Do you work at UGA? Do you like what we do?

Attention, UGA employees!

The 2009-2010 Campaign for Charities is now underway.

As a member of Georgia Shares, BikeAthens is eligible to receive contributions through this workplace giving program.

To choose BikeAthens as a recipient organization, just enter our ID number, 194064, on your donation form.

You may also designate your charitable contributions online at https://webapps.ais.uga.edu/PBCC/home.seam
First, log in with your UGA MyID and password.
Choose "Federated Charitable Organizations," then select
"194000-Georgia Shares," and then
"194064-BikeAthens"

Donating to your favorite local transportation advocates couldn't be easier!

For more about the annual Campaign for Charities, visit http://www.busfin.uga.edu/charities/

All donations support our outreach programs, advocacy, and educational efforts. Thank you for your continuing support of transportation choices in Athens!

50 kids bikes delivered to local agencies

Just in time for the holidays, our Bike Recycling Program has refurbished and delivered
fifty children’s bicycles to a number of Athens area social service agencies. Dozens of generous donors have dropped off children’s bicycles, many of which have been in basements for years. Volunteers met three times a week at the Bike Recycling workshop in the Chase Street warehouses to clean, repair, and test ride each bicycle.

Every bike has been delivered with a brand new helmet as well.

Bicycles and helmets were delivered to the following agencies:

• 23 bikes to Fowler Elementary
• 14 to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
• 2 to Project Safe
• 2 to Open Hearts
• 2 bikes for St Vincent DePaul
• 2 for Athens Land Trust
• 3 kids bikes and 3 adult bicycles for the Athens Area Homeless Shelter
• Plus, a handful of extra children’s bikes for other agencies

“We never would have succeeded without the overwhelming generosity of the community,” said
Bike Recycling Program co‐manager Jason Perry.

“We received so many donations‐‐from kids, from adults, from organizations‐‐that we struggled to keep them from piling up. And of course our volunteers really made things happen: many of the bikes only needed a little cleaning and a tune‐up, but often we were doing major overhauls on bikes that started out looking like scrap metal. The results were amazing.”

In 2009, the Bike Recycling Program hopes to locate a larger, more comfortable work space as well as a dedicated contingent of new volunteers to assist with ongoing efforts to refurbish adult bicycles. Donations poured in this fall, and the Chase Street workshop is brimming with bikes in need of repair.

Volunteers can stop by the workshop on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 – 8:30 PM and on Sunday afternoons from 2:00‐4:30 PM. Program managers also hope to expand the shop hours to Monday evenings in the new year. For more about the program and directions to the shop, visit
www.bikeathens.com/activities/bike_recycling.

Many thanks to all the volunteers and donors who made this possible!

Thanks, REM!!

Dear REM,

You rock! 

With deepest thanks and much love,

BikeAthens

Donate bikes to us via the Jittery Joe's Roaster

If you would like to help the Bike Recycling Program with a donated bicycle, you can now drop off donations at the Jittery Joe's Roaster on E. Broad St.

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Also, we are selling two restored, classic bikes at the Roaster to help support the program:

1. 1970's Schwinn Continental, yellow, very large men's frame, tricked out with bar-end shifters, $200
2. 1986 Ross "Mt. Hood" in stock condition except tires and saddle, $350

Many thanks to the Charlie Mustard at the Roaster for these opportunities!

And ... Jittery Joe's is soon releasing a BikeAthens-benefitting coffee blend, called Alternative Fuels. Stay tuned for details!

Bike Recycling in high gear

Thanks to a crack team of dedicated volunteers, our Bike Recycling Program is churning out bicycles for social services at a breakneck pace.

To keep us moving along & helping our neighbors, we could use the following donations:

• Cash, for our shop rent and safety accessories (each distributed bike is equipped with a new helmet, lock, and light set, which we purchase wholesale). Donate online!
  
• Bikes! All styles and conditions accepted! If we can't refurbish the bike, we'll strip it of useful parts and recycle the rest.
• Shop supplies: paper towels, rags, Tri-flow, WD-40, sharpies, and zip ties always needed!
• Fans: the shop is not air conditioned, so it's getting mighty toasty in there. A couple more fans would be most welcome.
• Bottled water: see above
• Time: come volunteer with us!
  

To see the shop in action, check out this slideshow of yesterday's session:

Support BikeAthens through UGA Campaign for Charities

UGA's annual Campaign for Charities provides an easy and convenient
opportunity to help BikeAthens continue it's ongoing efforts to make
walking, cycling, and transit safer and and more convenient in Athens Clarke
County.

As a Georgia Shares member organization, a monthly payroll donation to
BikeAthens can be entered on the Campaign for Charities form that has
recently been distributed to UGA employees.

BikeAthens is organization number 194064, listed under Georgia Shares, in
the second column (about 7 inches down) in the State Charitable
Contributions brochure that was mailed with the information packet.

Even a small donation is very helpful, and very much appreciated.

To learn more about Georgia Shares and its member organizations, see
www.georgiashares.org