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December 2010

25 posts

In the spirit of the self-reflection this time of year is known for, we’re proud to present our Top Ten Blog Posts of 2010! For those who have been following us over the past year, it’s a time for flipping back through the memories like we have in preparation for this post. Whew! What a year! For new followers (such as our new NCCC team Gold 5 due to arrive January 6), it’s a...

Get On Your Bike & Ride T-Shirt →

Didn’t get a radical t-shirt for Christmas? That’s probably because someone didn’t love you enough to order you a GoYBaR shirt. Fortunately, you can order your own! And, don’t forget to order one for your friend you forgot to buy a gift for… whoops! Just tell them their handmade unique gift will be on its way mid-January. You can even specify your size, color, and...

A special “Thank You” goes out to Dave & Suzanne Conine and the folks at the US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development of Utah (Dave currently serves as State Director of USDA, RD). The Community Center and Epicenter both received a generous donation of office supplies to supplement our operations. With these donations, we can spend less on copy paper and more on directly serving our...

It's that time of year, again...

Holiday cards!!! Please email us your mailing address if you’d like to recieve a card from us this year. Also, if you remember getting a card last year but have recently moved… please email us your new address. Thanks!

“Let’s just say that Aimée’s peppermint creams are to die for! Oh...”

– overheard at Melon Vine in regards to tonight’s Epicenter Holiday Hootenanny 7pm / Tonight / 180 S Broadway / Green River / Utah

Finally... a cornice!

Good news everyone: Our new office is finally getting a cornice. The original concrete block cornice was extremely unstable and had to be removed months ago. So, we’re finally replacing it with a wooden version! To those of you thinking, “This is not such a big deal. Why are they so so excited?” Well, trust us. The building looked much better with that 24” brow…...

Get On Your Bike & Ride (GoYBaR)

Hayley’s busy in the Dungeon (our basement workshop) cranking out the most recent order of Get On Your Bikes & Ride shirts. Have you placed your order?! Place your order by the end of the day tomorrow (5pm MST) and you will get it in time for Christmas!!! We even have tiny shirts for children. Go to our Etsy page to order right now. Thanks to our past Crewmate and GOYBAR logo...

On Saturday night, we were treated with the annual Christmas Light Parade! And yes, that is a melon on wheels lit up (which our Gold 4 AmeriCorps NCCC team did). Awesome.

Let's make art with our bikes.

Winter is officially here, and we’re fearing it will be too cold to ride our bikes in January. Our friend, Kelly Burk, has sent us a piece of inspiration that could keep us riding our bikes even on the coldest days: Joseph Griffith’s Bicycle Drawing Machine Ok, so it’s not a moving bicycle that you would use as transportation, but this is a beautifully functioning kinetic...

“What you guys need besides a karaoke machine is a grant writer.”

– Zoe Minikes, on the phone with us now, planning a visit/insurgence in January

The Season for Giving (to Epicenter?!)

Many families give a big fat check to their charity of choice at the end of the year, but we understand that not everyone can (or wants) do that. So, if you’re interested in giving a gift this season to Epicenter here are a few ways to contribute: —-Donate office, architectural, drawing, screen-printing, and construction supplies/materials —-Send us beautifully hand-made things...