This January, the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency (Spokane Clean Air) and the CTR Office are partnering to promote the annual Travel Green Live Green campaign, Sweeten YOUR Commute. How and what we drive to work, what we use to heat our home and other choices we make every day impact the environment. The campaign is designed to encourage residents to travel green and live green to improve winter air quality.
During winter, air pollution levels can be elevated, due to a combination of factors. Vehicles do not run as efficiently in the cold weather; winter road conditions and the dark evening commute slow traffic. In our neighborhoods, smoke from wood heating can build up in the air. The air pollution created can not readily disperse. To reduce air pollution, we encourage you to Travel Green and Live Green.
Here are some great ideas to Sweeten YOUR Commute and help reduce air pollution in January. Travel Green by using a commute alternative at least once a week in January. Options include carpooling, riding the bus, walking, bicycling, vanpooling and working from home. Live Green by making at least one clean air choice around your home, such as burning cleanly if you heat with wood, weatherizing your home, programming your thermostat or using eco-friendly cleaning products.
For your efforts to reduce air pollution and by filling out your online commute calendar, you’ll be eligible for some great prizes in January that will Sweeten YOUR Commute! The more you participate, the more chances you have to win. Check it out:
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Participate
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Prizes
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$20 gift card from area businesses (7 winners)
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4X
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$25 Hallett’s Chocolates gift card (20 winners)
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8X
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$50 Anthony’s gift card (6 winners)
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12X
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Overnight Stay & Spa Package at The Davenport Hotel
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And, each Monday in January, we'll hold a random prize drawing for employees that filled out their commute calendar the previous week.
For help in getting started, contact your Employee Transportation Coordinator (ETC). Your efforts 
will help keep the air we share clean, save you money, reduce your stress and give you a chance to WIN!
Don’t forget!! By participating in January, you’ll be that much closer to being eligible for the BIG grand prizes in June! By participating 125 times and filling out your commute calendar from October 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012, you’ll be eligible to WIN a HDTV. By participating 100 times you'll be eligible to WIN an iPad and by participating 75 times you'll be eligible to WIN an iPod Touch. Check the bottom of your calendar each month to see how close you are to being eligible!
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