Changing Lives One Bike At A Time

The unused bikes in your garage or basement can become valuable transportation for people in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and South Pacific through a simple donation to Bikes for the World.

On October 25 at Pedal Pushers bike shop in Severna Park, volunteers will collect used bicycles. This year’s bike collection is in memory of Ann Jackson, Jack Koczela and Larry Pratt — active volunteers with Bikes for the World for many years. In 2005, Jackson partnered with Pedal Pushers owner Rod Reddish to hold the first bike collection in Severna Park, establishing a long-running collaboration with biannual collection events. Those events gathered over 100 bicycles each year and a total donation of over 2,000 bikes from the Anne Arundel County community. In 2023, Bikes for the World celebrated 20 years of service, 20,000 volunteers and 200,000 bikes.

Bikes for the World makes affordable, good-quality used bicycles available to low-income people in developing countries. These donated bikes provide better transport for work, education and health care appointments. In addition, the donated bikes seed local bicycle repair and maintenance businesses, providing skilled employment in communities. Bikes for the World is a registered nonprofit organization with headquarters and a warehouse in Rockville, Maryland.

Event Details

Date/Time: October 25, 10:00am to 1:00pm

Location: 546 Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard, in the alley next to Pedal Pushers

Donations: Any repairable bikes, including those with flat tires or missing seats and pedals, are acceptable. In addition to bicycles, scooters, adult tricycles, unicycles, trail-a-bikes and most spare parts and accessories are needed. However, children’s tricycles, “razor” scooters, bicycle frames missing major components or rusted bikes cannot be accepted. Anyone donating a bike is asked to give $10 to cover shipping costs. Donation receipts will be provided for the bike’s value plus any cash donations.