From phillipernst2 at gmail.com Mon Nov 21 14:27:02 2022 From: phillipernst2 at gmail.com (Phillip Ernstmeyer) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:27:02 -0600 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] The Bike Project General Meeting + Potluck, Dec. 5, 7:00 PM Message-ID: Hello Bike Project community, This email is just a reminder that our last membership meeting of 2022 is scheduled for Dec. 5, 7:00 PM, at the Urbana shop (202 S. Broadway Ave, #24). On top of electing steering members and deciding next year's meeting dates, we'll also be hosting a potluck dinner. Bring a dish and celebrate the end of the year with other DIYers! The draft of the December agenda is here . See y'all there! Phillip -- Phillip Ernstmeyer (he/him) The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign Champaign County Bailout Coalition Uni Faculty Organization -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From phillipernst2 at gmail.com Tue Nov 29 13:58:40 2022 From: phillipernst2 at gmail.com (Phillip Ernstmeyer) Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:58:40 -0600 Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] =?utf-8?q?Support_The_Bike_Project_This_Givi?= =?utf-8?b?bmcgVHVlc2RheSDwn5Sn8J+asuKdpO+4jw==?= Message-ID: Dear Bike Project community, For Giving Tuesday, please consider making a donation to The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign. Our goal is to raise $5,000 by the end of the year! https://tinyurl.com/4vcvacan In 2022, The Bike Project's volunteers have been rebuilding our cooperatively owned community bike shop after the prolonged closures caused by COVID in 2020 and 2021. In the last year, we ? expanded open hours from one day to four, and resumed WTFNB (Women, Trans, Femme, and Nonbinary) Night on the second Monday of each month ? gave away 60 kids bikes in December 2021 during our annual holiday Kids Bike Giveaway (which we're also currently organizing for 2022) ? refurbished kids bikes for the children of immigrant families at Leal Elementary School ? fundraised for high-quality lights and locks for Afghan refugees, in collaboration with The Refugee Center ? raised funds for and distributed bike lights to underserved CU communities and coordinated with community partners to provide continued access to them ? rebuilt a commuter bike for a community member who had lost theirs in an accident, in partnership with Cunningham Township ? donated 200+ bicycles to Working Bikes to provide communities in South and Central America and Africa with access to bikes and parts ? organized community spring and summer rides But, even with our volunteers hustling and building bikes to keep the shop open, we need your help meeting our bottom line for the year and keeping our momentum going into 2023. Donate now at the link below (or use our QR code): https://tinyurl.com/4vcvacan ???? [image: TBP Giving Tuesday 2.png] -- Phillip Ernstmeyer (he/him) The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign Champaign County Bailout Coalition Uni Faculty Organization -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: TBP Giving Tuesday 2.png Type: image/png Size: 286580 bytes Desc: not available URL: