Ramsey May 8, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 9 Saint John’s Memorial Episcopal Church in Ramsey and Pedals for Progress (www. Donations of bikes, sewing machines requested p4p.org) will sponsor a used bike collection from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 18. This event will be held rain or shine at the Saint John’s parking lot on East Main Street at corner of Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey. Anyone with an adult or child’s bicycle in repairable condition is urged to donate it to this worthy cause. Please note that “bikes for parts” or disassembled bikes cannot be accepted. The group will also be collecting working portable sewing machines. Each year, P4P collects 5,000 to 7,000 bicycles and transfers this material wealth to those in need. To date, more than 137,000 bikes have been shipped to developing countries in Asia, Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Eastern Europe. After they are shipped throughout the world, the bikes are reconditioned by partner agencies and distributed at low cost to poor working adults. The bikes provide reliable transportation for commuting to work, transporting produce to market, or accessing health care and other services. Steady employment for these adults is vital to the development and success of these economies. Children’s bikes enable children to go to schools that might otherwise be too far from their homes. It costs $40 to collect, process, ship, rebuild, and distribute each bicycle. A donation toward shipping costs is requested. The suggested minimum is $10 per bike. All cash and material donations are fully tax deductible and receipts will be available at the collection site. For information about Saint John’s, the bike collection, and the church’s other activities, call the church office at (201) 327-0703 or e-mail Saint John’s at ellen. joyce @ stjohnsramsey.org.Additional information is also available on the church’s website at www.stjohnsramsey.org. Teens take trophy Chinese III students from Ramsey High School won first place at the Seventh Annual Chinese Cultural Project Contest. The contest was co-hosted by the New Jersey Chinese Culture Studies Foundation and Seton Hall University. The winning project consists of a video created by the students demonstrating how technology can assist in learning Chinese and an in-person presentation in front of a panel of judges. The group also performed a Chinese rap song about technology and learning Chinese Pictured are contest winners Jacqueline Loughran, Matthew Bonan, Christian Zitelli, Thomas McCabe, Christopher Eng and, Joely Alt. (Photo courtesy of Cecilia Liu.)