Join us and participate in this unique project.
Brief description:
- an individual person, company or institution can buy own photo or logo to be placed on the bus
- collected money will be used to produce "magic" tubs
- tubes will go to preschools and primary schools in the province of Kujawsko-Pomorskie
- purpose: to improve road safety, the promotion of wearing relectives, to show that everyone can help and make a difference, the promotion of Bydgoszcz and its inhabitants
- if you already want to support this action click here and fill the form, or read the full description to learn all the details.
Full description:
The parts of the MZK/PKS Bydgoszcz buses will be leased as an advertising space where pictures and logos of individuals or institutions can be put. By purchasing a module of the size 10 x 10 cm for 50 PLN you will be able to donate the account of the Association ""Child Safety"" up to November 18. We assume that sum from the purchased modules will be around 1.000 – 1.200 PLN. That means that we have a chance to collect even 60.000 PLN and to spend all the money for the production of the "magic" tubes, which, through the Regional Centre of Traffic in Bydgoszcz, the Regional Police Headquarters in Bydgoszcz and other institutions responsible for safety, will go to the kindergartens and primary schools of our region. Their work will be a difficult and responsible task, as the children are very demanding audience.
Tubes in a simple but strict way show the difference in which a person with or without reflections can be seen in a darkness and generally are intended to improve road safety and to promote the use of reflectives. Their great advantage is that anywhere, no matter at what time of the day or the night, we can present a simulation of the road " in the darkness". My additional and personal satisfaction is that the tube is my original "patent".
The plan is simple: one school - one tube. The more tubes, the more and more conscious children.
What do we want to achieve in this way?
- first of all to increase road safety
- to change the way of thinking and approach to road safety among children as well as their parents
- to promote the habit of wearing the reflectives
- to give the opportunity not only to large and wealthy companies to support our initiative, but also the average “Smith”
- and finally, each one of us has maybe small, but yet the influence in order to do something and the greater participation of ours will be, so will be the greater meaning of this action.
One of the inspiration to create this action was Formula 1 races. During one of the races fans had the opportunity to buy own photo on the car of one of F1 teams. More than 25.000 fans decided for it! Collected the money, almost 400.000 BP was donated for the charity. At this point I thought that if it is so difficult to convince one or few companies to invest in the tubes, you shall get the same effect in a similar manner as F1 did. And so it all began. I spent many hours on the phone to convince a support for this idea of various institutions and individuals. I did several meetings during which I heard a lot of interesting opinions and suggestions. I met with great kindness, understanding and support before all those people who are today the partners of this unique action. And I hope very much that this is not the end. That in the middle the next will join us, the next who think the same way as we do. You don't have to wait for another road tragedy. Thanks to preventive measures we can to avert it. And we can do this together.
With the support of the Regional Centre of Traffic in Bydgoszcz, two years ago I managed to produce the first batch of tubes that were passed to kindergartens and primary schools in Bydgoszcz and its surroundings, as well as to the hands of the police officers from the Municipal Headquarters in Bydgoszcz click here. The reviews were very positive which motivated me to further research on how to finance the next batch of tubes.
The great advantage of this action is that it will not be "one time only" action, as it is expected to last for at least six months and maybe even longer. I wish it was some kind of inspiration, and the so-called ""put cat among the pigeons” that will provoke people for further action. We set up a fanpage on Facebook click here, where we will keep you informed what is going on and also listen carefully to the opinions of others who may be will tell us other interesting ideas that we can use.
And that is a good example of the initiative of the volleyball club Delecta Bydgoszcz, which proposed that our volunteers could come before matches and presentto fans "magic tube" explaining how they work, as well as informing about our action. The idea was immediately supported by other volleyball club Palac Bydgoszcz. And so we gained huge support and another great idea for a presentation of the entire action.
Safety is a virtual concept and something ""intangible"". Very often I hear that "it does not concern us" or "we did not experience any harm." But is it really? Statistics say something completely different. Can you realize that in 2011, on the Polish roads 4.189 people were killed, what means 12 people a day! It was an increase of 7.2% compared to the year 2010! Let's remember that we are all participants of the traffic. Pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and car drivers – no matter in what form are users of the roads. And each of these groups in some way affects the other one. By educating the youngest we have a great opportunity to teach them proper behavior, which they can "take" with themselves on the bike firstly and then to the car. Whether it will be the good or bad, it depends also on us.
The symbolic start of the campaign was the press conference, which was held in Bydgoszcz's town hall and it is not the only support that we obtain from them increasing by this the importance of the project and its scope. Additional advantage is that we can show that in the city, which it is said to be boring with nothing happening here and too average people, we can realize such initiatives with the active support of the citizens, and refute this harming stereotype.
We count very much on our local media. It depends on you how many people will get to know this action. It depends on you whether it will be "alive" in the minds of the people and if we can make people reflecting on the broad sense of safety and discussions on this topic. And finally, it depends on your support and commitment to great extent how many people will want to support this unique initiative.
We do not know how much money we will be able to raise. If we convince people and manage well all the modules, the effect will be that the bus with graphics on both sides will visible in the city for 6 months and 300 tubes will be produced. However, in the case of little interest, depending on the status of the account it may happen that the bus with graphics on one side only will showed for 3 months and there will be fewer tubes. It really all depends on the commitment and generosity of people.
Finally, let's stop complaining about what is wrong. Cause we all know it. It is a time for a change. And these changes we can make together. With this unique project each of us by being a part of it will be able to say that has contributed to improvement of the safety on Polish roads. If even one human life could be saved it will mean that it was worth doing it.
We have two choices: to remain passive "complainers" or actively involved participant in this one-of-a-kind project.
We already chose. And you?