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Join SVBC at our annual Bike to Work Day bag stuffing party as we prepare the thousands of bags that will be distributed at 70+ Energizer Stations throughout Santa Clara County. If you’ve attended in the past you know that stuffing a BTWD musette bag can be as fun and rewarding as receiving one at an Energizer Station.
We have some pretty amazing volunteers here at SVBC. We know it, they know it, and Stanford Football attendees REALLY know it. This season, our army of bike parkers, led by Jim Manitakos, Rob Robinson, and the incomparable Ellen Fletcher, guarded over 5,500 bikes at Stanford home games. Many of the games are at night; sometimes it was cold, or windy, or raining. The shifts are a real commitment, lasting several hours.
The following request comes from the organizers of Left Coast Live:
At the first home game of the Stanford football season, SVBC volunteers parked 883 bikes, 70 strollers, and a number of other items not permitted into the stadium. SVBC and Stanford offer this service to keep hundreds of attendees out of their cars when heading to the game. If you're headed out to see the Cardinals toss the pigskin, bring your bike and put our volunteers to work! There are several corrals to take your bike.
Stanford football is gearing up for a new season! SVBC volunteers have helped guard bicycles at Stanford home games for years, and we are going to continue to provide this service throughout the 2011 season. Volunteers are needed to help us look after thousands of fans' bikes between September October and November.
Thank you to all the great SVBC members who attended tonight's Volunteer Open House. It was great to see some new faces among the familiar. Normally at our Car Free Happy Hours conversation revolves around rides, routes, and commutes. Tonight we talked about ways to get involved in upcoming community events.
Volunteers wait to turn in front of a gas station. The irony was palpable.
As part of the research going into the upcoming City of San Mateo Bikeways Master Plan, volunteers are needed to count passing bicycles at six locations throughout San Mateo September 11-18th.
The City is looking for volunteers to help with this very important count effort!
Are you available September 14, 15 or 16 from 7-9am?
Are you available September 11 or 18 from 10am-Noon?
Locations
They're looking for volunteers to count at the following six locations:
Do you want to help Redwood City become more bike-friendly? Join the new RWC workgroup!
SVBC is forming a working group to work with Redwood City staff to provide input on bicycle-related projects. The workgroup is being formed primarily due to financial difficulties in Redwood City which have delayed institution of their Complete Streets Commission, which would normally provide input to City staff on bicycle and pedestrian issues. Thus, this workgroup will serve until a suitable commission is able to fulfill this function for the City.
Tour de Cure was an amazing success last weekend thanks to you. The HP campus was taken over on Sunday by brightly colored lycra clad cyclists on a mission to raise money for the American Diabetes Association. There were as many reasons to ride as there were riders.
Some rode in memory of a loved one who died from diabetes, others rode to show support for friends and family, but all rode to show the power that a group of cyclists can have on their community.
SVBC provided valet bicycle parking at the Sunset Celebration for the first time last weekend.
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Volunteers needed to put on bike rodeo at San José elementary school
In celebration of International Bike and Walk to School Day, SVBC will again be partnering with CommUniverCity to put on a bike rodeo on October 12, at Anne Darling Elementary School in San José. This will be part of to the month-long bike and walk to school program in which students will walk and ride their bike to school as a group forming walking school buses and bike trains.
One of the best ways for cyclists to affect the state of cycling in their localities is by joining the bicycle/pedestrian advisory committee (B/PAC) in the town where they live or work. B/PACs are also utilized by transit authorities and other public agencies. Now Caltrain has announced that it will form its own bicycle advisory committee. This is a great opportunity for SVBC members in both Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties to work with Caltrain to make the system even more accommodating to cyclists.
The Employer Toolkit Stuffing Party held at Palo Alto Bicycles on Tuesday, March 30 was a complete success! During 2½ hours of fun, 12 amazing volunteers helped stuff close to 800 envelopes with Bike to Work Day (BTWD) information that will be sent out to as many Silicon Valley companies.
