Events | Working Bikes

The container was filled with 544 used bicycles:
231 used adult bicycles with one or both wheels removed for packing,
313 used children's bicycles, 31 used wheels & 47 used tires.

We will be filling a container bound for the Panamanian Association of Goodwill Industries in Panama this Friday and Saturday from 12 noon until 4pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue in Chicago, cooperating with our partners at Bikes for the World. Pastries, Pizza and comraderie will be in abundance!

These pictures are from the Panamanian Association of Goodwill Industries (Goodwill Panama), which is a well-organized non-profit organization providing skills training and employment to more than 100 people with disabilities.

Goodwill Panama works closely with local Rotary Clubs to oversee and support the bicycle program. These photos illustrate the high degree of organization characteristic of their bicycle repair and marketing program.

Hanover Township (Bartlett, Streamwood, Hanover Park, Schaumburg, Elgin & Hoffman Estates) is holding it's one day recycling extravaganza again this year, right on the campus of the Township at 250 South Illinois Route 59 in Bartlett, and will be collecting bicycles for Working Bikes.

Contact: Craig Ochoa, Highway Commissioner, 630/837-0960 (shop) or 630/213-9999 (work/cell).
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.

A bike drive for Working Bikes is being held at the New Day Christian Church office in Weston, Wisconsin - at 5310 Willow Street.

Contact: Amy Auner 715/574-4175.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.