Bikes & Books for Tanzania Shipping Party - completed
We will load our first container from our new International Shipping Warehouse at 1401 W. Waubansia on Saturday Nov. 10th from 9AM untill 3PM. Please come for as long as you can during. 1401 W. Waubansia is two blocks North and one block East of Stanley's fruit stand (located at North and Elston).
The donated bikes and books are going to the Tumani School in Arusha, Tanzania with our partners the Global Alliance for Africa.
Peru Shipping Party - completed
Saturday Oct. 6th, we will load from 400 to 500 bikes for Callao, Peru for our partners COPRODELI (coprodeli.org). This follows two bike drives for Peru last weekend at Old St. Pats and an Eagle Scout bike drive in Oak Park.
The "Party" will take place from 8:30 to 1:30 on Saturday at 927 S. Western. So you have to finish the marathon quickly. We will lovingly lower the bikes from the rear window as in the old days.
Other 2007 Shipments
Havana - wheelchairs with Vermont sister city project
Baracoa, Cuba - with the St. Augustine sister city
Camaguay, Cuba - with the Wisconsin Medical Project
Ghana - with the Village Bicycle Project
Ecuador - with Causes for Change
Ghana - with Nekotech
Tanzania - with Global Alliance for Africa (there were two)
Angola - with SHARE
NOLA - with our friends in Kansas City
