.
Working Bikes Cooperative Bike Drive
Bring in a used bike for donation and help change a life!
Drop off your bike between 12-3 and learn how your donated bike will change a life in a developing country!
Working Bikes will be holding a bike drive in conjunction with Bike the Drive ...
Contact: A.N.Other.
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.
The City of Naperville on June 5 will hold a collection of items that can be redistributed and reused by others.
Residents of Naperville and nearby communities may drop off items at no charge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Alcatel-Lucent, 1960 Lucent Lane , Naperville . Volunteers will be at different stations to help unload the items from residents' vehicles.
According to a news release from the city, the event is a way to gather materials for organizations that can use them to meet a particular need.
The Wayne Township Recycling Extravaganza is taking place at the Wayne Township Office in West Chicago, at 27W031 North Avenue. (630) 231-7140
