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.
Bikes collected at this event, being held by the Village of Woodridge, will be donated to Working Bikes ...
Contact: K. Rush.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
Working Bikes will be participating in the 7th annual Bike Rodeo, sponsored by the Warrenville Park District and City of Warrenville.
This year’s event will take place on Saturday, May 19 from 9:00am until noon - at the Warrenville City Hall, in the Parking Lot Complex.
Last year we collected 12 bikes, but the year before we got over 75 from this event!
Contact: Tom Rowe 630/393-7279 extension 30.
Contact: Jenn McMahon.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
James Hanley and Eagle Scout troop 1615 in Oak Lawn is holding a bike collection for Working Bikes ...
The event will take place at St. Linus Church (Saint Linus Parish, 10300 S. Lawler Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453), with bikes being collected at the west side of the rectory by the garages, after all masses on the weekend of May 19th-20th, from 5:00pm - 6:00pm on Saturday May 19th and from 8:30am - 2:00pm on Sunday May 20th.
If people are unable to take bikes along to the collection on these days, James can arrange pick-ups or drop-off at other times up until June 3rd - please contact him at jhaney5304@gmail.com to make the arrangements.
Bikes of any shape, color or condition are welcome!
Contact: James Haney.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
James Hanley and Eagle Scout troop 1615 in Oak Lawn is holding a bike collection for Working Bikes ...
The event will take place at St. Linus Church (Saint Linus Parish, 10300 S. Lawler Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL 60453), with bikes being collected at the west side of the rectory by the garages, after all masses on the weekend of May 19th-20th, from 5:00pm - 6:00pm on Saturday May 19th and from 8:30am - 2:00pm on Sunday May 20th.
If people are unable to take bikes along to the collection on these days, James can arrange pick-ups or drop-off at other times up until June 3rd - please contact him at jhaney5304@gmail.com to make the arrangements.
Bikes of any shape, color or condition are welcome!
Contact: James Haney.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.
Working Bikes successfully loaded 496 bicycles in a container destined for The Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) in Cape Town, South Africa ...
388 used adult bicycles
108 used children's bicycles
33 used wheels
This was in spite of the heat and the short notice!
Perhaps in the future we should consider a sprinkler on the roof of the container?
"The Bicycling Empowerment Network (BEN) was launched in Cape Town on 7 February 2002. BEN promotes the use of bicycles in order to address low-cost mobility, health and access to opportunity, employment, skills and education. In collaboration with both national and international development/ donor agencies, the project facilitates the transportation of bicycles from Europe, Great Britain and the United States to South Africa, the establishment of bicycle workshop projects and the introduction of bicycle user paths/ networks. To ensure the success of the project, BEN has established working partnerships with the Netherlands based Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE) the Shova Kalula (Pedal Easy) project of the South African National Department of Transport (NDoT), the cities of Cape Town, Tshwane and Johannesburg, and various SA CSO’s and cycling organisations. BEN is a national program based in Cape Town."
We will be filling another container with bikes, etc., this one bound for The Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) in Cape Town, South Africa ...
To join in and help with loading, come along to Working Bikes at 2434 S. Western Avenue in Pilsen, from 10am until we're done - perhaps around 4pm?
