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!