February 22, 2011

 

Last Chance to Make a Tile for the Berwyn Mural – Thursday, Feb 24th from 4-6pm @ LTEC

Join us at Let Them Eat Chocolate (5306 N. Damen Ave) this Thursday to make tiles that will be used to complete the East Entryway of the Berwyn Mural.  Tiles cost $10/ea.  Please come to CREATE YOUR PIECE of this incredible public art project.  Read more about it at www.bcochicago.org/public-art

Local musician Brad Smith will be providing live music during the workshop. 

 Garden Plot Application deadline THIS WEEK

Last day to get applications in for garden plots is Sunday February 27th.  Don’t miss out on a chance to grow your own fruits, veggies, and herbs in one of Bowmanville’s community gardens.  A limited number of plots will be available in the garden on Bowmanville Ave. this year in addition to the plots on Ravenswood.  The application is online at: https://bcochicago.org/gardening/gateway-garden 

Community Movie Night at ScooterWorks:  Weds, Feb 23rd –“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

This new outreach launched by Scooterworks (5410 N Damen Ave) turns their showroom into a gathering spot for monthly movies.  Join them this Wednesday February 23rd for a FREE showing of the classic film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”.  Doors open at 5pm, show starts at 7 pm.  Popcorn and cokes provided.  Bring a chair or blanket to get comfy, and a potluck dish if you’d like to nosh.

Feeling Lucky? Win a new Scooter or $1000 cash!  Buy a GreenSpace Raffle ticket to win.

One month to go until the big GreenSpace Scooter Raffle! Contact greenspace@bcochicago.org to buy tickets for $10 each or 3 for $25. Drawing is March 24th at the BCO Open Meeting. 

And the FREE tickets go to……

We had two winners of the ‘Count the Scooters’ contest in the Winter Issue of the Bowmanville Bee.  Matt Bozeday and Ivy Stines will each receive a free Scooter Raffle ticket.  Thanks to all who played – we had a great response to the contest!

See below for a new way to win tickets.

Help us staff a booth to sell Raffle Tickets at Dominicks – March 5th & 6th.

We will have a scooter in the entryway and will be selling raffle tickets at the Dominick’s on Lincoln Ave on March 5th and 6th.   If you could take a shift, please click to sign up at:Scooter Raffle Sales for BCO GreenSpace at Dominick’s

Supporting the BCO just got easier.  Online payment has arrived!

Secure BCO payments can now be made via our website.  You can join, renew, pay advertiser invoices, pay for garden plots and donate to BCO GreenSpace Chicago.  Coming next – online BCO event registrations!  

Win a Free Scooter raffle ticket if you are one of the first two online transactions:

The BCO is using a secure payment system from North Community Bank and an eCommerce ‘front end’ developed by Mobile Perspectives (www.mobile-perspectives.com). 

Seeking volunteers to fill roles for the BCO:

  • Online news editor:  we are looking for a volunteer interested to act as ‘editor’ of our online eBee and eBlast news emails.  This is a fun way to do a little writing and stay plugged in to what is going on in the neighborhood. 
  • Layout Designer for the Bowmanville Bee:  we are looking for someone with skills in desktop publishing to work with our editor and help lay out the quarterly newsletters.
  • Bee Delivery volunteers:  we have 3 routes open.  Who can help?Contact news@bcochicago.org to volunteer for any of these roles.  We need your help!

Join the BCO on Facebook for up to the minute information & a dialogue with 170 of your neighbors:  www.facebook.com/bcochicago.  And check out our website www.bcochicago.org.

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