Plan to join your neighbors for a Cultural Celebration of Black History Month and the Lunar New Year!
Thursday, Feb. 25
5pm - 7:30pm
A soul food and Vietnamese dinner menu is planned. There will be a Black History Month presentation at 6pm and Vietnamese music and dance at 6:30. Games and raffle prizes at 7:30. NRV youth are also planning a bake sale to benefit Haiti earthquake victims.
Interpretation will be provided. Hosted by the NRV Multicultural Committee, Neighborhood House, SHA, International District Housing Alliance and Horn of Africa Service.
Questions? Contact Kate Farmer (katef@nhwa.org) or Naomi Chang (nchang@seattlehousing.org).
Come join us for our next Community Kitchen event! Neighbors get together and cook food and eat a meal together (and take food home!) Share recipes, cooking skills and fun in one evening!
Monday, February 8th
6:30pm – 8:30pm
New Rainier Vista Neighborhood House
The cost for this month is $5. Please call Kate Farmer at 206.461.4568 ext. 211 to register or email Katef@nhwa.org.
There’s a Technology Center at the Neighborhood House that provides computer/internet time to anyone who needs it. The Center needs volunteers!
Help is needed during Open Lab time (10am - noon Tues - Thurs and 10am - 4pm Mon & Fri for General Open Lab; 4pm- 6pm Tues - Thurs and 4pm - 5pm Fri for Youth Open Lab). During this time, volunteers will help with administrative upkeep and assist people using computers with tasks such as homework research and job applications. Volunteers during these times are great because it allows the Technology Center to assist even more individuals!
There are also various classes provided at the Technology Center (Basic Computer Skills, MS Word, Tax Prep). Students in these classes benefit from the one-on-one attention a volunteer can give.
Volunteers do not need to be computer experts to make our classes even more successful and enriching for participants! Anyone with basic computer skills can volunteer. A willingness to encourage and learn along with students is all that’s needed! Adults, senior citizens, and even youth have volunteered in the past and made a tremendous addition to our program. The time commitment of volunteering at Tech Center is very flexible and can be as little as an hour a week or be assisting a monthly workshop.
If you are interested in volunteering or in more information, please contact the Technology Center at 206-461-4568 x 202 or email Kate Farmer at katef@nhwa.org.
The NRV Neighborhood house has been looking to address the needs of our community’s youth. They’ve been holding conversations with the youth to discuss possible enrichment activities. Suggestions have included cooking events, movie nights, cultural shows, as well as a Black History Month event.
This is a great volunteer opportunity and a way to get to know more of our community. For more information, please contact Kate Farmer at katef@nhwa.org.
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There is a Tax Preparation Workshop at the NRV Neighborhood House Technology Center on Thursday, February 4 from 6pm to 8pm.
United Way will also have a Tax Van outside the Neighborhood House on Wednesday, Feb. 3 from noon til 7pm and on Saturday, Feb. 6 from noon til 7pm. This is a free service for anyone who earned less than $58,000 last year. Bring Social Security numbers for each family member, W2s and 1099s, childcare provider name, address and tax ID, your bank routing and account numbers, and the name, address and phone number of your landlord if you are using the renter’s credit.
More information about this service is available at MyFreeTaxes.com.
The January sky lightens up a bit, and thoughts turn toward spring. With the help of the Department of Neighborhoods, the Seattle Housing Authority, and other community partners, LettuceLink is working to transform half an acre in the New Rainier Vista neighborhood into a giving and teaching garden. This garden will be located at the north end of NRV, between Andover and Yancey and next to the Habitat site.
click on the image above to see a larger version.
Modeled after Marra Farm, the Seattle Community Farm will be a space for low-income residents of Rainier Valley to grow food for themselves and to share with the Rainier Valley Food Bank. While the garden will focus on food production, there will be many chances for gathering, celebrating, and learning. Garden education opportunities will be available throughout the growing season—seed saving, children’s gardening, and food preparation workshops are all being considered.
Jamie Robinson and Leslie Heimer of Solid Ground and Lettuce Link are coordinating outreach activities in and around New Rainier Vista: asking neighbors what they would like to grow, how they would like the garden to look, and how they will be involved. They are particularly interested in hearing ideas for celebrations and community gatherings that can take place in the garden. When neighbors come together to break bread (or chard or broccoli for that matter), strong communities can take shape.
If you are interested in being involved in the Seattle Community Farm, please contact Jamie Robinson at jamier@solid-ground.org, or Leslie Heimer at leslieh@solid-ground.org. There will be many opportunities to share your ideas, or just get your hands dirty.
The Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA) After School Program at Rainier Vista participates in P-Patch Community Garden activities at the Senior Snoqualmie Garden. Gregory Schaffer, a ReWA staff member in the after school program, has been involved in gardening with children and in doing garden-based activities.
Gregory needs the help of a few adult gardeners during program hours, weekdays between 4:30-6pm. Volunteers will help create and guide gardening activities and help with garden planning, planting and maintenance.
For more information and to volunteer, call Gregory Schaffer at 206-721-1178 or Julie Bryan at 206-684-0540 or 206-257-8257.
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The Voice Resident Advisory Committee meets monthly to discuss The Voice newspaper. If you read The Voice, you’re already a VRAC member!
The next meeting of the VRAC will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the Epstein building, 905 Spruce St. We’ll meet in the first-floor conference room; an accessible entrance is located on the east side of the building. Please ring the buzzer for entry.
For more information, please contact the Voice Editor, Tyler Roush, at (206) 461-8430, ext. 227.
Just a friendly reminder: the next Traffic Safety Committee Meeting will be held Monday February 01 , 2010 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm at Neighborhood House Paul Allen Room (4410 29th Avenue South (first Floor).
Agenda includes:
- Traffic flow/traffic signal issue update - Allison Schwartz, Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT)
- Phase II construction update - Rebecca Whitney, SHA
- South Precinct Meeting update - Carol Kelly
- Staff Parking update with Providence Elder Place - Leo Dickens?
The next meeting of the NRV HOA Board will be Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 7pm in the McBride Court Community Room. The entrance is in the back of the building.
Just a reminder: two board member terms are expiring in the spring and we homeowners will need to elect two new members. If you think you can donate 10 hours a month to your HOA, please contact Ken, our manager at CWD, or a current board member.
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