April 13, 2009
Neighborhood Bike Works: Come Raid The Giant Wheel Pile
Post by Alli Katz
Bicycles aren’t just an eco-friendly way to travel, they’re a downright way-of-life in Philadelphia. Neighborhood Bike Works has been helping get West Philly kids on bikes since 1996 through workshops, after-school programs and camps. But all that fun costs money “” and for the past 7 years, NBW has found a novel solution for raising the dough and helping the earth “” a Bike Part Art Show.
Come August, everything from light fixtures to jewelry to t-shirts will be available for purchase, with proceeds going toward the wide-array of NBW youth-helping programs. But first, they need artists to participate.
So on April 16th from 6:30 pm to 9 pm (your last chance to hit up the giant wheel pile), and again on May 10th, you can raid the Bike Church, the NBW’s adult division, to dig for all the parts that would otherwise end up filling the dumps to create a beautiful, inspiring and wonderful piece of art. You save the Earth, the kids of West Philly, and your wallet all at once. There are more raids to come, so keep your eyes open for future dates.
Neighborhood Bike Works & Bike Church
3916 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 386-0316
www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
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April 13, 2009, 8:30 am
Toddly Man says:
If you’ve never been to the Neighborhood Bike Works, let this open house be a handy excuse to visit them and experience the simple wonder that is the NBW.
Even if you have absolutely no desire to snag free bike parts to use to make art and jewelery, go and just see what it is that they do. Sit for a few minutes and just watch and listen.
In a world too often full of grumps and mopes and creeps and dopes, I leave a visit to the Neighborhood Bike Works refreshed with the knowledge that the world is a GOOD place, and that love rules.
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