The April schedule is as follows:
Sundays – April 1, 15, 22, and 29 – Noon to 4 PM (closed April 8 for Easter)
Tuesdays – April 3, 10, 17, and 24 – 7 PM to 9 PM
Thursdays – April 5, 12, 19, and 26 – 7 PM to 9 PM
We have not yet finalized the Wednesday Work Night schedule for April.
Other events are as follows:
Stockholm Blue Bike repair trip – April 6 and 7
Coon Rapids Green Expo – Saturday, April 14
Fridley Recycling Event – Saturday, April 21
Bike Drive at St. Peter School in North St. Paul – Friday, April 27
Andover Recycling Event – Saturday, April 28
We also will be scheduling the first class for Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness on April 25 at 5 PM, followed by a Wednesday Work Night.
The bicycle give away count is up to 93 for the year. We are working on the last wait list bicycle. However, the wait list reopens on Monday, April 2, so we expect a lot of requests to pour in all at once. April will be a very busy month for us.
MMRB is participating in the first-ever Great Re-Use Race. This event is open to just about anyone who doesn’t work for one of the participating organizations. Registration is already open. Racers must visit a number of businesses and/or their web sites and answer questions about them, then get their passport stamped. The race ends on Sunday, April 22. There will be great prizes for the winners. We hope this event brings lots of new customers through our doors.
MMRB will have a booth again at this year’s Coon Rapids Green Expo. This is a fun event and is open to the public. There are lots of vendors there with freebies and money-saving offers. Mr. Michael will do a program on bicycle safety and maintenance and be on hand all day to answer your maintenance questions. The event is from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Coon Rapids City Office Building.
Our volunteers continue to amaze us. Several of them opened the store for us while we were on vacation and did a great job. Others came to the shop and worked on bicycles and also did some cleaning while we were gone. It was a great surprise for us to come back to such a neat shop! Thanks to all our core group – Marie, Bill, Kendra, Anne, Tom, Bob, Gary, Carl, and Tom L. I hope I haven’t left anyone out. You all rock.