Monday, May 3, 2010

May is Bike Month!


Which also includes Bike to Work Week and Bike to Work Day!
http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/bikemonth/

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Thank You!




Thanks to Canterbury Nursery School for the donation of almost 500 kids books yesterday!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Friday, April 23, 2010

Books on Wheels has worked with over 100 organizations since 2007!!!!

2010
April
April 24th: Friends of Battery Park Earth Day Festival
April 20th: George Mason Elementary School

Spring/Summer 2010 Book Donations went to these organizations: Reach Out and Read/Bon Secour, Read 4 Life, Grace Place Covenant, Providence Montessori Christian School, New Life for Youth, John Marshall High School, Highland Springs United Methodist,

January 28th: Short Pump Elementary Book Drive
January 23rd: BJ’s Wholesale Club

2009

Winter 2009/2010 Book and Bicycle Donations went to these great organizations: Born to be Great, Summer Hill Elementary, Richmond Outreach Center, Richmond Waldorf School, Capital Child Care, Central Montessori School, Early Childhood Learning Center/Head Start, Highland Park Learning Center/Youth Life Foundation,

November 7th: Richmond Zine Fest 2009, Richmond, VA
October 19th: First Baptist African Church, Richmond, VA
September 27th: Harvest on the Hill St. Andrew’s Church Community Fair, Richmond, VA
August 3rd:National Night Out at the Neighborhood Resource Center, Richmond, VA
June 31st: East End Library, Richmond, VA
June 30th: The Robinson Theater, Richmond, VA
June 2oth: CSAFE, Baltimore, MD
June 16th: Winchester Greens Community Center, Chesterfield County
June 6th: Richmond Kickers Family Festival, Richmond, VA

May:
Books on Wheels Spring/Summer Free Books were given to these fine organizations:
Aurthur Ashe Reading Room, Camp Alkulana, Southampton Elementary School, Early Childhood Development Initiative, St. Andrew’s School, Neighborhood Resource Center, Richmond Public Schools, Antioch Learning Center, Chesterfield Title I School, Bon Secour Hospital, REAL School, Youth Life Foundation

April 25th: St. Joseph’s Villa, Richmond, VA
April 24th: Bellmeade Oakgrove Elementary School, Richmond, VA
April 13th: Central Montessori School, Richmond, VA
April 7th: Slyvanie Elementary School, New Orleans, LA/ Alvar Branch Library, New Orleans, LA
April 6th: R.U.B.A.R.B., New Orleans, LA/ Isrealite Baptist Church, LA
April 5th: Annunciation Mission, New Orleans, LA/ Liousiana Books to Prisoners, LA
March 2oth: The Bridge: Charlottesville, Va
Feburary 28th: Richmond’s Really Really Free Market
January 31st: Richmond’s Really Really Free Market

2008

Holiday Book and Bicycle Donations 2008 went to these organizations:
Jackson-Feilds Homes, Catholic Charities, Refugee and Immigration Services, Richmond Friends of the Homeless,READ ALOUD VIRGINIA, Pathways, Clark Springs Elementary

November 20th: Project Homeless Connect, Richmond, Va
October 11th: Richmond Zine Fest
August 30th: Richmond’s Really Really Free Market
August 9th: Art 180 Jonny Z Festival
July 31st:Pathways, Petersburg, VA

Summer Tour 2008:
June 28th: Harrisonburg, VA Our Community Place Summer Lawn Jam
June 27th: Baltimore, MD CSAFE
June 26th: Philadelphia, PA 51st Street
June 25th: Philadelphia, PA Neighborhood Bike Works Haddington Shop
June 24th: Philadelphia, PA, 41st and Ogden

June 10th: Chimborazo Elementary School
June 7th: Martin Luther King Elementary School
May 31st: Richmond Residential Services Yard Sale
May 3rd, 2008: Sacred Heart Center Health Fair
April 26, 2008: Bizarre Market @ Chop Suey Books
April 24th, 2008: Bon-Aire Pre-School
April 20th, 2008: Spring Bada-Bing
April 19th, 2008: Earth Day @ Mayo Island, Three Lakes Park
April 16th, 2008: VCU Bike-Round Up
April 12th, 2008: Twin Hickory Library Book and Bicycle Drive

Spring Tour 2008 :
March 13th, 2008: Typerwriter Museum, Austin, TX
March 12th, 2008: New Orleans Public Library Tour
March 11th, 2008: Israelite Baptist Church, New Orleans
March 10th, 2008: R.U.B.A.R.B., New Orleans www.rubarbike.org
March 8th, 2008: Sluggo’s, Pensecola, FL
March 7th, 2008: The Hive, Greensboro, NC

2007

December 2007: Bicycle Donation, Richmond Friends of the Homeless
November 15th, 2007: William Byrd Community House
November 8th, 2007: Project Homeless Connect
October 20th, 2007: Video Store, Brooklyn, NY
October 19th, 2007: PS 503, Brooklyn, NY
October 13th, 2007: Bizarre Market @ Chop Suey Books
September 29th, 2007: Fist City Fury at Toad’s Place
September 23rd: Family Peace Festival
September 7th, 2007: Carver Elementary School
August 2007: Bike! Bike! in Pittsburgh, PA

Summer Tour 2007:
July 2007: The People’s Project, Chicago, IL
July 2007: The Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor, MI
July 2007: Ann Arbor, MI
July 2007: Earn-a-Bike, Worcester, MA
July 2007: PS 501, Brooklyn, NY
July 2007: Neighborhood Bike Works
July 2007: CSAFE w/ Baltimore READS

Summer 2007 Richmond City Library Tour:
June 2007: Elwood St. Richmond Library
June 2007: East End Richmond Library
June 2007: Ginter Park Richmond Library
June 2007: Richmond Library
June 2007: Richmond Library
June 2007: Richmond Library

June 2nd, 2007: Martin Luther King Elementary
May 20th, 2007: Not With These Hands Community Day @ The Carollon
April 28th, 2007: Richmond Zine Fest, Firehouse Theater
April 21st, 2007: Earth Day, Mayo Island
April 18th, 2007: VCU Bike-Round Up
March 31st, 2007: Northside Recreation Center
March 25th, 2007: Charlottesville, VA Bike Project

Spring 2007 Tour:
March 2007: Centennial Park, Nashville, TN
March 2007: Israelite Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA
March 2007: Sluggo’s Vegetarian Parking Lot, Pensacola, FL
March 2007: Public Library, Greensboro, NC
March 2007: Deep Roots Market, Greensboro, NC

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

VCU Bike Round-Up 2010!

The Great Bike Round Up is at VCU Tomorrow!
Come by!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Commons Plaza
http://www.usca.vcu.edu/bike_roundup.html