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SEED Arts is offering a free youth mosaic art class here at the Neighborhood House at Rainier Vista. The class is for youth 13 to 18 years old and will be Monday and Friday from 3:30 to 5:30, March 14 – June 17th.

Participating youth will learn mosaic art techniques and work alongside a local artist to create a mosaic for a new park in the area.

Stop by the Neighborhood House or call Kate Farmer at 206-461-4568 ex 211 for more information or to sign up.

It’s getting towards spring, and the Seattle Community Farm (at the north end of NRV) is planning their first growing season. They’d like to share their plans with you, so everyone is invited to a Community Meeting on Monday, February 28th from 6 – 7:30 pm at Neighborhood House. At the meeting you will:

• Help decide what to plant. Vote for what vegetables you want to grow and eat!
• Hear about the Work Trade Program and how you can get involved
• Hear about other program ideas, such as a Children’s Garden and gardening classes

There will be food and childcare provided at the meeting. There will be interpreters for Chinese, Vietnamese, Somali and Amharic.

Also, plan now for the first work party of the year on Saturday March 5th.

For more information, contact Mariah Pepper at mariahp@solid-ground.org or 206-387-6644 or Scott Behmer at scottb@solid-ground.org or 206-694-6828.

There’s a community health fair coming to the Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday, March 2 at 5pm. Health information and health providers will be available. There will be healthy food, raffle prizes, entertainment and giveaways. Free services will include

• Blood pressure checks
• Dental screenings
• Rapid HIV testing
• Fitness resources
• Weight and body fat measurements
• Child car seat safety
• Health information tables
• Bicycle safety
• “Ask a Doctor” and more!

Participating agencies include APICAT, Cascade Bicycle Club, Children’s Hospital, Community Health Plan of Washington, Haborview Hospital, International Community Health Services, Neighborcare Health, Neighborhood House, Public Health Seattle King County, Project HANDLE, Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club, Seattle Housing Authority, Seattle Parks & Recreation, Seattle University, South Seattle Drug Free Communities Coalition, WAPI Community Services, Washington Health Foundation, Washington Oral Health Foundation, Wellspring Family Services, YMCA of Greater Seattle.

Interpretation will be available.

The Neighborhood House will be providing access to sewing machines on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 pm to 5 pm. Bring your own material and supplies.

There is a Mosaic Workshop starting at the Neighborhood House in March. Classes will be Mondays and Fridays, from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. This workshop is for teens, ages 13-18, and has a limit of 10 participants. For more information or to get your name on the list, please contact Kate Farmer at the Neighborhood House at 206-461-4568 ext. 211.

It’s NRV Neighborhood Cleanup Time! Come out and join your neighbors on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 10am to help beautify our community. If you can volunteer to help us clean up New Rainier Vista for an hour or so, please show up with gloves, if you have them. We’ll have some gloves if you don’t have them, and we’ll have coffee and donuts.

Stop by the Neighborhood House on a Wednesday in February between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm for a visit to the free health desk. Get your blood pressure checked, get weighed, have a health assessment, and get your health questions answered. Free and provided by Seattle University Nursing students.

If you are without health insurance, you can get a Free flu shot voucher from the Neighborhood House. Stop by and see Christine at the front desk.

You are invited to come to the a community potluck to celebrate both the Lunar New Year and Black History Month next Saturday (Feb. 12) at Neighborhood House from 5pm to 7pm. Here are the details:

5-6pm Soul Food and Vietnamese Dinner (Please bring a dish to share with your neighbors)
6-6:30pm Black History Presentation
6:30-6:45pm Vietnamese Music and Dance
6:45 - 7pm Vovinam Au Lac Lion Dance Team

For information, call Kate Farmer at 206-461-4568 ext. 211 or Naomi Chang at 206-722-4010 ext. 2

The folks in Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View (across Alaska from NRV) have a work party coming up this weekend. Since the February Neighborhood CleanUp is happening next week, here’s your chance to get in twice the volunteering this month!

The workparty is Saturday, Feb. 5 from 10am to 12noon. They will be working to remove the last of the ivy from the forest floor with the idea that trail building can happen this spring. Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place with sturdy shoes and water - they’ll provide tools and gloves.