Green Winter Gift Boxes

BLAST^ distributed 8 "Green Winter" holiday gift boxes in a North Boulder trailer park near Valmont & 30th.

The boxes had 5 compact fluorescent (CFL) light bulbs, 10 feet of door or window weather stripping, and a low flow shower head. Also included was the handout 60 Ways to Save Money and Energy from Xcel Energy, and a personalized gift card from BLAST^.

The folks that received the gift boxes were extremely thankful and it really seemed to light up their holidays. Thank you to everyone who helped with the Green Winter project!

This project was made possible by your donations.

BLAST^ is responding to a local disaster. Last Saturday night, a major fire engulfed a local apartment building near Arapahoe and 55th. The building was occupied by Sudanese refugees and other elderly, disabled, or low-income residents.

In response, BLAST^ is donating:

$100 to Thistle Community Housing (a 501c(3) non-profit) for their emergency housing relief fund.

$100 to Lost Girls of Sudan (another tax-deductible non-profit) to empower them to help the critically burned refugees, and to help more Sudanese women.

DONATIONS NEEDED

Since in all likelihood nobody had renters insurance, several BLAST^ members are also individually donating household goods, and we'd like to encourage you to do the same. Here's what they need and where to bring it:

They need small kitchen appliances such as microwaves, blenders, & the like.

Also a need for new bedding, blankets, towels.

If anyone has these items to donate here is the location:
St Andrews Presbyterian Church
3700 Baseline, Boulder
M-F, 8am-4pm

They do NOT need clothes, they have lots of clothes dropped off already.

Donations Contact at Thistle: sandre@thistlehousing.org

About BLAST^

Boulder Local Action Support Team is a grassroots effort to benefit the community, open to all, inspired by Burners Without Borders. Come together to create art, volunteer, and throw down to benefit the community.

Website: http://boulderblast.blogspot.com
Join BLAST^: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoulderBlast/join
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Frankenbike Park Bench Unveiled!

Tonight BLAST^ unveiled the completed Frankenbike Park Bench! The occasion was to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the BurnWorks (check out their blog!).

During final phase, we morphed the Frankenbike into a beautiful, functional park bench. We welded on bench supports, salvaged, tapered, and varnished some bench planks. Started with a base coat of BurnWorks signature flat black, proceeded with a series of psychedelic neon blacklight splattercoats, and sealed it up with a couple of clear coats. Durable outdoor galvanized bolts bearing the initials 'BRC'.

The top 3 wheels are connected by bike chains to the central crank, making the Frankenbike fun, interactive, and useful at the same time. Here they are in motion:

BLAST^ is seeking a loving home for this sculpture, where it will be played with, sat upon, and appreciated! Please contact Steve Jones (pokneetail at gmail dot com) if you're interested!

Congrats to all the artists, and special thanks to BurnWorks for the work space, hands-on experience with power tools, and welding lessons!

Frankenbike - part 2

By Oct 19th, working each Sunday afternoon, the art project became the Frankenbike. Welding phase is completed, and the base coat of flat black is on!

BLAST^ - We are official! & Project Updates

Check this out - http://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/BuildCertificate.do?masterFileId=20081477967
This is BLAST^ Certificate of Good Standing from the Secretary of the State

Art project news: Frankenbike Park Bench is coming along nicely, thanks to all who have helped! And if you'd like to see this creation, help with the finishing touches, decoration, test sits, placement and more come by BurnWorks tomorrow, Sunday 19th from 2 - 6pm. 4747 Pearl st. Unit N+1
This is BLAST^ sponsored interactive public art.

Future project news: The next project may be a Quick Green Home Winterizing service for elderly, low income or others in need in the Boulder community. We have some ideas for this project but always welcome your input in the planning process, or be a part of a Green Winter team. More info coming soon.

November 30th: BLAST^ in the Kitchen! We will be joining the volunteers at the Boulder Homeless Shelter making and serving dinner for some people that are less fortunate than most of us, it is a very rewarding experience.

BLAST^ meetings are always open to the entire community. And you can volunteer for any and all future projects you find exciting. Donations are always welcome! This truly is a community driven process.

Boulder Local Action Support Team - BLAST^

BLAST^ Art - pArt 1

We had a great turn out this past Sunday 9.21.08 to kick off the BLAST^ interactive public art project. A least 13 people came by for parts of the project. The early arrivals got a free hands on welding workshop, then we brainstormed on how and what we wanted to make from the piles of bikes and bike parts we have on hand.

















We settled on a kinetic spinning wheels design and to make it challenging we started at the top then worked down.



Next week the support base will be designed and anyone is welcome to come see what's going on!
Time change to 3 pm - Sunday 9/28 at BurnWorks ~

Here's a short video of last weeks fun -
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tb2oDPhbolo

Community Cycles supports BLAST^ art project

With a donation of 10+ bike frames, wheels, sprockets and assorted parts.
They are very excited to see what BLAST^ produces, and they may assist with permanent placement of the finished project. - http://www.communitycycles.org/

BLAST^ News - Sep 15, 2008

Art Kickoff Planned!

BLAST^ is making interactive ^recycled^ public art our next community project. Please BRING IDEAS AND JOIN US for our 1st Art Kickoff and Build Day Sunday the 21st!

Get details, discuss ideas, and learn more:
http://coloradoburn.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2014648:Event:24758

Incorporation as an LLC

In a foundational move, BLAST^ has filed an application with the CO Secretary of State to incorporate as an LLC under the name “Boulder Local Action Support Team – BLAST^”. We paid an application fee of $50. This move will prepare BLAST^ to hold major events on the scale of Apogaea, attain permits, purchase insurance, and stand up to any legal or public scrutiny.

THANK YOU, your costume donations and purchases made BLAST^ a reality.

To learn more about filing with the CO SoS:
http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/business/FileDoc_Instructions.htm

Support for Burners Without Borders

BLAST^ voted to send 10% of the proceeds from the Costume Sale to support Burners Without Borders (BWB), an organization that inspired us to start BLAST^. Our donation of $50 will support current BWB disaster relief efforts:

• Sending a semi-truck load of food to a Native American community on a reservation in Houma, Louisiana. The reservation was ravaged by unprecedented flooding during hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
• Reconstruction after the recent flooding in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Previously, BWB carried out another inspirational reconstruction project in Pisco, Peru in response to the August 15th 2007 earthquake, which devastated the Pisco, Peru region and left over 80,000 people homeless.

THANK YOU, your costume donations and purchases are working to help earnest people in need on the Gulf Coast.

To learn more and to support BWB, please visit their site:
http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org/

Web Promotion Efforts

We planned steps to promote BLAST^ online:

• Creation of a group on Ning: http://coloradoburn.ning.com/group/boulderblast
• Invite everyone to join Ning group
• Launch a blog/newsletter
• Search for a Domain Name to register, estimated $11/yr

Contact Info

• Contact BLAST^ at boulderblast@gmail.com.
• Our home page is currently the Ning group page: http://coloradoburn.ning.com/group/boulderblast
• A financial statement is available upon request.
• All are welcome to join BLAST^ meetings, events, or projects.