18 Apr - Happy Earth Week

Good morning,
We had a hugely successful Tradeup Day on Saturday in terms of volunteers, customers, bikes received, bikes sent out, repair backlog and income.  Thanks to all of you who worked hard to help make it a success.  That includes our long-time volunteer, MDS students and 3 new volunteers who showed up by sheer grace at the right time with a great attitude ofr getting more people on the bikes they'll ride.  We didn't gather numbers on anything except income for the day which was over $400.

With repairs that we'll be finishing in the coming weeks that will probably climb to $600 or more.  But the real payoff was the excitement of the kids and adults who are riding for either the first time, or the first time in years.

We also exhibited our pedal generator and handed information out at the Impact EARTH fair downtown.  This was also a great opportunity to let people know about us, and we got a lot of business sent to us from it.

There's not a lot of time to relish the success though.  Earth Week is also very busy for us, we'll be tabling at events and donating bikes to various events and we need your help.  Take a look at the calendar and call us at the shop at 304-276-0213 if you can spend some time helping out.  It starts today with the Center for Civic Engagement's Partner Fair where we'll be showcased for providing students with a fun and meaningful service learning experience.  This is just the kickoff for their Week of Engagement, we hope to recruit volunteers to help us fix all the bikes we received this weekend and help prepare bikes and parts for overseas shipment. You can help out too, just ask us how.