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THIS WEEKEND! (Fri Aug 9th to Sunday August 11th)
Give your old bike a new life - in Kenya, Africa
What to bring:
- Adult-sized Mountain & hybrid bikes in working condition (wide tires, 24” and 26” wheels)
- Bike tools, repair & patch kits, inner tubes, tires, seats and locks (with keys or combination)
- Cash donations to help with transport costs of bikes are appreciated
- Please note that children’s bikes and bike frames without wheels are not suitable for this project.
- Click here for a detailed list of what we need and do not accept
When and Where:
Friday August 9th - 9:30am to 9:00pm
Saturday August 10th - 9:30am to 6:00pm *
Sunday August 11th - 10am to 5:00pm
Billings Bridge Centre
main doors (entrance #5)
2277 Riverside Drive, Ottawa
(corner Riverside Drive and Bank in Ottawa South - map)
* Bicycles for Humanity volunteers will be on site on Saturday August 10th between 10am and 1pm to greet donors and provide information the initiative |
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This year, we will be shipping a Bicycle Empowerment Centre (BEC) - a 40ft shipping container packed with 400 donated bicycles, spare parts and tools, converted into a bike shop on site - to Kibera, Kenya to benefit an orphan care organization.
Through a partnership with Wheels of Africa, B4H will establish the BEC to help empower and engage a community in creating sustainable and responsible economic development in Kenya, while enabling greater mobility in the area for students, workers, and healthcare volunteers.
The BEC will benefit Kijiji Cha Upendo, “Village of Love” in Swahili – a community based organization that cares for and supports over 140 orphans and vulnerable children with programs aimed at meeting the most basic of needs: food, clothing/supplies and education.
Billing Bridge Shopping Centre has graciously offered their facilities as the bike collection site for this year’s campaign. The drive will be led by the Security Team from Billings Bridge Centre and 20 VIC Management, Inc. property managers specializing in shopping centre management, leasing and development.
We are so very grateful for the enthusiastic support from the many individuals and organizations who donate funds, goods, facilities and services and to the volunteers who give their time and energy towards helping improve lives!
THANK YOU!
P.S. Since the start of our initiative in 2007, we have delivered 7 containers filled with 2600+ bikes along with hundreds of spare parts and tools that benefited over 10 disadvantaged communities in Namibia and Malawi. We've initiated 3 community-based bike shops, created 15 jobs, and enabled improved access to healthcare, education, food, water, employment and social opportunities for thousands - and we did this together with the Ottawa community, as one community to another...
P.P.S. If you do not have a suitable bike to donate, please consider a monetary donation to help with the transportation costs of the bikes to Africa - online donations are accepted and tax receipts are provided immediately via email.
To date Vintage CCM has donated $1,000 to the Ottawa chapter of Bicycles For Humanity based on sales of Canada Cycle & Motor: The CCM Story. Thanks to all who have ordered the book and by so doing contributed to this very worthy cause.
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