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New Year, New Community Partnerships!Have you made your New Year's resolutions yet? As a member of City CarShare, you're already making the Bay Area a better place to live in 2010. Thanks to our loyal members, friends and supporters, we're proving that green car sharing - and our other socially responsible approaches to achieving our mission - are making a difference. (In case you missed our 2009 highlights and achievements, check out last month's newsletter). With your continued support, we can make this year our best yet! We're pleased to start this year with new partnerships that support low-income families and expand our service to grow more healthy mobility options.Working Families Credit Program—New CommunityShare Partner 
We believe that everyone in the Bay Area should have ample transportation options without having to own a
car. Through our CommunityShare program, we are partnering with the San Francisco Working Families Credit
Program to make car sharing accessible to people of all incomes. The Working Families Credit Program
provides money, benefits and resources to over 11,000 low-income working families. Qualified families get
earned tax credits, food assistance, free and low cost health insurance coverage, financial training
classes and more.
Through our partnership, Working Families Credit Program recipients are now qualified for City CarShare's CommunityShare program. This program offers discounted membership and driving rates to qualified low-income residents. By eliminating the need to own a car, these families are able to keep and invest more of what they earn to build a stronger future for their family. This year we look forward to expanding our CommunityShare program—bringing affordable car sharing to even more of your Bay Area neighbors. You should feel proud to be a City CarShare member because you are also supporting programs that extend access to car sharing to those that may not otherwise be able to participate. 
Welcome Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center!
This month we are also thrilled to announce our new partnership with Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (KPOMC). By partnering with City CarShare and adding a pod to their Howe & MacArthur garage, KPOMC is expanding green car sharing to staff and the local community. Through this employee program fewer cars will be driven to work. And by providing a network Pod for public access, KPOMC is giving the community another way to Thrive®. Remember, we have a discounted plan for Kaiser Permanente San Francisco employees and physicians too! For details on the Kaiser Permanente plans visit http://www.citycarshare.org/KP.do. As a community-based organization, City CarShare is looking to partner with businesses and institutions that want to make a difference for their staff and community. If your school or organization is interested in partnering with us, please email us at marketing@citycarshare.org to learn more. |
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More Member Perks for YouThree Bees Nursery - 10% off
Looking for something fragrant and colorful to brighten up the winter season? An indoor plant from Three Bees Nursery might be just what the doctor ordered. We added Three Bees Nursery, located in the San Francisco Richmond District, to our Member Perks program this month. This local shop has indoor and outdoor gardening supplies and staff that will happily offer gardening advice. When you flash your fob, you'll get 10% off your purchases. Special Bay Nature Discount! 
Bay Nature is a quarterly full-color publication for those who want to explore the natural world of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. It also highlights people and organizations working to understand, protect, and educate others about nature in our region. Explore, learn and be inspired by Bay Area landscapes, wildlife, and natural beauty throughout the year with a Bay Nature magazine subscription. As a City CarShare member you save 18% on a one-year subscription. To subscribe, go to www.baynature.org/store and enter promo code SDJDCC at checkout. Or call 888-4-BAYNAT (888-422-9628) and mention the code to get your discount. Don't forget that City CarShare members get discounts at many local businesses. Click here to learn more. If you own a business and want to give City CarShare members a discount, email marketing@citycarshare.org to let us know. |
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Win Berkeley Repertory Theatre Tickets
To ring in the New Year, we are giving away a pair of free tickets to see Aurélia's
Oratorio at Berkeley Repertory
Theatre. To enter, write on our Facebook wall
how you are going to be more "green" during 2010. Maybe you are swearing off paper towels or pledging to
walk more. Let us know! The lucky winner will be selected on January 13th and will get to pick any show
between January 19 and 31.
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Driving Tip: If it's Blinking, it's Thinking
Although fobbing in is as easy as saying "open sesame", the wait time can vary. So here are some tips to enter and exit our vehicles.
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New Pods in the East and West
Check out our newest fleet additions. To see how much we have grown over the last year, click here to see all of our locations.
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Shop SF, Get More
Enjoy discounts all over the Bay Area for the month of January with the Show your Zip(code) campaign,
sponsored by the SF Chamber of Commerce. As a local resident of the nine-county Bay Area, you'll get
discounts until January 31 when you shop local with participating merchants. All you need to do is show
your zip code. As the only local car share provider, we are an especially proud partner of this
campaign, and hope you have fun getting rewarded for supporting local businesses. Find out where you can
Shop SF and Get More here.
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City CarShare Members Get A Free Month TransBay Bus Pass
Do you commute on WestCAT's Transbay Lynx? WestCAT, in partnership with 511 Contra Costa, is offering a
great deal for express bus riders who are willing to park their cars and get on the Lynx for their work
commute between Hercules and the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco (Mission & 1st). To qualify, you
need to have access to a car, and your City CarShare membership qualifies you! When you buy a
31-day pass on WestCAT's Transbay Lynx, you can apply to get a second pass FREE. Applications for the
2-for-1 promotion are available onboard WestCAT Lynx buses, online at www.westcat.org and at
www.511contracosta.org. Other eligibility requirements and program rules do apply. The free 31-day pass
is sponsored by 511 Contra Costa and made possible with grants from the Bay Area Air Quality Management
District's Transportation Fund for Clean Air and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority's half-cent
sales tax for Transportation Improvement Projects.
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Sports Basement Holiday Party Recap
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Holiday Shopping Party at Sports Basement in December. Lots of
our members and friends showed up to save-n-shop, enjoy refreshments, chat up fellow members, and give
back to City CarShare with each discounted purchase.
Thanks to all of your shopping, Sports Basement made a donation to support City CarShare's programs, like CommunityShare, mentioned above. It was great to put fobs to faces and get a head start on our holiday shopping. Special thanks to Sports Basement for hosting this wonderful event for the second straight year! Thanks for Sharing! |
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