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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-News July 2016
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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 EditorÕs introductory comments express her personal viewpoint.
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Contents
1. Mini Clean-up in the Park, Friday, July 22,
4-6:30 p.m.
2. National Night Out Against Crime: Ice
Cream Social in the Park, Tues., 8/2, 6:30–8 p.m., Volunteers Needed!
3. Multiblock Yard Sale, Sat. 8/27, 10-2:
Sign up by 8/17!
4. Weekend Showings of ÒDogtown Redemption,Ó
a Film a Neighbor Helped Make!
5. Whole Foods Market News: Next
Drop-in Progress Meeting Fri., 7/22/16, 8:15-9:00 a.m.
EditorÕs Introductory Note:
As the summer gets underway, we have another neighborhood work party geared toward taking care of our neighborhood park, Halcyon Commons, coming up this month (see item 1) as well as a chance to continue strengthening our neighborhood crime watch with a fun ice cream social in early August (see item 2 for ways you can help). Later in the summer, we have a multiblock yard sale planned for August 27 (see item 3); whether you sell or stroll around checking out your neighborsÕ sales, itÕs a great way to participate in community while allowing for create reuse of items that are currently just gathering dust. HereÕs to a great summer in the Halcyon neighborhood!
Happy Independence Day!
—Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair and E-News Editor, halcyon92@gmail.com
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1. Mini Clean-up in the Park, Friday,
July 22, 4-6:30 p.m.
Mini Work Party in the Park
Meet at Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at
Prince)
Friday, July 22, 4-6:30 p.m.
Delicious refreshments courtesy of Whole
Foods Market.
* Weeding in Halcyon
Commons and nearby landscaped barriers
* Graffiti removal if we have enough
help
Many hands make light work: Please lend
yours! Even half an hour helps. Children welcome. Bring your own tools if you
have them, or use ours if you donÕt. We donÕt have any student volunteers to
help with this work party, so itÕs up to us neighbors! WeÕll be getting our
neighborhood common space spiffed up for our National Night Out Against Crime
Ice Cream Social in the Park on August 2 (see item 2).
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2. National Night Out Against
Crime:
Ice Cream Social in the Park, Tues., 8/2, 6:30–8 p.m.,
Volunteers Needed!
EditorÕs note: WeÕre anticipating a fun summer evening in the
park, with delicious treats, a chance to meet neighbors (the most important
ingredient of our neighborhood watch), and visits from police, firefighters,
and city officials. This event is a crucial part of our neighborhood watch
program, so please mark it on your calendars and let us know if youÕre willing
to volunteer.
Ice Cream Social in
the Park for National Night Out Against Crime
Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince)
Tuesday, August 4, 6:30-8 p.m.
Delicious Middle Eastern appetizers and sheet cake courtesy of Whole Foods Market.
Homemade Ice Cream courtesy of neighborhood volunteers (with supplements and nondairy alternative courtesy of Whole Foods Market)
Children welcome and encouraged to attend!
Volunteers Needed: We need a few volunteers to help with set-up at 6 p.m., to help with serving and sign-up sheets during the event, and to help with cleaning up at 8:30 p.m. Please email halcyon92@gmail.com if youÕre able to pitch in!
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3. Multiblock Yard Sale, Sat. 8/27,
10-2: Sign up by 8/17!
EditorÕs note: HNA Treasurer and Halcyon neighbor Susan Hunter, who has
organized many successful multiblock yard sales in the past, is planning another
one for Saturday, August 27, just as students return to town. See her message
below.
ÒThis yearÕs Summer
Sale is scheduled for Saturday, August 27! Last year two dozen households
participated in our HNA multiblock sale, and we had a great turnout, with most
people reporting very successful sales. HereÕs another chance to clear out your
closets and garages! Cost to participate will be $3-5 (sliding scale, depending
on size of your sale) toward supplies for flyers and map of sales, and everyone
who plans on selling will need to post about 30 flyers, have maps of sales
available at their sales, and make two large posters, which will be hung in
areas to be determined. ItÕs best to put the flyers and posters in assigned
areas so that all the areas get covered adequately. Once weÕve determined whoÕs
participating, IÕll break up the areas accordingly. In the past some households
have just set up on the day of the sale without participating in our advance
organizing, but what really makes this multiblock sale work best for all of us
is having enough houses registered beforehand so we can include this in our
advertisements and on the map of sales; people turn out in bigger numbers when they
know there will be multiple sales, so please participate in this tried-and-true
method and sign up ahead! Please email halcyon92@gmail.com
by Wednesday, August 17, to sign up.Ó (Your response will be forwarded to the
event organizer, Susan Hunter.)
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4. Weekend Showings of
ÒDogtown Redemption,Ó a Film a Neighbor Helped Make!
EditorÕs note: Prince Street neighbor Denise Zmekhol is a co-producer of ÒDogtown Redemption.Ó The films is described at http://www.dogtownredemption.com/: ÒShot over seven years, DOGTOWN REDEMPTION is not only the intimate story of recyclers in West Oakland but a journey through a landscape of love and loss, devotion and addiction, prejudice and poverty. A surprising number of Americans make their living off a vast river of trash. DOGTOWN REDEMPTION follows this river, and its inhabitants in a lively, bustling yet invisible corner of California. . . .Ó
Upcoming screenings at The New Parkway Theater in Oakland (details at website link above):
Friday, July 1, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, July 2, 3-5 p.m., with post-film Q&A with former recycler
Sunday, July 3, 12:20-2:20 p.m.
Monday, July 4, 3-5 p.m.
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5. Whole Foods Market
News: Next Drop-in Progress Meeting Fri., 7/22/16, 8:15-9:00 a.m.
EditorÕs note: News from Whole Foods Market courtesy of Store Team Leader Melody Mestermacher.
Next Drop-in Progress Meeting, Friday, July 22, 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, 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 group below so we can follow up appropriately. Always feel free to swing by too, if youÕd like to have a word with us.
Melody.Mestemacher@wholefoods.com
Carlisle.Crumley@wholefoods.com
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