Bike day: A successful encouragement of environmental awareness

CHED 1340

Darrell G. Watson, dwatson@umhb.edu and Alisha M. Mildren, alisha.mildren@us.army.mil. Department of Chemistry, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 900 College Street, UMHB Box 8438, Belton, TX 76513
On November 15, 2007, the UMHB ACS Student Affiliate Chapter held its second annual “Bike Day”. Students were encouraged to leave their automobiles at home and ride their bicycles to their classes. As an additional aspect of the event, an iPod nano™ was raffled off as a fundraiser item. Funds from this raffle were used to further the club's future environmental ventures. The event was considered a success and has been returned as an annual campus event.