  
EVENTS Bikes for the World is excited to announce a first time partnership with Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. During their in-store promotion, Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. is offered a discount on a new bike purchased with the trade-in of an old one. Traded bikes will be donated to Bikes for the World starting May 8th. And we need help unloading them all. For more information click HERE or call 571.212.4139.
This special offer ran April 29th through May 5th. Check out the Trade-In Trade-Up Bike Event sponsored by Dick's Sporting Read the entire Press Release HERE... Read more from our past events HERE COLLECTIONS Our Spring Collection Schedule is forming now. If you want to host a BfW Collection at your school, organization, or faith group call or write to schedule today. office(at)bikesfortheworld.org or 703.740.7856.
If you want to donate a bike now, you can always donate a bike at one of our participating bike shops any time of the year. You can find that list HERE. Or wait until spring and find a collection site near you; we typically support over 50 sites during the spring. Additionally, Bikes for the World appreciates ALL of our collection managers for their dedication and support. More than 70% of our bikes come in via sponsored events in your community. In addition, the vast majority of bikes are "processed" (compacted) by volunteers. Without your work, and that of your fellows, we could not deliver 9,000 bicycles annually at the low cost that we currently do. THANK YOU! RECENT SHIPMENTS BfW REACHES 60,000!
On March 4th, 2012 Bikes for the World placed our 60,000th bike in a shipment bound for partner group BEN Namibia. Bikes for the World founder and director Keith Oberg formally place the 60,000th bike--a white Giant Sedona lady's mountain model purchased by a private donor. More on the 60,000th bike... BEN distributes bicycles to community based non-profit businesses supporting primary health care serving the country's large population suffering from AIDS/HIV. Read more about BEN Namibia...
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS Follow Bikes for the World Outreach Coordinator, Yvette Hess, as she blogs about her recent trip to the Philippines where she was introduced to one of BfW's latest partners, Bikes for the Philippines.
In this blog, Yvette will introduce readers to the program, the key people involved in the program, and the bike beneficiaries themselves. You will get to see where they go to school, where they live, and where they might end up working once they graduate school. Check back periodically for the latest news and be sure to see all the pictures and video she brought back with her as well. BfW hopes to ship a second container to this program either over the summer or next fall. You can follow her account HERE... LOCAL PROGRAMS  Here in the DC Metro region we continue to work with several local groups providing both bikes and rewarding community service projects. Over the past year we have partnered with the Stone Ridge Social Action Program. Students from Stone Ridge of the Sacred Heart came out to King Farm every other Wednesday to help process bikes and load containers bound for remote villages overseas. Six Boy Scouts have earned their Eagle rank through managing a Bikes for the World bike collection as a required community service project. We also provided bikes on a select case-by-case basis to several organizations. Earlier this year, Bikes for the World reconditioned and donated 20 bikes to a day labor program in Montgomery County, administered by CASA de Maryland. We also donated 27 reconditioned bikes to elementary school students earning them through participation in the City of Rockville's TERRIFIC program, which promotes good values and deeds among participating youth. Meanwhile, Bikes for the World donated more than 50 un-refurbished children's bikes to the following three Northern VA "Christmas bike" programs: Bikes for Tykes and Teens (Mt Vernon/Rt 1 Corridor); Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill Bike Project (Alexandria); and Communities Helping Others (CHO) (Vienna). Bikes for the World rescued more than 1,700 bikes during 2011 at the Montgomery County Waste Transfer Station--bikes tossed into the waste stream by county residents but found to be in repairable or better condition. The County has fenced off a signed area for reeiving and holding the bikes awaiting Bikes for the World pick-up. Most of those bikes have already been re-cycled whole, overseas, helping villagers get to school, work, and medical services. Others were stripped for parts that were also shipped overseas. VOLUNTEERING Thursday Volunteer Night is ON! Come out to King Farm Barn, one of our three storage facilities, on Thursday evenings and help process bikes for shipping. If you are interested in finding out more you can watch the Intro to Volunteering video or call Nick at 301.461.5349
We are always looking for new collection managers to help with our collections in the spring and fall. For more information send Yvette an email office(at)bikesfortheworld.org or call 703.740.7856 Check here for current volunteer opportunities. IN THE NEWS Video:
+ Bikes for the Philippines Video by Buhay Pinoy
Description: Hear Joel Uichico describe how Bikes for the Philippines got its start and what they've accomplished so far.
+ Parks Rec n Roll Video by County Cable Montgomery
Description: See a collection (by Eagle Scout candidate Tyler Rodriguez) and loading (with Stone Ridge)
Articles:
+ Where There's a Wheel There's a Way Ex Pat Philippines Article by Agnes Abrau
Bikes for the Philippines program in Baclayon Bohol Philippines
+ Bikes for the Future Philippine Star Article by Susan Isorena-Arcega
Joel Uichico talks about Bikes for the Philippines
+ On The Right Track Philippine Daily Inquirer Article by Ruel S. De Vera
More on Bikes for the Philippines. Joel Uichico introduces the program and tells of plans for the future.  NEWSLETTER
Bikes for the World Director Keith Oberg shares the latest accomplishments in our newsletter. Find out the latest statistics, events, collection highlights, and overall news straight from Keith himself. You can sign up to receive this newsletter right in your inbox or see it HERE. OPPORTUNITY
Bikes for the World is proud to offer Team Building Activities to local corporations like TeraThink, Opower, and Johnson Lambert. Working together on a loading with BfW gives groups an opportunity to bond together outside the work place while giving back to the community as well as helping others overseas. BfW can connect a company, school, or faith group with one of our three loading sites, identify a morning or afternoon, and provide training and guidance to execute a successful bicycle container load to be distributed overseas in Central America or West Africa. BfW staff and volunteers provide supervision and logistical support to groups working on container loadings with the nation's largest bicycle reuse program. MORE INFORMATION...
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