[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: [Bikecoop-announce] Volunteer for Light the Night 2014!

[Jeffrey Putney]

This is a super cool project to get bike lights tons of people. And they
need volunteers to help install them, check it out:

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From: Barry Isralewitz <barry.isralewitz at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:00 PM
Subject: [Bikecoop-announce] Volunteer for Light the Night 2014!
To: Bike Project Announcement List <bikecoop-announce at lists.chambana.net>


Hello,

Light the Night 2014 is coming, this September 11!

  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.

  You can sign up for a 1.5-hour or 3-hour shift here:

http://thebikeproject.wikispaces.com/light-the-night-2014

  Volunteering is generally a lot of fun -- the crowds are very happy to
get free bike lights!

*Light the Night 2014*
*Free Bike Light Giveaway*
*Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. (volunteering from 3:45 to
7:00 pm)*

   - Location 1: Alma Mater (SE corner of Green St. and Wright St.) Urbana,
   IL
   - Location 2: Corner of Illinois St. and Lincoln Ave. (near the Hallene
   Gateway) Urbana, IL
   - 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)


Please volunteer for the *3:45 pm to 5:30 pm "early shift" *if you can:
lines are longest then; we're aiming to have more volunteers for the early
shift to meet the demand.
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.



Optional *training sessions*:
---- 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:
 -- 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).
 -- Thu., Sept. 11, 2014,  3:15 pm--3:45 pm, at Alma Mater (SE corner of
Green St. and Wright St., Urbana, IL)
Training will cover reflector install, difficult light install cases,
educational materials, and more.   (Battery install has already been
completed; thanks volunteers!)

*About the giveaway:*
  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 *tell your friends* about the giveaway, but remind
them: lights are only installed directly onto bikes. "If you want free
lights, bring your bike."

    Light the Night 2014 is a program of Campus Area Transportation Study
partners and affiliated groups.


Hope you can volunteer!


 Cheers,

Barry Isralewitz
 Volunteer, The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign


-- 
Barry Isralewitz
barry.isralewitz at gmail.com



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