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Putting used bikes and sewing machines to good use

Bicycle Grand Total since 1991: 168,702

Sewing Machine Grand Total since 1999: 6,579


Our mission: To empower sustainable economic development by recycling bicycles and sewing machines from the U.S. and shipping them to motivated people in the developing world.


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Fall 2024 Collection schedule ( šŸŒ Map)

To schedule a collection, contact Alan Schultz, alan@p4p.org or (908) 399-8217.

Summer 2024 Newsletter


Guatemala #25 loading, 28 September 2024Container shipped to Guatemala

September 28, 2024: We loaded our 25th container for our partner in Guatemala, FIDESMA, our longest-standing partner: 460 bikes and 25 sewing machines. The shipment was delayed for a few days because of the Longshoremen’s strike, but the container is now on its way. Here is Alan’s facebook reel of the loading.


Unloading Sierra Leone container, September 2024Container arrived in Sierra Leone

September 2024: Here’s a note from Sierra Leone: those 455 bikes and 65 sewing machines we shipped in July just arrived. Here’s more info on our new partner there.


East Stroudsburg Collection, 7 September 2024Fall 2024 Collection #1

September 7th: 71 bikes (!) and 13 sewing machines from the East Stroudsburg Rotary and Smithfieldā€™s Rotary ā€” with a clown Rotarian!! Ā  (Collection Schedule)


Loading Container to Sierra Leone, 13 July 2024Container shipped to Sierra Leone

July 13, 2024: we shipped a container to our new partner in Sierra Leone, the Kola Nut Producers Association: 455 bikes and 65 sewing machines. Welcome! Here’s the Summer 2024 Newsletter Post with more information.


End of season, lots of news!

  1. We’ve just finished our spring 2024 collection season. Collection numbers are in the schedule.
  2. We’ve just mailed our summer 2024 solicitation letter. These twice-a-year solicitations produce a significant part of our income. Please consider making a donation. Thanks.
  3. We’ve just published our Summer 2024 Newsletter. Check it out.
  4. We welcome our newest partner, the Kola Nut Producers Association, Sierra Leone.Kola Nut Producers Association, Sierra Leone

High Bridge Collection, 22 June 2024Collection Season Winding Down

22 June 2024: We just held our final local collection for Spring 2024. Thanks to Saint Joseph’s Church in High Bridge, we have 25 more bikes and 6 more sewing machines destined for our new partner in Sierra Leone.


Loading Belize #4, May 4, 2024Belize #4

May 4, 2024: we loaded 404 bikes and 25 sewing machines into a container now headed for P4P Belize.


Alan building sewing machine shipment for Tanzania, May 2024New Partner in Tanzania

Second shipment of 2024: 72 sewing machines are on their way to our new partner in Tanzania, Chief Promotions. Here are the machines getting packed.


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