During the summer we told you
about Lee County's inaugural Streets Alive! event (see below) and said we'd be
back in September with a call for volunteers...so we're back!
What:
Streets Alive! was created to incorporate fun,
fitness and food to promote healthier lifestyles by temporarily closing streets
to motor vehicles and opening them for people to have fun and get
active. (It's our local version of
a "Ciclovia").
The
free, family-friendly event includes a fair-like setting where participants
will be encouraged to have some human-powered fun--walking, biking, jogging,
Zumba, hopscotch, skateboarding, street games, jump rope, yoga, dancing, and
more--in a series of activity villages along a 2-3 mile route. Along the route, local restaurants and outlets will be
offering food and beverages, highlighting their most delicious and nutritious
menu items.
When: Sunday,
Nov. 10th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where:
Downtown Fort
Myers River District (see map for details)
Sponsor: Healthy Lee Coalition, a movement created to empower and inspire
the people of Lee County regarding healthy lifestyle choices through education
and action. BikeWalkLee is among the
many coalition members.
Volunteer
Opportunities: This is a large event spread out
over 2-3 mile route and there's a need for many volunteers (100-200).
Here are
some of the jobs volunteers are
needed for:
parking
information
route
support
check-in/check
out
volunteer
captions
set-up
pick-up
"mystery
shift"
There are two shifts: 8-11:30 a.m.;
and 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Benefits:
(in addition to being part of a wonderful community event)
A
free t-shirt
A
chance to win a weekend at South Seas Island Resort in Captiva
How
to sign-up: Go to Streets Alive Lee website:
www.streetsalivelee.org/ and click on "Get involved" link on left
hand panel. There you'll see all the
information about how to sign up. If you
have any questions, please contact Diana Giraldo (dgiraldo@cityftmyers.com,
239-321-7926)
Please
help the organizers by signing up to volunteer NOW, and help recruit more
volunteers by spreading the word to your neighbors, friends, and
co-workers. Thanks!
BikeWalkLee will have a booth
with lots of interesting activities planned, so stay tuned for an upcoming blog
post for more details.
Thank you for being part of
making Lee County a healthier community!
Previous
BikeWalkLee blog posts on Streets Alive!:
July 31,
2013, "Streets Alive set as signature Healthy Lee event"
July 10,
2013, "Moser column: Streets! to fill downtown with human motion"
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