CoolMom receives $60K

Think Outside the Car is a great opportunity to build community in West Seattle, inspire change, and promote healthy transportation habits. Through community engagement the project will help businesses and schools adopt no-idling practices, walking school buses and bike to school programs to improve air quality, save people money, and reduce carbon pollution.

Our West Seattle CoolMom group has already started working on putting this project into action. The Steering Committee, made up of West Seattle CoolMom members, interested citizens, youth, and Sustainable West Seattle members, have begun formulating action items and timelines for completing the work.

We Need You-Volunteer.

One of the many action items on the Steering Committee's list is to engage the community of West Seattle to help implement Think Outside the Car.

Here is a list of volunteering opportunities:

• Phone calls to West Seattle businesses
• Help spearhead or volunteer their time to help foster Walking School Buses, bike programs and No-Idle campaigns at Gatewood, Pathfinder, Roxhill Elementary, Arbor Heights and West Side schools
• Help plan, organize, and table for an October kick off event and future kick off events in West Seattle

Information about volunteering and specific details can be found by contacting Terri Glaberson, CoolMom Director, 206-280-2828 or terri@coolmom.org

Calling All West Seattle Businesses.

Think Outside the Car needs support from West Seattle businesses to sponsor the project. There are several ways that businesses can get involved and support Think Outside the Car.

Here is a list of ways businesses can help:

• Sponsor a Kick off Event by:
• tabling the event
• donating resources, materials, goods
• donating money
• spreading the word
• Sponsoring a Walking School Bus, No-Idle Campaign and/or Bike Program at a local school by:
• donating/provide discounts for services, materials, goods
• donating money
• spreading the word
• volunteering time
• Sponsor the No-Idle Campaign and Bike Program in the larger community by:
• allowing postage of signs outside your businesses
• spreading the word
• donate/provide discounts for goods, services, materials for volunteer incentives
• hand out marketing materials
• donating money

Local business benefits from sponsorship through increased marketing of their goods and services, being part of a highly publicized community project, building customer outreach, and opportunity to give back to the community that supports their business.

For a complete sponsor package, contact Terri Glaberson, CoolMom Director for additional questions and details.

King5 news and video on Think Outside the Car

West Seattle Komo News story on Think Outside the Car

Help make West Seattle even better by promoting less cars on the road, cleaner air and healthy transportation choices!

This project is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods.