- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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4 people are interested
Rainier Valley is having a Block Party and we need your help!
ORGANIZATION: Seattle DOT/Summer Streets
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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4 people are interested
Summer Streets 2014 is throwing a block party in Rainier Valley, Saturday, August 16th and we need your help!
Come on down and help everyone enjoy the city’s largest public space - its streets - while people walk, bike, roll, run, skip and shop without having to watch out for cars. We’ll all be amazed by the Rainier Valley Heritage Parade then open the streets for everyone to enjoy loads of kids’ activities, live bands, amazing aerial arts, battery-powered bikes, international games, dancing, a sidewalk art competition and help build CANstruction: Creative Can Sculptures with the Rainier Valley Food Bank.
The Rainier Valley Summer Streets Block Party and Heritage Parade is the perfect way to spend a day giving back to the community that loves you. We need help in every area, especially the construction of the coolest canned food sculptures Seattle has ever seen. We promise an experience to remember (plus a cool t-shirt)! If you’re interested in a day in the sun, partying to make a difference, or if you have any questions at all about the opportunity, please email our event planner at summer.streets@seattle.gov or reach her by phone at 347.495.7682. Come be a part of a several-thousand-strong community celebration!
Who: You!
What: Rainier Valley Summer Streets Block Party and Parade Volunteer Opportunity
When: Saturday, August 16th 2014
Hours: Noon-6:30pm
Contact: Caitrin Millar, Event Manager
Email: summer.streets@seattle.gov
Phone: 347.495.7682
Thanks, and we look forward to speaking with you soon!
-The Summer Streets 2014 Staff
More opportunities with Seattle DOT/Summer Streets
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About Seattle DOT/Summer Streets
Location:
700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3800, Seattle, WA 98104, US
Mission Statement
Seattle Summer Streets is a series of events occurring between the months of May and September that open up the city’s largest public space - our streets--for people to have fun, celebrate the spirit and personality of their community, discover active, healthy transportation, connect with their neighbors, and support local businesses. Each event is hosted with the help of numerous local organizations and volunteers. Seattle Summer Streets and our weekly Bicycle Sundays foster civic pride and represent community, business and government investments in Seattle’s vitality, livability, sustainability and diversity.
Description
Summer Streets is becoming a special tradition for Seattleites
A powerful idea is spreading across the world. It goes by many names.
"Ciclovia" in Bogota.
"Plages" in Paris.
"Sunday Streets" in San Francisco.
"Summer Streets" in New York City and Seattle.
The idea is simple--open a city street for several hours for people to stroll, bike, shop and just enjoy being in their community.
Something special happens during Summer Streets. A road--normally a space for vehicles--is transformed into a place. This unleashes creativity and energy within our neighborhoods. The street becomes a public plaza where people celebrate, dance, create art, play games, get to know their neighbors and enjoy their community.
It’s relaxing. It’s exciting. It just feels right. When you’re part of Summer Streets you can’t help but feel the joy and electricity of this transformation.
Summer Streets helps the public imagine a bright future where healthy transportation options and a vibrant local economy help create a wonderful quality of life. During Summer Streets you live that vision, and people want more.
Celebrating its fifth year, Summer Streets has quickly become a tradition as a special part of summers in Seattle. Local merchants and artists work together months in advance to make each event even better each year. Neighbors, families and friends mark their calendars so they don’t miss it.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Rainier Ave S from S. Alaska St to S. Brandon StSeattle, WA 98118
DATE POSTED
April 17, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A