<div dir="ltr">This is a super cool project to get bike lights tons of people. And they need volunteers to help install them, check it out:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Barry Isralewitz</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barry.isralewitz@gmail.com">barry.isralewitz@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:00 PM<br>Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] Volunteer for Light the Night 2014!<br>To: Bike Project Announcement List <<a href="mailto:bikecoop-announce@lists.chambana.net">bikecoop-announce@lists.chambana.net</a>><br>
<br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular">Hello,</span><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"><br></div><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Light the Night 2014 is coming, this September 11!</div>
<div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"><br></div><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"> 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"><br></div><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"> You can sign up for a 1.5-hour or 3-hour shift here:</div><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"><br></div>
<div><font face="SourceSansPro-Regular"><a href="http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2014" target="_blank">http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2014</a></font></div><div><font face="SourceSansPro-Regular"><br>
</font></div><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"> Volunteering is generally a lot of fun -- the crowds are very happy to get free bike lights! <b> </b></div><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"><br>
</div><div><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Light the Night 2014</strong><br style="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;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Free Bike Light Giveaway</strong><br style="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;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="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;padding:0px 0px 0px 3em;margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><li>Location 1: Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright St.) Urbana, IL</li>
<li>Location 2: Corner of Illinois St. and Lincoln Ave. (near the Hallene Gateway) Urbana, IL</li><li>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="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"><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 style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"><br></div></div><div style="font-family:SourceSansPro-Regular"><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Optional <b>training sessions</b>: </div>
<div>---- There will be two chances to go to a<b> </b>short <b>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><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"> -- 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>
-- 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><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px">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><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><b>About the giveaway:</b></span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:19px"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal"> 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>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"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal"> 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"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Hope you can volunteer!</div>
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<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Cheers,</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Barry Isralewitz</div>
<div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Volunteer, The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;line-height:normal">
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Barry Isralewitz<br><a href="mailto:barry.isralewitz@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.isralewitz@gmail.com</a><br><br></span>
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