follow the rainbows, butterflies, and bunnies
time to give some love back
PRESS RELEASE:
ANNOUNCING SOLARSTICE 2009, A FUNDRAISER FOR THE PERSHING COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SPONSORED BY BLACK ROCK SOLAR! Sunday June 21
Black Rock Solar, the City of Reno, and the West Street Market present Solarstice 2009. Sunday, June 21, 2009, 7:00 p.m., at the West Street Market! This is a great opportunity to connect with friends and the community, listen to some great music, drink a beverage of your choice, and celebrate the first day of summer (and Father’s Day), all the while supporting Black Rock Solar and the Pershing County School District.
This event will feature musical performances by Kate Cotter, Tyler Stafford, and Leroy Virgil or Hellbound Glory; fire performance by Controlled Burn; a raffle with many fabulous prizes including TWO BURNING MAN TICKETS; beer supplied by Great Basin Brewery; and food and refreshment from the fabulous vendors in West Street Market. Admission is free, but a $10.00 wristband includes one beer, one raffle ticket, and discounts from the fabulous vendors in the West Street Market!
Black Rock Solar is a non-profit 501(c)(3) in the business of gifting solar power to schools and non-profits to marginalized and rural communities. As you drive to the Black Rock Desert, you drive past something in excess of 100 kW of solar generation facility installed by Black Rock Solar. To date, we have installed in excess of 300kW of solar generation capacity in Northern Nevada, saving schools and non-profits well over one million dollars.
The Pershing County School District has been hit very hard by budget cuts. Of approximately 40 teachers, 6 have been laid off in the past year. Black Rock Solar has raised about 90% of the resources needed to build a 70kW solar array, which will save the PCSD in excess of $11,000.00 per year (at today’s rates!), and all at no cost to them. But we’re still about $15,000 short of what we need to pay for this project.
JOIN US AND HAVE A FANTASTIC TIME CONTRIBUTING TO A GREAT CAUSE.
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our beloved and magical @nopantsdance is up for raffle you guys!!! what does this mean? It means that if you show up sunday June 21st at the West Street Market and purchase raffle tickets, you have a chance to go on a date with @nopantsdance!!! Even though we’ll all be up at The Big Bounce, you will have a nice beautiful print of her to gaze at and take home if you should be the one who wins the raffle!!!
keep in mind, we all flourish and need community. we are all much stronger together than as individuals. 
follow the rainbows butterflies and bunnies
georgette and shone
