October 2026 Click Here for Volunteer Opportunities In this newsletter... Open House Chicago - 10/17, 10-5 Guided Open Shop Returns! Volunteer Opportunities Holiday Donation Season coming up Join our Board or a WB Committee! Thank you for 27 years! KP as the bunny hopping witch! Happy HALLOWEEN volunteers! If you were with us at our volunteer Halloween party this week, you got a tour of the haunted Working Bikes Basement courtesy of our resident Witch, KP. If you missed the show, fear not!...
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September 2026 Our September Volunteer Appreciation Party Click Here for Volunteer Opportunities In this newsletter... Music coming up! 9/18-9/20 Container Heading to Durango Cycle of Power Updates Volunteer Party Anniversary Party - 10/3 Garfield Park Ride - 10/10 Pink on Pink at the Working Bikes booth at Bike the Drive Happy September volunteers! We are exiting our busiest season, Cycle of Power donations are winding down and we are prepping for our Anniversary Party! If you were at our...
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August 2026 The Working Bikes Raffle at North Lawndale Lit Fest Donate Here to Keep us Rolling! In this newsletter... Bike the Drive - September 6th, 2026 North Shore Century - September 20th, 2026 Ghana Container Route 66 Centennial and North Lawndale Lit Fest Ramp Updates - New Salesfloor 27th Anniversary Celebration - October 3, 2026 Photographer Jun has been stopping by the shop and taking some beautiful photos on 35mm film and large format with his Graflex The end of summer is in sight...
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August 2026 Volunteer Dina playing some cornhole at our Volunteer Appreciation Cornhole night Click Here for Volunteer Opportunities In this newsletter... North Lawndale EventsStreet Love Ride August 15Back to School Lit Fest & Route 66 100th Anniversary 8/23 Landscaping Blitz! Cycle of Power Updates Basement Reorganization August General Meeting Minutes Happy August, Volunteers! It has been hot and humid but our crew is still working hard, wrenching on Cycle of Power Bikes, packing...
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July 2026 Bikes heading out to Chicagoans (left) and Jamaicans (right) Donate Here to Keep us Rolling! In this newsletter... General Meeting Wednesday August 5th 6:30pm Jamaica Container Chicago Help Initiative Incoming Donations Street Love - North Lawndale 8/15 @ 8 PM North Lawndale Reads / Route 66 turns 100 8/23 @ 1 PM 27th Anniversary Celebration - October 3, 2026 Bike Chicago donation number 5,000! We are in the dog days of summer, the heat is high but that is not slowing us down! In...
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June 2026 Bikes packed up and heading to Uganda Donate Here to Keep us Rolling! In this newsletter... Restocking Ruguburi Invite Working Bikes to speak at your event! Roll n Peace 13 Thanks to our Collection Partners 27th Anniversary Celebration - October 3, 2026 HUGE turnout at Roll n Peace 13 Happy summer solstice Working Bikes community! Things have been busy around the shop, with the concrete being poured for our new accessible ramp, 720 basement bicycles packed in 1 week heading to...
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June 2026 Prepping for Roll N peace this Friday with Think Outside Da Block Click Here for Volunteer Opportunities In this newsletter... Friday, June 12th - Roll N' Peace Mexico Shipment Storefront Move and Basement - we need Volunteers Mural Unveiling Party - June 26th 4pm - 6pm June General Meeting Minutes Our new ramp entrance is starting to take shape Happy June, volunteers! It is hot and it is humid, but that has not stopped us from packing a container full of bikes heading to Uganda!...
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May 2026 Did you catch Working Bikes on WGN Around Town? Donate Here to Keep us Rolling! In this newsletter... Brandon's Bike Shop Rededication North Lawndale Ride - May 30th Roll N Peace - June 12th CESTA - Foro Mundial de la Bicicleta September 17th -20th El Salvador Bike Box at 13th and Pulaski open W, Th, Sat Ramp Progress Mail Club and a NEW bike delivery option Our third annual ride with Enlace Chicago Post Secondary Summer is fast approaching and we have felt the heat! We have already...
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May 2026 Hanging the Brandon's Bike Shop sign at the rededication celebration Click Here for Volunteer Ppportunities In this newsletter... Power Wrenchers Construction has begun! Saturday, May 16th - Southwest Collective Archer Ride Sunday, May 16th - Tamal Ride Saturday, May 30th - North Lawndale Ride with Equiticity Sunday, June 7th - Blues Fest get together for Taj Mahal Friday, June 12th - Roll N' Peace Rides Around Town International Shipment to Kampala - Loading May 27th - 29th Working...
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