<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px;float:none;display:inline">Hello everyone,</span><br style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><br style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"></span><span style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">The Bike Project will be tabling at<span> </span><a href="https://champaignparks.com/cu-days/" target="_blank">CU Days</a><span> </span>on<span> </span><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-aQJ">August 11</span></span><span> </span>and we are in need of volunteers who can distribute bicycle-related information and give away free school supplies at our table.</span></font><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">The<span> </span>event<span> </span>begins at<span> </span><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-aQJ">11:00 AM</span></span><span> </span>and ends at<span> </span><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-aQJ">8:00 PM.</span></span><span> </span><b>If you would like to volunteer, you can fill out the sign-up sheet<span> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ExFONO6kPMjTmJrl0Sf4ZCa7PxAbdI8fTDboI3_JtJw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</b><span> </span>Once you've added your name and contact info, please put an "X" under the time(s) that you'll table. There's no need to participate all day. Phillip, for example, is only signed up for two two-hour shifts (11:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 12:00 -1:00 PM). </font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">During the next few weeks leading up to CU Days, we'll also be taking donations of school supplies that will be made available to K-12 students in need who come to the event. Please see the list of preferred supplies<span> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BgtNp3_pl-tWG6kgOYm0nMqwljHHmlyn/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">You can make a donation in three ways:</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Bring school supplies to one of our locations during open hours;<br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Leave a financial donation in one of the donation jars (labeled specifically for CU Days Donations) at one of our locations. (We will then put the money towards needed school supplies);<br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000">Or make an online donation through The Bike Project's<span> </span><a href="https://squareup.com/market/the-bike-project-of-urbana-champaign/item/donation-for-cu-days" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Square Up page for CU Days Donations</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span><br></font></li></ul></div><span class="m_6646937442647852438gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000"><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px">If you've never gone to CU Days before, it's a great opportunity to meet folks in the community — and, in our case, to talk with them about bikes and The Bike Project.</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px">CU Days is held in Douglass Park, out in the open. We'll have a tent for shade.</div><div style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:12.8px"><br></div></font></span><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000">Please let us know if you have any questions.</font></div><div><br></div><div>Phillip and Rezvan</div></div>