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Join Us for a Traveling Social Friday!

***Recyclery Pack Ride to the Plaza***

***Critical Mass at Will***

***Bike Winter Art Show Afters***

 

Join us for our upcoming Social Friday, which happens every 4th Friday! This month, we will be gathering at the shop from 4:00 to 4:30 PM, then riding down to Daley Plaza as a group, which is the meet-up location for the March Chicago Critical Mass.

Folks are encouraged to meander into the Mass at will, in little groups or hopping around. Those of us that ride all the way to the end will be rewarded by attending the 21st Bike Winter Art Show! Sweet!!!

Co-Hosted by CommunityCave Chicago.

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Welcome to The Recyclery Open House: Programming Schedule Release!

The Recyclery Collective Open House

A celebration of our Tailwind for Tools fundraising campaign finale

Join us at the shop on Sunday, February 11, 2018, 2:00 PM – 8:30 PM, for a full day of fun for all ages.

All Day Activities:

♦ Raffle, Silent Auction, and Prize Wheel! – Win something great, big or small!

♦ Photobooth – self explanatory silliness

♦ Upcycled Jewelry Making – use bike parts to make earrings and more!

♦ Screen Printing – bring your own garments, or purchase a blank shirt here. We’ve got Recyclery screens and ink

♦ Snacks – for snacking

Special Event Schedule:

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Kids Bike Repair
No prior experience necessary. Experienced volunteers will provide guidance. All completed bikes will be donated locally. But first…

3:30 – 4 PM – Alley Kitten Race!
We fixed em, now we ride em!

4:00 – 4:30 PM – Schmooze and Share
Stories and highlights from The Recyclery since our last Open House

4:30 – 5:30 PM – Bike Infrastructure Advocacy Workshop
With Active Transportation Alliance, Go Evanston, and The Recyclery

5:30 – 5:40 PM – AcroYoga by Loren Phillips & Sarah Sutherland

6:00 – 6:30 PM – Hot Drinks and Mingling. Raffle drawings begin!

6:30 – 7:15 PM – Live Music by Urban Rythm Band

7:30 – 8:30 PM – Live Music by Adam Gottlieb & OneLove

Thank you and See You Soon!

Can’t make it? Make a virtual contribution! We’re so close to reaching our goal!

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Balaclava Making Bonanza!

Sunday, December 10th, 3:00 – 5:00 PM

Come out of the cold and into the warmth to help us create a bundle of cozy fleece balaclavas! We will have all necessary materials on hand, but feel free to bring your own snazzy fleece/fabric, favorite scissors, or snacks to share, if you like. Most importantly, bring yourself and your crafty friends!

This event is FREE! and open to all ages. Anyone under 12 must come with an adult. Attendees encouraged to create extra balaclavas for the shop to sell, which helps to support our Freecyclery & Earn-A-Bike programming.

We love and need you!

Co-Hosted by CommunityCave Chicago!

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3rd Annual Tailwind for Tools Fun-draiser!

Our third annual Tailwind for Tools winter fundraiser is here! Last year we set a goal of $5000 and came very close to reaching it. We came in at $4,257.74, making it our most successful fundraiser yet.Thanks to the generosity of our friends, we were able to sponsor more youth rides, train more young adults, give away more bikes, inaugurate new programming, and continue serving the Howard area community in Rogers Park.

Please consider financially supporting The Recyclery’s educational programs this holiday season. Your gifts go a long way in helping The Recyclery share cycling with our community.

Donate Here!

We love you & we need you!

Our achievements this year at The Recyclery!

  • Our volunteers have logged a record number of 3605 hours this year;
  • We have served 1745 patrons during Open Shop;
  • 168 bicycles were given away through the Freecyclery program to people in need;
  • We trained 5 youth interns in bicycle mechanics and worked with 2 long-term interns
  • 25 youth and 3 adults rode through our door on their new (refurbished) bicycles through our Earn-A-Bike program;
  • We added W.T.F. Night  to our programs;

We are grateful to all of our wonderful volunteers, patrons, donors and moral supporters. We could not have done it without you!

A couple of lessons were learned this year as well. After an unfortunate break-in and theft incident we have seriously upgraded our security system, however the high valued items and bicycles were not recovered.

We have also noticed a city-wide decrease in refurbished bicycle sales (which is the main source feeding our programs and operations), thus your support is needed more than ever:

  • $5 donation buys a flat tire repair kit for 1 youth
  • $10 donation covers an hour of Open Shop time for the many in our community who can’t donate
  • $25 donation buys lock and a helmet for 1 youth
  • $75 donation provides 1  Tune-Up Class scholarship
  • $180 donation provides 1 Overhaul Class scholarship
  • $500 fully funds one Earn-a-Bike program for local youth

Any amount – small or large – is very appreciated and helpful ♥

Some workplaces offer to match your donation. Check to see if your employer has such a program. You could encourage your colleagues to donate as well!

The FUN part

The Tailwind For Tools campaign finale is on Valentine’s Day weekend (‘cause we love our Recyclery friends) . You won’t want to miss this year’s Open House party at the shop. This year we are bringing back the funky bike photo booth, bike-part-upcycling crafts, DIY screen printing, food, live music, and adding more fun activities to our all day event.

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