Alice B. Toeclips Awardees
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* Portland’s Jeff Bernards, a community activist who founded and leads a “Get Lit!” program that hands out bicycle lights to cyclists who lack them. Over the past three years, the program has distributed over 1000 lights, and has inspired a similar effort on the part of the Portland Police force.
* Lillie Fitzpatrick of Southwest Portland for her leadership in Portland’s Safe Routes to School efforts, including serving as a team leader at Bridlemile Elementary School and helping with “walking school buses.”
* Albany’s Jim Lawrence for his leadership with Bike Safety Education classes in Albany. Over 300 kids in Albany received the BTA’s comprehensive ten-hour class last year, and Jim attended each class, as well as raising the funds needed to make the classes happen.
* Darren Pennington of the Providence Portland Medical Center, for his success in encouraging bike commuters, and increasing the number and frequency of bike commuters, at a large regional employer.
* Amy Wantulok of the Hollywood Bike Gallery store (Portland) for her work in getting women on bikes and into jobs in the bike industry, leading rides and workshops and mentoring interested women.
* The winners were chosen from 46 nominees from across Oregon, from Bend to Lake Oswego, Portland to Klamath Falls.
The Alice Awards are presented annually by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) to recognize those whose work has promoted the use of bicycles and increased the livability of our communities. The BTA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, working to create safe, sane and sustainable communities by making bicycling safer, more convenient and more accessible. For more information, see www.bta4bikes.org."