We had got over 400 bikes (317 adult MTBs & 110 children's bikes) and lots of spare parts into the container when I left, and there was still room for a few more!
We are filling a container to ship bikes to the Prisoner Support Organization in Uganda on Easter Saturday.
Check here & here for information on previous successful shipments to this partner in May & October 2010, here for the container we sent in May & here for the container we sent in November 2011, then here for pictures of the arrival and unpacking of a container bikes in Uganda.
Bicycles, Wheelchairs, Crutches, and Sewing Machines will be collected ...
Contact: Sharon 630/617-3150
Bikes collected at this event, being held by the Village of Lemont at the Metra Station on Main Street, will be donated to Working Bikes ...
Contact: Elva Carusiello a Member of the Lemont Environmental Advisory Commission (LEAC) 630/373-3619.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
Bikes collected at this event, being held by the Village of Schaumburg, will be donated to Working Bikes. The event is taking place at School District 54, 524 E. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, ...
Contact: Marty Metreger Logistics Coordinator, Village of Schaumburg, Engineering & Public Works, 847/274-2039.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
The St. Isidore Foundation and the Rotary Club of Grayslake are running a community Earth Day recycling event including bicycle recycling. All the bikes collected during the event will be donated to Working Bikes.
Contact: Rick vonHuben The St. Isidore Foundation, 847/528-1825.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
The Whole Foods Market in the south loop, at 1101 S. Canal Street, Chicago, IL 60607 is hosting a bike drive for Working Bikes on Earth Day.
Visit their Facebook public event for more details ...
"In honor of Earth Day 2012, Whole Foods Market South Loop is hosting a bike donation drive in our front parking lot (off of Roosevelt St.). Working Bikes, a Pilsen-based bike recycling cooperative, will be collecting your used bikes in all conditions; your donations will ...be fixed-up and donated to individuals in Chicago and beyond who will benefit from having the transportation of a bicycle.
To get you pumped, our friends at New Belgium Brewery will be kicking things off on Saturday April 21st with samples, games, swag, and PRIZES in celebration of Bike season and their newest Pale Ale, SHIFT which comes in a 16oz can. Hooray!
Stop-in and get involved!"
Contact: Emily Larsen, Marketing & Community Relations Specialist.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
The Lincoln Way East High School Student Council is hosting a bike collection for Working Bikes. The event will be held in front of the School at 201 Colorado Avenue, just off of LaGrange Road, just south of I-80 in Frankfort, IL.
Contact: Laura Rycyna, Student Council Sponsor, 815/464-4075.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
This bike drive is being held by St. George Church, located at 6707 W. 175th Street in Tinley Park.
Bikes will be collected ...
- from 1:30pm until 7:00pm on Saturday 28th
- from 6:30am until 2:00pm on Sunday 29th
Contact: Angie Brady.
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.
This bike drive is being held by St. George Church, located at 6707 W. 175th Street in Tinley Park.
Bikes will be collected ...
- from 1:30pm until 7:00pm on Saturday 28th
- from 6:30am until 2:00pm on Sunday 29th
Contact: Angie Brady.
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.
512 Used Bicycles of which 379 were adult bikes and 133 were child bikes.
27 extra used wheels
15 boxes of used parts (without the boxes).
We will load 500 bicycles for the Centro Salvadoreño de Tecnologia Apropiada (CESTA), Friends of the Earth El Salvador.
The majority of these bicycles were provided by the Campus Bike Project of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
