Ed Phippen writes:
Bike Works is hosting a city-wide bike drive on Feb 22nd and one of the drop off locations is here in Wallingford (at my house).In case you’re unfamiliar with BikeWorks, it uses bicycles to teach primarily disadvantaged kids about leadership, education, and work. In its signature program, Earn-A-Bike, kids take a class to learn how to strip and then rebuild a bike. Upon graduating they are encouraged to volunteer in their communities. After a set number of volunteer hours they “earn” a bicycle of their own. BikeWorks also runs a variety of classes, camps, and tours for youth. It also has it’s own recycle program and bike shop, the proceeds from which are used to support our programs.So we’re constantly on the hunt for used bikes. Demand for our programs has grown over the past several years so we’re increasing opportunities for people to donate used bikes and bike parts. We’ll take anything!
If you’ve got bike that you’re ready to part with, head over over to Ed’s place, 1851 N. 52nd St, 10 am – 2 pm.
Is there a time/place to drop off a bike other than Feb 22? I will be out of town that day.
Sure! I would go down to their Columbia City location, 3709 S. Ferdinand, some time they’re open. There are alternatives, but none nearby – only this Sunday for that.
Shop hours: http://bikeworks.org/bike-shop/ It can also be a good place to pick up a bicycle if you need one. I was out today on a bicycle I got there, really pretty nice ride – with Biopace chain rings, woo hoo!