WorldLegacy Training Blue Bike Program

by | Jan 19, 2015 | Blue Bike Press Release, Environment second

WorldLegacy Training Blue Bike Program

Press Release
“Blue Bike” Program Launches with Festival
CHAPEL HILL August 19, 2006 The long-awaited bicycle loan collaborative for the area, the “WorldLegacy Blue Bike Program,” will start rolling at the Blue Bike Festival to be held at Weaver Street Realty and WCOM community radio across from Weaver Street Market in Carrboro on Sunday, August 27th from 8:30am-3:00pm. This event is a combination membership drive, fundraiser, and bike collection and painting day for the bikes that will be used in the program.   With the intention to raise community awareness of this new program, three area organizations are uniting to host the festival. Students United for Responsible Global Environment (SURGE), The ReCYCLEry, and The WorldLegacy strongly encourage area residents to stop by to sign up for the program, donate new or used bikes, and learn about other ways to get involved in this unique effort. Local merchants will also have an opportunity to simultaneously serve the community and boost business traffic by volunteering to act as “hubs” for the program.   The Blue Bike Program has been likened to a library system for community transportation. Members can pick up or drop off blue bikes by presenting their membership card at a hub, and use the bikes for up to 24 hours for local travel. SURGE, the key sponsor of the program, plans to establish hubs in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and the UNC campus. Alison Carpenter, Field Coordinator for SURGE notes, “This novel approach to getting around town is a powerful and positive combination of cleaner air, reduced traffic, new life for used bikes, and true sense of community.” About the sponsoring organizations . The WorldLegacy is a coaching company offering a full curriculum of adult educational workshops and leadership programs that enable people to have extraordinary lives.  SURGE, Students United for a Responsible Global Environment, is a nonviolent network led by students, but not limited to students, dedicated to achieving social, economic, political, and environmental justice through collective education and action.  Located in Carrboro, NC, the ReCYCLEry is a direct-service not-for-profit organization whose mission is to encourage the use of the bicycle as a mode of transportation and recreation.

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WorldLegacy Project SeeSaw Studio

by | Jan 9, 2015 | Press Release, SeeSaw Studio, seesawPR, Youth

SeeSaw Studio, Durham, NC

NC86’s Leadership project created a state-of-the art computer laboratory for this center that enables disadvantaged teens to develop professional skills in art and design. October 2006.

SeeSaw Studio

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2006

CONTACTS:
Pat Hoffman, Executive Director, SeeSaw Studio

pat@seesawstudio.org, phoffman6@nc.rr.com

SeeSaw Studio, a training center in Durham enabling disadvantaged teens to develop professional skills in art and design, is awarded a state-of-the art computer laboratory.

DURHAM – At SeeSaw Studio disadvantaged teens, some referred by the court system, have the opportunity to turn their lives around by preparing themselves for careers in the art and design professions. SeeSaw Studio’s new computer laboratory and state-of-the art design software will be inaugurated Monday, October 16 at a ribbon cutting ceremony at 6:00 pm at SeeSaw Studio, 326 W. Geer Street, Durham, NC. Students will display their portfolios and speak to the public about how SeeSaw Studio training has turned their lives around.

SeeSaw Studio’s mission is to teach design, entrepreneurship, and life skills to inner city youth and providing a safe haven and business and educational opportunities. SeeSaw Studio holds public workshops and an apprenticeship programs for more than 300 pre-teen and teenage youth each year. These workshops address the lack of opportunities for career training in art and design for low-income youth and the chronically high number of teen dropouts from Durham schools.

SeeSaw Studio is the only design and entrepreneurship program in North Carolina that makes available opportunities and training traditionally not found in public school curricula. The program offers opportunities for young designers to create and sell their own work and empowers them to dream big and take personal responsibility for their success. Young designers receive training and experience in a variety of skills including graphic design, Web design, silk screen-printing, welding, and illustration, as well as portfolio preparation, technical writing, and marketing and sales. Students practice interview skills where they dress in business attire, fill out applications, solicit references and apply for jobs.

The new computers, printers and design software were donated by a leadership team from The WorldLegacy in Morrisville, NC that chose SeeSaw Studio for their community service project to promote teen empowerment. WorldLegacy is a coaching company that provides personal effectiveness and leadership workshops for people to live extraordinary lives.