Herndon Friends Meeting Used Bike Collection

Herndon Friends Meeting (Quakers) is sponsoring its 17th annual Used Bike Collection on Sunday, July 22, 2012,
between 12 noon and 3:00 pm at the Friends Meetinghouse on the corner of Spring and Locust Streets in Herndon. The collection will be held rain or shine.

Since 1996, Herndon Friends have processed over 2,000 used bikes in support of Bikes for the World.  When local residents bring us their used bikes, parts, wheelchairs and
sewing machines Herndon Friends process them and start the wheels on global journeys that put them in the hands of BFW's partners around the world.  In just seven and one-half years BFW has shipped over 58,000 bikes to 11 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.  Recipient countries include Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Namibia, Barbados, Panama, Haiti, Guatamala and
more.  Thanks in part to the generosity of Reston and Herndon-area residents BFW is now the largest bike reuse organization in the United States! 

Both adult and children’s bikes will be accepted on
July 22. Mountain and hybrid bikes are especially appreciated in regions with unpaved roads. Wheelchairs and sewing machines along with parts, accessories and
tools will also be accepted.

Herndon Friends ask for a $10 financial contribution along with the bikes to defray shipping costs. All material and financial contributions made to BfW are tax deductible. Receipts will be available for all contributions.

Please note that the Herndon Friends Bike Collection is the most consistent predictor of fair weather in the Herndon area -- it has not rained during a bike collection in 16 years! 

For more information please contact:
Paul Murphy at 703-517-2784.