<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">Hello,</span><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Light the Night 2014 is coming, this September 11!</div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> With 3 hours to install 775 free bike light sets, we'll need a good-sized crew of volunteers. This will be the seventh year in a row for Light the Night. We've seen big improvements in safe night biking around here, but -- in part thanks to the excellent and continuing trend toward more bicyclists on the streets -- there's still a lot of work to do. </div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> You can sign up for a 1.5-hour or 3-hour shift here:</div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="SourceSansPro-Regular"><a href="http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2014">http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2014</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="SourceSansPro-Regular"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> Volunteering is generally a lot of fun -- the crowds are very happy to get free bike lights! <b class=""> </b></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Light the Night 2014</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Free Bike Light Giveaway</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. (volunteering from 3:45 to 7:00 pm)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ul style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Location 1: Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright St.) Urbana, IL</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Location 2: Corner of Illinois St. and Lincoln Ave. (near the Hallene Gateway) Urbana, IL</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Location 3: LifeCykle Community Bike Shop, 79 E. Beardsley Ave, Champaign, IL (new location! smaller crew needed; only about 50 light sets at this site)</li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Please volunteer for the <b>3:45 pm to 5:30 pm "early shift" </b>if you can: lines are longest then; we're aiming to have more volunteers for the early shift to meet the demand.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height: 19px;">Early-shift volunteers: please note the 3:45 pm start time (i.e. not 4 pm); getting volunteers organized fifteen minutes early will help us get a jump on long lines.</span></font></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br></div><div class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class=""></div></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><div class=""><span style="white-space: pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Optional <b class="">training sessions</b>: </div><div class="">---- There will be two chances to go to a<b class=""> </b>short <b class="">training session</b> for those who haven't participated before, those who want a refresher, or those who want to practice with this year's models of reflectors and lights:</div><div class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="Apple-style-span"> -- Mon., Sept. 8, 2014 6:00 pm--6:45 pm, at the Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL (enter via south side basement door).<br class=""> -- Thu., Sept. 11, 2014, 3:15 pm--3:45 pm, at Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright St., Urbana, IL)</span></div><div class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 13px;" class="Apple-style-span">Training will cover reflector install, difficult light install cases, educational materials, and more. (</span></font><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Battery install has already been completed; thanks volunteers!)</span></div><div class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;" class="Apple-style-span"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 19px;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="white-space: pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span><b class="">About the giveaway:</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 19px;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""> We'll be installing, completely free, roughly 775 "be seen” Planet Bike LED light sets; that makes 1,550 blinky lights, counting front and rear. Don't forget to <b class="">tell your friends</b> about the giveaway, but remind them: lights are only installed directly onto bikes. "If you want free lights, bring your bike." </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""> Light the Night 2014 is a program of Campus Area Transportation Study partners and affiliated groups.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Hope you can volunteer!</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 19px;" class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Cheers,</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Barry Isralewitz</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="white-space: pre;" class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Volunteer, The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;" class=""><br></div></span></font></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; " class="Apple-style-span">-- <br class="">Barry Isralewitz<br class=""><a href="mailto:barry.isralewitz@gmail.com">barry.isralewitz@gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class=""></span>
</div>
<br class=""></body></html>