Re: car wash
Jim Baross
Hi. Your request raised an idea for potential collaboration and/or at
least maybe a source for used/suprlus bikes....
We are planning to start a Re-Bike program, some call these
earn-a-bike, bike coops, Bike Kitchens or Recycle-a-bike, where
donated and junk bikes are made available in a class setting for kids
(but why not women, people in recovery, and others too?) to learn to
fix up, use and eventually own. We don't have a space secured yet -
working on a site near the downtown ballpark - but when this gets
going, it might be a something that GED could be involved with....?
At 08:56 AM 5/23/2007, you wrote:
>HELLO KIND GED BOOSTERS: NO CLEAN CARS THIS WEEKEND!!!
>
>My e-mail was broken, and then burst back into action with all the old
>messages--so the car wash message is out of date. I will let you know the
>next time that you can get your car cleaned for GED.
>
>BUT---while I have your attention--does anybody have a bicycle malingering
>in their garage that might be available to a nice recovering addict???
>There are supposed to be several million of these cobweb gathering machines
>lying about, so I thought that I would ask. We entered a contest for free
>bikes (BIKE TOWN) and the women wrote the most beautiful essays, so I
>thought I would look around for other sources. Having actual personal
>motorized transportation is going to be a long stretch or an impossibility
>for most of them.
>Thanks for looking.
>
>I will send class updates soon. I appreciate all the concern that people
>have demonstrated. Melinda
Jim Baross
I'm copying this to the e-list of the program folks.
At 12:32 PM 5/23/2007, you wrote:
>Jim, Totally. I went on the bike kitchen site a couple of weeks ago and
>volunteered to help--haven't heard anything. I wasn't thinking about my
>students at the time, just wanted to get involved, but now that you mention
>it,---perfect link. Let me know what I can do. Melinda Lee