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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-News March 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. Email halcyon92@gmail.com to subscribe to the HNA E-News.

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Contents

1. It’s Not Too Late! Support HNA’s Annual Fundraising Appeal!

2. Work Party in Halcyon Commons & Surrounding Neighborhood, Sat. 3/9, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

3. Halcyon Thrive 2019 Update

4. Whole Foods Market News: Next Drop-in Meeting Fri., 4/5/19, 8:15-9:00 a.m.

Editor’s Introductory Note:

Our progressive post-holiday potluck in late January was a great success. Many thanks to the potluck hosts, flyer distribution team, and organizers! As we move forward into 2019, please support our ongoing neighborhood container by contributing to the fundraising appeal if you haven’t done so already (see item 1). We’d also welcome your help this Saturday at the first work party of the year (see item 2).

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

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1. It’s Not Too Late! Support HNA’s Annual Fundraising Appeal

Editor’s note: Many thanks to those who’ve already contributed to HNA’s Annual Fundraising Appeal! We’re still several hundred dollars short of meeting our basic budget for 2019. Bottom line, only a small percentage of all the neighbors who benefit from our initiatives have contributed. If more neighbors could take the time to contribute right now (the online link makes it easy), we would really appreciate it!

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, 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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2. Work Party in Halcyon Commons & Surrounding Neighborhood, Sat. 3/10, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Location: Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince) RAIN OR SHINE!

Time Frame: Come anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Sat. 3/9 (even twenty minutes helps!)

Goals: Weed and mulch in the park and nearby planted areas; remove graffiti (if the weather cooperates) & pick up trash in the larger neighborhood; enjoy the company of neighbors and student volunteers from the Berkeley Project

Fuel: Refreshments, coffee for early arrivals & lunch courtesy of Whole Foods Market

Once again we’ll enjoy the help of volunteers from the Berkeley Project as students from UC help us weed in the park and spread mulch. Note given the possibility of rain: Weeding’s easier when the ground’s wet! If you can help, just show up at Halcyon Commons. Bring your own weeding tools, or we’ll loan you some. Supervised children welcome!

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3. Halcyon Thrive 2019 Update

Editor’s note: Halcyon Thrive is continuing in 2019! The first social of the year will be a Soup’s On simple meal taking place on Sunday, March 24, so if you’d like to receive an invitation to that event, please sign up soon! Here’s the content from the latest flyer.

Consider joining Halcyon Thrive!

A project of Halcyon Neighborhood Association for Halcyon neighbors willing to take the next step in mutual support . . .

The goal of Halcyon Thrive is to explore ways to offer some of the beneficial services and resources of a multi-generational Ashby Village-type program on an opt-in, voluntary basis without monetary exchange.

At Planning Circles for Halcyon Thrive, neighbors have brainstormed possibilities for shared activities and ways of offering support to one another. These include:

* A Halcyon Thrive Caring Circle providing opportunities for participating neighbors to ask for and offer support to one another by listing needs and singing up to meet them so we can better “thrive-in-place.”

* A Conversations program at neighbors’ homes sharing areas of interest and knowledge while getting to know one another better. Several Conversations are in the works for the coming year, and new ideas are welcome.

* Social Gatherings to build community, including possible Soup’s On simple meals, deck parties, field trips, and potlucks.

If you live in the Halcyon neighborhood (Telegraph to Adeline, Ashby to Woolsey, in South Berkeley) and want to be part of the Halcyon Thrive project, please email your name, address, phone, and email to HalcyonThrive@gmail.com.

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4. Whole Foods Market News: Next Drop-in Meeting Fri., 4/5/19, 8:15-9:00 a.m.

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

Next Drop-in Progress Meeting, Friday, April 5, 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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