SHIFTING GEARS | TIMELINE & EVENTS

MARCH 2011

COORDINATORS
Click here download the 2011 Coordinator Package (Full Colour or Grey Scale)
Download these great posters to advertise the challenge in your workplace (8.5 x 11in or 11x17in)
Register your workplace

 

APRIL 2011

COORDINATORS
Promote the challenge: put up posters  (8.5 x 11in or 11x17in)

Form a Shifting Gears committee to give you a hand.

Send out/post the participant info sheet, announce the challenge, encourage co-workers to sign up.

PARTICIPANTS
Sign up! Register by May 6th to receive an incentive kit of your choice.

INCENTIVE KITS
Online participants: sign up by May 6th to receive an incentive kit.
Offline participants: request an incentive kit from your coordinator (coordinators need to submit these incentive kits requests to the Shifting Gears Ambassador by May 6th).

EVENTS
Friday April 27: Shifting Gears Launch

MAY 2011

COORDINATORS
Promote the month's events and encourage co-workers to keep up the momentum
If your workplace is participating offline, ensure there are enough tracker sheets posted in a common area (with a pen!) for all participants

PARTICIPANTS
Track your trips! Be sure to update your tracker at least once a week to be eligible for weekly draw prizes.

EVENTS

Wednesday, May 11: Bikefest @ Millenium Park (3:30-6:30pm)
A celebration of all things bike and bikey. Family friendly, with free check-ups, bike exhibitions, practical workshops, and an optional short group ride.

Wedneday, May 18: Bike Check-Ups @ Confederation Park (4:30-7pm)
By request, these are now being held after work. Stop by and let us give your bike a quick session up in the stand. We'll ensure you're riding safe, making any quick adjustments needed to your brakes and gears on the spot.

INCENTIVES

Monday, May 2: Incentive deliveries will begin delivery (remember, only participants who signed up by May 6th are eligible to receive incentives)
The Shifting Gears Ambassadors will start visiting workplaces, giving away instant prizes to participating employees.

Friday May 20: Deadline to pick up incentives (at Peterborough Green-Up) for participants signed up as individuals (not affiliated with a workplace).

PRIZE DRAWS
May 9, 16, 24, & June 1: Update your tracker at least once per week to be eligible for prizes.

JUNE 2011

COORDINATORS
Friday June 3: Deadline to submit hardcopy tracker sheets for offline workplaces. Fax to 745-4413, or drop off at Peterborough Green-Up.
Friday June 17: Shifting Gears Wrap-Up Celebration & Awards Ceremony. 12pm @ Millennium Park.

GUARANTEED RIDE HOME
Friday June 3: Deadline to submit receipts for reimbursement.
Monday, June 6: Reimbursements begin