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Permalink Reply by Holly on
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I was so mad last night. I went to put in a load of laundry and my digital converter box promptly broke at 7:38! You guys and gals are lookin' good!
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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on
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It was Lowell's idea! Anyone have a BW volunteer idea for January or Feb? I was thinking Night Ministry van. We can stand out in the cold better than anyone!
lauren sailor said:whoo hoo! YES a drinking game laura, and thanks shar! i braided it so it'd fit nicely under my cycling cap with ear flaps, but one of the cameramen asked me and iggi to take our hats off. i was especially bummed because my hat matched the shirt really well, but what can you do. howard, um, please don't be my lice :)
great job on the shirts, they look stellar! and thanks to the BW chairs for a great idea!
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Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on
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This was a lot of fun...though a major part of the fun was getting to hang out with the other awesome bike winter folks!
I agree that Night Ministry might be a good fit since we're adept at being out in the cold.
We also could commit to doing a shipping party for Working Bikes. I've seen those come up, and am a bit embarrassed that I've never actually done one.
The foodbank also offers volunteer opportunities that we could consider as well.
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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on
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Mark, that drawing is this coming Sunday, the 12th.
M.A.R.K. said:Sooooooooooooooooooooo... Who won the bike?
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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on
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Great thoughts. I wonder if I could nudge folks to start thinking in the direction of events to help raise funds -for- Bike Winter. In the past it was sustained by the receipt of a SRAM "mini-grant" most years.
When Randy Neufeld moved to SRAM those ended (so they could better spend the money on . . . well, no idea really).
At this point BW doesn't really have a known source of future funding.
Thanks for any help or ideas.
jamimaria said:
This was a lot of fun...though a major part of the fun was getting to hang out with the other awesome bike winter folks!
I agree that Night Ministry might be a good fit since we're adept at being out in the cold.
We also could commit to doing a shipping party for Working Bikes. I've seen those come up, and am a bit embarrassed that I've never actually done one.
The foodbank also offers volunteer opportunities that we could consider as well.
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Well, we could produce bike winter products and then sell them at a profit. There are also some events that will provide a donation to a group in exchange for them providing volunteers. I know some concessions stand organizations will do this during games, but I don't know who to contact for that.
For next year we could do a bike winter volunteer group for Bike the Drive to get that donation, though there is a lot of overlap within groups to make that happen.
We could always do a bake sale. Or have a bike winter table at the swap with donated items and have all of the profits go to bike winter.
I do think it's valuable to have bike other volunteering experiences, so we shouldn't disregard those.
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Thanks, Jami. Just to clarify I had absolutely no intent of suggesting that any of the suggested actions (e.g Night Ministry, shipping party) would not be worthy. I have two big events on my plate for the next few months (film fest, swap) so personally I can't offer much more than a "somebody should."
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