Volunteer at the Walk + Bike to School Celebration
On June 8th, we are celebrating our successful Walk + Bike to School Challenge Month participants, and we need your help! Challenge Month is a city-wide event that challenges over 4,000 elementary students to walk or bike to school more than PSU students during the month of May. Some of our schools have as many as a third of students walking or biking every day. Peer Pressure is Working: Over 10% of the students are first-time walkers or bikers. Many parents have bought trailers and tandems after their kids begged them to ride to school. One North Portland dad, who biked his 2.5 mile commute for the first time said “It only takes me 3 minutes longer to bike.”
Sunday June 8th, 10AM to 1PM in the PSU Park Blocks we’re partying. Here’s the lineup:
-Chain Reaction (Portland’s all-male bike dance troupe)
-Greasy Chain String Band squaredance
-Magpie Messenger Collective holds an “Alley Kitten”
-Raffle Prizes
-Way More Fun
Shifts are between 1 and 5 hours! Just volunteer- you’ll love it! Do it for the children- Contact Lillian@bta4bikes.org Now. We’re going to have all the fun- don’t be left out! Check out how you can help.
There’s volunteer opportunities on the day of the celebration and in the weeks before.
Next Week:
Flyer Hanger: Flexible schedule
Statistics Wrangler: Must like excel, percentages, and pasting (4)
Sign Maker: Get messy! Do art! Good lettering skills needed. Flexible scheduling. (2)
Bike Delivery: Deliver raffle prizes to schools, or food to the BTA. Cargo bikes can be provided. (4)
Sunday, June 8th, 1 to 4 hour shifts anytime between 8AM and 2PM
Bike Delivery: Help us pick up things- from 25 pizzas to tables. Cargo bikes can be provided. (2)
Helmet Fitting: Fit helmets on cute kids, we’ll show you how first (4)
Welcome Committee: Greet kids, see their lovely faces, direct students, collect scorecards, hand out prizes, give out raffle tickets (6)
Photographer: Take pictures and get photo releases from parents. (2)
Bicycle Smoothie Makers: Ride your bike, make smoothies (3)
General Helpers: Good for someone who can’t sit still. Get to carry a walkie talkie and feel very helpful. (2)
Set up for Alleykitten: Get to hang out with the cool messengers and lay out the track. (2)
Set up for tabling: Early risers, please. (2)
Sound Masters: Control the amplification for the bands and speakers (2)
Serving Food: Requires food handler’s license. Hand out pizza slices, fruit leathers, and soy drinks. (4)
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