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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-News January 2019

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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. Post-Holiday Progressive Potluck, Sunday, 1/27/19, 5:30-8:45 p.m.

2. HNA’s Annual Fundraising Appeal!

3. Whole Foods Market News: Next Drop-in Meeting Fri., 2/1/19, 8:15-9:00 a.m.

Editor’s Introductory Note:

Thanks to everyone who helped with or attended any of our various neighborhood events last year, from crime watch to disaster preparedness, from social potlucks and picnics to work parties in the park and surrounding neighborhood to our inaugural events for Halcyon Thrive, our newest project, which will be continuing in 2019. We look forward to another great year ahead and hope to see many of you at this coming Sunday’s progressive potluck (see item 1). As we get ready for 2019, we welcome your participation, and your financial support (see item 2). Happy New Year!

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

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1. Post-Holiday Progressive Potluck, Sunday, 1/27/19, 5:30-8:45 p.m.

Editor’s note: This is 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; feel free to attend one course or all three (but everyone be sure to bring a *substantial* food offering to at least one of the courses you attend!).

Attend one course or all three (bring food to at least one!); supervised children welcome!

First Course: Vegetarian Appetizers & Salads, 5:30–6:35 p.m.

Last names I-P

* Special note: Vegetarian only please!

3048 Deakin (between Prince & Webster)

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

Last names Q-Z

3046 Fulton (between Prince & Ashby)

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

Last names A-H

2329 Webster Street (two doors west of Whole Foods)

Potluck suggestions by first initial of last name (or bring a dish to the course you attend):

* I-P: Vegetarian Appetizers & Salads * Q-Z: Main Dishes * A-H: Desserts

Please bring a substantial dish for 10-12, and, if possible, a beverage to share in addition (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 Appetizers & 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) (see item 2 for details). 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 2019 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 disaster preparedness drills and other special events in park

* Supplies for volunteer work parties

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

* Graffiti removal peripherals

* Small projects in Halcyon Commons (including 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 — projects for which we have slowly been building up the funds).

We’re asking neighbors who appreciate all that HNA does to improve and beautify our neighborhood, to keep us safer (on both crime-watch and disaster-prep levels), 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, you can request it by writing halcyon92@gmail.com. Our neighborhood association’s health and vitality depend on your ongoing support! Please pitch in! THANK YOU!!!

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3. Whole Foods Market News: Next Drop-in Meeting Fri., 2/1/19, 8:15-9:00 a.m.

Editor’s note: News from Whole Foods Market, courtesy of Store Team Leader Hayden Richards follows. Once again, Whole Foods Market is generously providing supportive food and beverage donations to our work parties, National Night Out Ice Cream Social, and key HNA CERT events in the coming year. We greatly appreciate the partnership in taking good care of the neighborhood we share!

Next Drop-in Progress Meeting, Friday, February 1, 2019, 8:15-9:00 a.m.

Whole Foods Market (check in at Customer Service)

These meetings are held at the Community Table at the front of the store or outside, and the purpose is to share our plans for ongoing changes in the store, street litter control, and progress on any of the ongoing issues we discuss with HNA reps and nearby neighbors. The Store Team Leader is usually present, and anyone is welcome to join us. Of course there will be complimentary coffee or tea. Our goal is to follow up immediately on any issues that we hear about, and to hear how the store can be a better neighbor. As always, if there are ever any urgent issues, please call the store at 510-649-1333 and ask for the shift manager on duty. We have new shift leaders being trained, so please send an email to the emails below so we can follow up appropriately. Always feel free to swing by too, if you’d like to have a word with us.

hayden.richards@wholefoods.com

nc.brk.contacts@wholefoods.com

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