Bike Collection at First Parish

Bicycle Collection for Community Development at Home and Abroad

A bicycle collection for Bikes Not Bombs will take place on Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the First Parish of Watertown, Unitarian Universalist, 35 Church St., Watertown.

Bikes Not Bombs is a Jamaica Plain based non-profit organization working for environmental sustainability and community development. They provide training for inner city youth in bicycle mechanics, business skills, and community leadership. They also operate a full service bike shop where refurbished bicycles are sold at affordable prices.

Bikes Not Bombs works both locally and internationally to promote peace and social justice.  Over the years they have shipped more than 50,000 bikes to community bike projects in over 13 nations in the developing world, including Ghana, Northern Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Central America and the Caribbean.  They also send technicians and tools to these countries for start up projects in micro-enterprise bike businesses, sustainable technology projects and youth training programs For the working poor in developing countries, bikes are an inexpensive means of transportation and provide essential access to school, to work, and to market.

Help Bikes Not Bombs achieve its mission of working towards sustainable transportation and community development by donating your used bike in reparable condition.  A monetary contribution of $5 per bike is requested to help defray the cost of overseas shipping.

The drive is sponsored by the World in Watertown, the First Parish of Watertown, the Belmont Watertown United Methodist Church and Watertown Savings Bank, with the cooperation of the Watertown Police Department.  Information about Bikes Not Bombs can be found at www.BikesNotBombs.org  .  For more information about the Watertown collection call 617 926-8130.