Volunteer For Bike-a-thon

VOLUNTEER FOR THE BIKE-A-THON
Meeting April 15th

Bikes not bombs Bike-a-thon is coming up, if you aren’t riding but want to help out with some logistics planning, come to the Rider Support and Route Committee meeting Wednesday night April 15th, 7pm at the Bikes Not Bombs Hub.

Basic logistical areas to cover will be:
• Route Marking and Maps
• Rest Stops
• Following vehicles
• Ride support communications
• Mechanic support
• Medical / First Aid support for riders
• Food serving and Post ride, rider-support-area set up
• Bike Parking
• Rider send-off logistics support for each ride

Please contact Carl if you are interested in attending on April 15th or want to volunteer in the future for some of these tasks: [email protected]. These are roles for volunteers who will help plan logistics in advance. Closer to the date BNB will have many more roles for people who just want to sign up to have a role on the day of the Bike-A-Thon and Festival.

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Help Send Bikes To Nevis Island

Another awesome Bikes Not Bombs event:

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HELP SEND BIKES TO NEVIS ISLAND
Saturday April 4th

On Saturday April 4th Bikes Not Bombs volunteers will load a 40′ shipping container full of bicycle aid for the Bikes Not Bombs Earn-A-Bike program on Nevis Island in the Caribbean. We start at 10:30 am and work until we finish, which we expect to be 3:30 or 4:00pm. We’ll take a break around 1pm for a pizza lunch (provided) and a short talk about the project. Volunteers can come for any part of this time that works for you. Experience not required. We’ll be moving, sorting, and loading bikes, wheels, and spare parts. You may wish to bring work gloves.

Bikes Not Bombs established this youth program in Nevis in 2007, using the shipping container of the bikes to create a building to house the workshop. Youth groups from 6 different towns have been using the workshop, and these groups are hoping for expansion so they can have their own hometown program. Two of the youth trainers at the program are currently applying for visas so they can visit Bikes Not Bombs in Boston for 3 weeks, learning and sharing in our youth programs here, and taking this knowledge back to expand their programs.

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday April 1st! (pending visas)
Presentation from visiting Nevis Earn-A-Bike trainers, about the Bikes Not Bombs youth program there. Also a talk by Carl Kurz on his visit to the BNB partner project in Tanzania.

DIRECTIONS:
This event does NOT happen at Bikes Not Bombs, but is just around the corner. We will be loading from a big parking lot at 179 Boylston St., Jamaica Plain, 2 blocks from the StonyBrook T stop on the Orange Line. Coming from the BNB HUB at 284 Amory Street, turn right on Amory (which puts you travelling away from the Green St T stop, towards the StoneyBrook T stop). Turn right on Boylston Street (where the StonyBrook T stop is on your left) and then turn right into a large parking lot which is part of the Brewery Complex. You’ll see our 40 ft. shipping container parked in this lot, just off the street.

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MassBike Volunteer Night

MassBike Volunteer Night: March 11, 2009

Do you enjoy hanging out with fellow cyclists, conducting sparkling conversation, and eating pizza with a refreshing Harpoon beer or soda? Then you won’t want to miss Volunteer Night on Wednesday, March 11th, from 5-8pm. It’s a chance to have some fun and help MassBike with a few easy administrative tasks. The more help they get from volunteers, the more time MassBike staff can spend making bicycling better. Just let them know you’re coming so they know how much pizza to order! RSVP to [email protected] or call them at 617-542-2453. The MassBike office is located at 171 Milk Street, Third Floor, in Boston’s Financial District. The closest T Stations are Aquarium and Government Center.

For more info, click here.

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MASSIVE Bikes Not Bombs Update

Below is a MASSSSSSSSIVE update on all things Bikes Not Bombs, enjoy. There is a lot of goodness in here so be sure to take a look through it all.

BOOKKEEPER JOB AT BNB

Bikes Not Bombs is looking for a bookkeeper to work 10-16 hours per week. Experience with QuickBooks required. Must have excellent attention to detail. This is a temporary position, with the potential to grow into an expanded, full-time position encompassing financial management and human resources in 2009. Please send your resume to [email protected] or call Sam Wechsler at 617-522-0222, x105 for more information. Position to be filled as soon as possible.

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SEE BNB MOVIES ONLINE

Some volunteer filmmakers have recently completed 2 very short documentaries about BNB’s work. These are both amazing films that really bring out the vibrant community of young people and volunteers here, giving a real glimpse into BNB’s work. Don’t watch just one – see them both, at http://www.bikesnotbombs.org! (scroll down to find the films)

A big thanks to Allegra Anderson for her 6 minute documentary, viewable on the BNB website homepage and also at http://vimeo.com/1706577

Assembly Required: One Peace at a Time from Bikes Not Bombs on Vimeo.

And a big thanks to Rahil Calcuttawala and Sheryl Lanzel for their short documentary, viewable on the BNB website homepage and also at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRzSvVXVYrM

If you want to see Rakim and Sheryl’s other work, check out: rakimagery.com and sheryllanzel.com

much much more below.

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Help At The Bicycle Film Fest This Saturday, Get Free Stuff!

That’s right, if you come help out doing valet bike parking at the Bicycle Film Fest this Saturday you get a whole lot of free stuff. Got this email below.

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Hello Everyone

We are in urgent need of people to help out Saturday for the valet bike parking for the bicycle film fest. Not only will you be given the chance to park some of the finest bikes (maybe), but you will be given a t-shirt (maybe more than one), free entrance to the movies (on the shift you are not working), free entrance to the after party, AND a free beer once you get there.

You know you want to help!

We are looking for people to take any one of the following shifts.

1-3pm
3-6pm
6-9pm
9-11pm

We need people for every one of these shifts. Be sure to include your name, phone number, and t-shirt size if you can help out.

Thanks a million!

Shane Jordan
Director of Education and Outreach
MassBike
171 Milk Street, Suite 33
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-542-BIKE (2453)
Fax: 617-542-6755
Email: [email protected]

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