Workin' at the car wash
I had fun at the clean car wash earlier today. UIS Social Work students volunteered with the Sierra Club to clean up people's cars for free and let them know how the Illinois Clean Car Act would help clean the air by reducing pollutants from cars.
In this picture I'm standing next to Representative Karen May, the bill's main sponsor, who spoke to the press. Representative LaShawn Ford, on the right, is a co-sponsor, and on the left is one of the volunteers, Eli. Illinois Sierra Club Director, Jack Darin, spoke as well. WICS and WAND TV showed up so look for us on the news tonight.
Panera Bread on Dirksen was very supportive by letting us use their water, hose, parking lot and buckets. Ace Hardware donated other supplies. Thank you Panera and Ace!
I think this is a picture of men standing around while women work. I promise it wasn't like that the whole time.
We attracted some random drivers going by and the response was very positive. This is one of those issue that the public overwhelmingly supports but oil and auto industry lobbying dollars thwart the will of the people.
Everybody had a good time today and hopefully we got the word out about an important bill in the General Assembly.