<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></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><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">Light the Night 2016 is coming, this September 22!</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> With 3 hours to install over 1000 free bike light sets, we'll need a good-sized crew of volunteers. This will be the ninth 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. </span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> You can sign up for a 1.5-hour or 3-hour shift here:</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><a href="http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2016" class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;">http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2016</a><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> Volunteering is generally a lot of fun -- the crowds are very happy to get free bike lights! </span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><b class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;">Light the Night 2016<br class="">Free Bike Light Giveaway<br class="">Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m (volunteering from 3:45 to 7:00 pm)<br class=""></b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">• Location 1: Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright St.) Urbana, IL</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">• Location 2: Corner of Illinois St. and Lincoln Ave. (near the Hallene Gateway) Urbana, IL</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">Please volunteer for the </span><b class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;">3:45 pm to 5:30 pm "early shift"</b><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> if you can: lines are longest then; we're aiming to have more volunteers for the early shift to meet the demand.</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">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><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">Optional </span><b class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;">training sessions:</b><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class=""> </span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">---- There will be two chances to go to a short training session 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:</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">- Mon., Sept. 19, 2016, 6:00 pm--6:45 pm, at the Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL. (enter via south side basement door).</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">- Thu., Sept. 22, 2016, 3:00 pm--3:45 pm, at Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright, Urbana, IL)</span><br class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;" class="">Training will cover reflector install, difficult light install cases, educational materials, and more. </span><div class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">We will also have some battery install events to get the lights ready in advance:</span><br class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Wed., Sept. 7, 2016, 6:30 pm--9 pm. Downtown Urbana Bike Project, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL. (enter via south side basement door) (refreshments rumored)</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">- Another date TBA (watch signup page; we’ll mail out the second install time to any who have already signed up for the main event)<br class=""></span><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><b class="">About the giveaway:</b><br class=""> We'll be installing, completely free, over 1000 "be seen" Planet Bike LED light sets; that makes over 2000 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." <br class=""><br class=""> Light the Night 2016 is a program of Light the Night Organizing Group partners and affiliated groups.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hope you can volunteer!<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cheers,<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Barry Isralewitz<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Volunteer, The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: SourceSansPro-Regular;"><br class=""></div><div class="">
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