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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-News January 2020

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Items appearing in the HNA E-News are deemed to be of general interest to neighbors but do not necessarily reflect the views of Halcyon Neighborhood Association (HNA), its Steering Committee, or the Editor. The Editor’s introductory comments express her personal viewpoint.

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Contents

1. HNA’s Post-Holiday Progressive Potluck

2. HNA’s Annual Fundraising Appeal!

Editor’s Introductory Note:

Happy New Year to all! Please consider joining us for all or part of our popular post-holiday progressive potluck (see item #1 below plus flyers circulating the neighborhood). And if you haven’t donated yet this year, please respond generously to our annual fundraising appeal (item #2)!

—Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair and E-News Editor, halcyon92@gmail.com

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1. HNA’s Post-Holiday Progressive Potluck! Sunday, January 26, 5:30-8:45 p.m.

One of the most popular HNA events of the year! Join your neighbors as we progress from house to house for a fabulous multi-course dinner; attend one course or all three.

Sunday, January 26, 2020

First Course: Salads, 5:30–6:35 p.m.

* Special note: Vegetarian only please!

3048 Deakin (between Prince and Webster)

Second Course: Main Dishes, 6:35–7:40 p.m.

3046 Fulton St. (between Prince and Ashby)

Third Course: Desserts, 7:40–8:45 p.m.

2329 Webster Street (two doors west of Whole Foods)

Potluck suggestions:

* P-Z: Vegetarian Salad * A-I: Main Dish * J-O: Dessert

Please bring a festive dish for 10-12, and, if possible, a beverage to share as well (it really helps if enough folks bring beverages too). Supervised children welcome. If not obvious, kindly attach a label with ingredients for your dish to alert those with vegetarian and other diets (and for Salads, please ONLY bring vegetarian offerings). Bring the item assigned for your letter to the designated household, or substitute another suggestion if you won’t be attending the course for your letter. In addition, if you haven’t already donated this year, PLEASE bring along a check or cash contribution to HNA of whatever size (no amount too small or large). Or give online at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QSESRB6FZAX3C THANK YOU!

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2. HNA’s Annual Fundraising Appeal

Editor’s note: Your contributions are crucial to realizing HNA’s 2020 priorities! Please give generously.

HNA doesn’t have a formal membership structure or require annual dues because we wanted to keep participation as broad as possible. At the same time, we incur various expenses during the course of a year, including:

            * Flyer production

            * Supplies for special events in park

            * Supplies for work parties

            * In-fill and replacement plants for Halcyon Commons and nearby landscaped features

            * Graffiti removal peripherals

            * Small projects in Halcyon Commons (including a fund we’ve been setting aside for refurbishing the mural on the backside of our bulletin board, new boulders for the park and nearby landscaped features, plus adding some paver stones at common crossways into the park).

We’re asking neighbors who appreciate all that HNA does to improve and beautify our neighborhood, to keep us safer, and to facilitate communication and help create a more convivial place to live to give generously this year, and do your part.

(1) Make a financial contribution directly to HNA (not tax-deductible, but allows us maximum flexibility) by writing a check made out to “HNA” and mailing or dropping it off in an envelope to HNA Treasurer Susan Hunter, 3044 Halcyon Court, Berkeley, CA 94705.

(2) Give to HNA online! Go to https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QSESRB6FZAX3C to make your contribution. (Again, contributions to HNA aren’t tax-deductible but allow us maximum flexibility.) PayPal keeps a fee of approximately 3 percent.

(3) Make a tax-deductible financial contribution by writing a check made out to “Berkeley Partners for Parks” (BPFP, our nonprofit fiscal sponsor, which charges a 7 percent overhead fee), earmarked Halcyon, and mailing or dropping it off in an envelope to HNA Treasurer Susan Hunter, 3044 Halcyon Court, Berkeley, CA 94705.

No contribution is too small (or too large!). If you’d like to receive a copy of our year-end financial report, contact halcyon92@gmail.com. Our neighborhood association’s health and vitality depend on your ongoing support! Please pitch in!

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