UPDATE: 6 a.m. April 18, via Facebook/Twitter:
It took slightly more than 24 hours, but master builder Vivian Beer and her team of worker bees cranked out 17 electric blue bike racks during the Random Acts of Kindness #Endure4Kindness weekend maker-space spree.
With a lofty goal of making as many originally-designed bike racks as humanly possible, Beer and her small but dedicated team of family and friends spent the weekend at Beer’s warehouse workshop bending, welding, sand-blasting. refining and painting the racks, which will be donated to the city and placed strategically, to encourage bicyclers to bicycle.
The project got underway around 10 a.m. on April 16 and wrapped up late Sunday night, including a “safety nap” for the team after a long Saturday of hard labor.
Participants around the world raised more than $50,000 for the cause, a global endurance event during which teams form and pick an activity, then invite their friends, family and members of the local community to pledge money, aka crowd-sourcing random acts of kindness.
You can still donate to Team Beer by clicking here. Materials were donated by the North of Webster community watch group.
UPDATE: 11 a.m. April 17, via Instagram: Ok ALMOST all night! We needed a safety nap! Back on it for #E4K last welds and paint! 5 hours left 17 racks made! @randomactsorg
Posted April 16, 2016, 10 p.m. MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester furniture designer and now TV star (after winning this season’s “Ellen’s Design Challenge”) Vivian Beer is going to be up all night welding.
It’s the only way to get 20 bike racks bent, welded, and painted in time to beat the buzzer in Random Acts of Kindness #E4K challenge.
You can read about the 24-hour challenge here, and click the video above for an update from Beer as of 5 p.m. on April 16.
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