Volunteers needed for smartliving work

greenTalk Promotions – October 31, 2006

On Monday, November 6, 2006, smartliving St. Lawrence and greenTbiz will be hosting a workshop for local business owners to engage them about energy conservation strategies and emerging technologies that can help them lower their energy bills. The topic of this inaugural series is “Energy Efficient Lighting for Your Business.”

Volunteers are needed to help with outreach to local businesses. We are planning a neighbourhood walkabout on October 31st to hand out invitations to local business owners.  We will start at 2.30pm at the front entrance of the St. Lawrence Market and will break up into pairs to cover the whole St. Lawrence neighbourhood (maps to be provided).

Duties include:

• Walking around the St. Lawrence neighbourhood on a nice fall day
• Handing out greenTalk invitations to local business owners
• Providing basic details about the event
• Encouraging business owners to attend

Number of positions: 4-6

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 from 2.30pm to 5.30pm

Location: Meet at the front entrance of the St. Lawrence Market (95 Front St. East at Jarvis) at 2.30pm

Cavalcade of Lights – November 18, 2006

In the spirit of the season, smartliving St. Lawrence is helping the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood Business Improvement Area and Toronto Hydro give away sets of energy-efficient LED seasonal lights. It’s our way of helping participants to save on their electricity bills as well as helping the environment. Area residents are being asked to bring two (2) old strings of incandescent seasonal lights to the Toronto Hydro booth located in the West Mezzanine, St. Lawrence Market to be exchanged for one (1) new string of LED lights.

Volunteers are needed to help out with this event which will also feature local Historian Bruce Bell giving tours of the Market. In particular, we are looking for lead volunteers to help coordinate this event (e.g. manage the set up and take down of the displays, provide guidance to other volunteers, etc.).

Duties include:

• Setting up and taking down the Toronto Hydro display at the St. Lawrence Market
• Taking in incandescent seasonal lights and exchanging them for energy-efficient LED lights
• Handing out information about smartliving St. Lawrence
• Attending a mandatory training session

Number of positions: 6

Date & Time: Saturday, November 18, 2006 from 9.30am to 2.30pm

Location: St. Lawrence Market (95 Front St. East at Jarvis)

Training Session – LED Light Exchange & Lead Volunteer Training:

Wednesday Nov 1st

6.30pm to 7.30pm (General training), 7.30 to 8.30pm (Lead Volunteer Training)

Metro Hall, 55 John St., 3rd floor, Room 303

Training Session – LED Light Exchange (General Volunteer Training):

Wednesday Nov 8th

7.30pm to 8.30pm

Metro Hall, 55 John St., 3rd floor, Room 313

There is also a light exchange at Queens Quay from 5-8pm that needs volunteers.

If you are interested in helping out, please contact Ben Marans at 416.488.3966 or email bmarans@eneract.org.