Portland Green Streets

Green Streets sponsor Goodwill Industries -and their amazing Green Streeting employees - July 2009

Thanks so much to all of you who signed in with your participation in Green Streets Day, Friday, July 31st - especially with people on vacation! With people able to report others going green at their locations, we have an estimated number of 365 total participants – and there were 92 of you great folks signing in:

• 31 walking, 35 biking, 6 taking the bus, train or ferry carpooling or vanpooling, 1 telecommuting, and 6 using multiple modes (i.e. some combination of the above)!
• collectively saving 880 single-occupancy vehicle miles! (many of you saving those kinds of miles every day)
• keeping approximately $87.90 in gas money in your wallets!
• improving our air quality and individual health and reducing our climate-changing CO2 emissions by approximately 681 pounds!
• enjoying the opportunity to get outdoors a bit more and/or share transportation with others
• starting (& continuing) a fun and important conversation with the people of our community about how we get around!

Note: please continue to sign in every month – and please talk to other Green Streets participants about doing so as well. It helps us with participation data, like number of miles & emissions saved, commuting methods used, etc!

The winners of this month’s raffle come from the following work/school/life places: (Remember, you don’t have to be headed to a job on Green Streets Day – just getting around green no matter what you’re up to!)

USM, Portland, Turkey Hill Farm, TPDA, Tilson Technology,  League of Young Voters, The Corporate Library, The Beacon Group, 2 Canal Plaza, Slainte, Sappi Fine Paper, Retired, Preti Flaherty, Portland, PACTS!, Muskie School, Manpower, Maine Securities Corporation, Maine Historical Society, New Septembers, Kennebunkport, Kaleidoscope, Home, Goodwill Industries, Falmouth, ENVIRON International Corp, Dr. Newton’s Naturals, Concordia Partners, CIEE, Cape Elizabeth, Biddeford YMCA

• SCOTT PATTERSON – A $20 gift certificate to use at any Goodwill Industries retail store!
• EBEN METVIER – A gift bag of merchandise from Downtown shops – from the Portland Downtown District!
• ALEXA KEENAN – A $25 gift card to Pat’s Pizza in Yarmouth!
• HEATHER CURTIS, MELISSA COCCA, BONNIE KENNEDY, SARAH CUSHMAN, ELIZABETH TORKELSON, and MEREDITH COLLINS – 6 cans of Super C22^TM fro Dr. Newton’s Naturals - a unique beverage powder, containing the power of 22 forms of Vitamin C – a whopping 2,500% of the recommended daily allowance, that you add to water!
• GAIL WARTELL – One free U Car Share membership ($50 discount) OR $30 of free car use!
• CHRISTINA FELLER – Two tickets to “The Saturday Show” from the St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center!
• RON DION – A super-extensive map from Portland Trails!
• MARK RUGGIERO – $10 gift card from Rosemont Bakery on Congress Street!
• PETER HALL – One Ten-Ride Ticket from the South Portland Bus Service!
• KARYN JENKINS – A $50 gift certificate to the Maine Running Company!
• MORGAN SURKIN – A fancy water bottle from Healthy Portland!
• DEREK PELLETIER – One free pint of Others! famous gelato!
• KATE MASTERS – Two free tickets for the Greater Portland METRO Bus!
• JOHN BROOKING – A 6 month subscription from Port City Life Magazine!
• BEN JONES – Free admission tickets to the Children’s Museum of Maine!
• CARL EPPICH – One free pair of Bridgedale or SmartWool socks from Nomads!
• JULIANA RODRIGUES – A natural tote bag – from WMPG – Greater Portland Community Radio!
• IAN FARNSWORTH – A $10 gift card to enjoy at O’Naturals!

Winners will be notified how to claim their prizes.

Thanks again to Goodwill of Northern New England, Portland Downtown District, Pat’s Pizza in Yarmouth, Dr. Newton’s Naturals, U Car Share, Portland Trails, Rosemont Market & Bakery, South Portland Bus Service, Others!, Maine Running Company, O’Naturals, the Children’s Museum, Nomads, Port City Life, METRO, WMPG, and Healthy Portland for your gifts to the Portland Green Streets initiative!

Have a great month out there going green and we’d love to see you at one of the next Green Streets Drop-In Volunteer Socials (post below)!

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