10/25/2014
Join our Fresh Fruit Donation Network for Neighborhood Kids in Need
Have you ever wondered if hunger exists in Arbor Lodge? It does.
56% of the children attending Chief Joseph Elementary and 77% of those at Ockley Green qualify for free or reduced lunch. Sometimes these kids come to school hungry on Monday mornings, not having had enough food to eat over the weekend. Study after study shows school success is tied to nutrition - having enough to eat so students can focus on class, not on being hungry.How can you help?
Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association has a "Donation Network". We encourage folks to sign up to donate fresh fruit for the weekly backpacks that go out with kids. Right now, the PTA is packing 15 backpacks each week to give a hungry child enough food to get through the weekend. fyi, other food is either purchased on donated from other groups.What is expected of you? When it is "your week" you are asked to bring 15 (we hope that will go up to 20-25) individual pieces of fresh fruit to Ockley Green by noon on Wednesday. All backpacks are put together at Ockley Green, then brought to Chief Joseph for distribution. Right now we have 12 families contributing. That means donating 2 1/2 times a school year.If interested, please send an e-mail to ginger.edws@gmail.comI'll add you to the list, send it out to you, and do my best to remember to remind you on Sunday nights that "this is your week." Thanks for considering helping hungry kids in your neighborhood!
10/24/2014
October Happy Hour - Socialize with Us!
Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Happy Hour tonight, October 24th, 5:30 to ?Lucky Lab on Killingsworth.
Why tonight instead of the last Friday? Next Friday is Halloween. Come meet the new ALNA Board, some neighbors, enjoy a rainy Friday night with friends.
10/14/2014
2015 Annual Meeting and Elections - Everyone Welcome
Please join us for Elections and more this Thursday, October 16th, 6:30, Kenton FireHouse
Agenda:
* Welcome/introductions* Year of ALNA in review, opportunity to sign up for next years' big events and suggest your ideas- it will be fun* Elections* By Law changes?* brainstorm of ideas for next year* maybe Guest presentation, Clean Energy.
If you are interested in being part of the Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Board, come and let us know. We are eager to include everyone and all ideas and energies in ALNA.
10/11/2014
Put your hands in the air - ALNA's October E-news
Just in case we don't have your email address in MailChimp yet, here's a link to our most recent quarterly newsletter. Hope to see you at one or many October events! Click Here for the News.
10/10/2014
The Future's So Bright...ALNA's Comp Plan Comments for Review
After many months of discussion and outreach, we are ready to submit comments on the City's Comprehensive Plan that will direct how the city (and our neighborhood) grows and is impacted by development over the next 20 years. From the City's website:
"Portland has only created one Comprehensive Plan before, and that was adopted almost 35 years ago. Today’s advances in technology provide planners with so much more information and data that it takes more time to analyze and apply the findings to our work...There’s definitely more to consider this time around. Portland is a third again as big as it was then, mostly due to annexation. And our increasingly diverse population has grown by 200,000 people...The issues the plan is addressing are also broader and more complex."
We looked at where we'd like to see businesses and apartment buildings, industrial warehouses, open spaces and more. Take a look at our draft comments, and bring your questions and ideas to our meeting, Thursday, October 16th, 6:30pm at the Kenton Firehouse. Also, feel free to contact our Land Use Volunteer, Nate Young at landuse@arborlodgeneighborhood.com if you'd like to ask questions outside of the meeting.