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It’s time for the Multicultural Gathering’s Quarterly Potluck! Join your neighbors on May 16, from 6pm til 8pm, at the Neighborhood House. Bring a dish to share!

On Tuesday, April 24, from 6pm til 7:30pm, the NRV Neighborhood House Technology Center will be hosting a Family Night. Come learn more about The SOURCE (resource for families with students enrolled in Seattle Public Schools), College Bound, Financial Aid and Scholarships, and Online Educational Resources. Bonus FREE Book and FREE Food!

Need more info? Contact Laura at 206-461-4568 x 202.

Come learn how to live a healthy lifestyle, play games, listen to guest speakers, youth presentations, enter to win prizes in a raffle, and enjoy free healthy food at the Healthy Living Event at the NRV Neighborhood House on Monday, March 26, from 5:30pm to 7pm. All are welcome!

The MLK Business Association is proud to announce the second annual Plate of Nations event. Join us from March 25 to April 7 for $15 & $25 group meal deals and taste some of the city’s best global cuisine. You can choose from a diverse array of dishes from Halal Asian curries or Southern soul briskets to Somali goat shawarma or vegan mac & cheese. The rich flavors found in these hidden gems will transport you to the eastern US and around the world. For more details please check our website www.plateofnations.com and like us on Facebook .

Join your NRV neighbors on Wednesday, Feb. 29, to celebrate our many cultures!

6pm - multicultural potluck dinner - bring something to share!
6:30 - Vietnamese Music and Dance
6:45 - Black History Month Presentation
7:00 - Ethiopian and European Culture Presentations

Interpretation provided in Somali, Ahmaric, Tigrinya and Vietnamese.

Wednesday, Feb. 29
6pm - 7:30pm
NRV Neighborhood House

The recent snow didn’t cause any power outages for us in NRV, but lots of other people lost power. And we’re certainly not immune. The following info comes from Public Heath-Seattle & King County.

Prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide poisoning can kill you. Carbon monoxide gas comes from burning fuels such as gasoline, propane, oil, kerosene, natural gas, coal or wood.

Prevent poisoning from carbon monoxide:

• Only use a generator outdoors and far from open windows and vents
• Never use a generator or portable propane heater indoors, in garages or carports
• Never cook or heat inside on a charcoal or gas grill.

Carbon monoxide poisoning can happen suddenly and without warning. Physical symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning may include splitting headache, nausea and vomiting, and lethargy and fatigue.

If you believe you could be experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning, get fresh air immediately. Call for medical help from a neighbor’s home. The Fire Department will tell you when it is safe to re-enter the home.

For a full list of carbon monoxide prevention tips and other safety and disaster information in English and other languages, visit www.kingcounty.gov/health/disaster.

Staying warm indoors safely
If you have a power outage, use safe ways to stay warm:

• Find places where you can go to get warm, such as the home of friends and family whose homes have power. Many cities have opened centers where people can go during the day to stay warm. Center locations can be found at www.kingcounty.gov/safety/prepare
• Wear several layers of light weight, warm clothing rather than one layer of heavy clothing. Wear hats, mittens, and blankets indoors.
• Close curtains and cover windows and doors with blankets. Everyone should try to stay together in one room, with the door closed, to keep in body heat.

Stay safe

• Check on elderly friends, family, and neighbors to make sure they are safe.
• Watch your footing on surfaces that may be icy and slick, and wear shoes that provide traction.
• Be careful not to overexert yourself when shoveling snow, especially if you have heart disease or high blood pressure, as the cold weather puts extra strain on your heart.
• Do not sled on streets or on slopes near streets, ponds, or streams.
• Avoid driving if you can. If you must drive, allow safe stopping times and distances.

Help others

• Warn others about carbon monoxide poisoning. Share the information with neighbors, friends, family and community groups.
• Check on family, friends, and neighbors, especially if they are elderly or if you think their power might be out.
• If you know someone who has lost electricity, invite them to your home to stay warm.

Food safety
If power goes out where you live, keep food safe:

• Keep the doors closed on your refrigerators and freezers as much as possible. This keeps the cold air inside. A full freezer can stay at freezing temperatures about two days; a half-full freezer about 1 day.
• If you think the power will be out for several days, try to find some ice to pack inside your refrigerator. Keep raw foods separate from ready-to-eat foods.
• Refrigerated foods should be safe as long as the power is out no more than a few hours and the refrigerator/freezer doors have been kept closed. Throw away foods that spoil easily (such as meat and fish) if they warm up above 41º F.
• Frozen foods that remain frozen are OK to eat. If potentially hazardous foods are thawed (such as meat and fish), but are still cold or have ice crystals on them, use them as soon as possible. If potentially hazardous foods are thawed and are warmer than 41º F, throw them away.

The next NRV Community Kitchen will be held this coming Friday, Nov. 18, from 10am til noon, at the NRV Neighborhood House. Seattle Tilth will be running the class and teaching residents how to make their own pickles. The class is free and all supplies are provided. Students will take home jars of pickles at the end of the class!

If any residents have favorite pickle recipe to share, they are welcome to join!

If you have any questions, please contact Kate Farmer at katef@nhwa.org

Come join your neighbors for a Thanksgiving feast, Wednesday, November 16 from 5pm to 7pm at the Neighborhood House. Bring a dish to share (and label your contribution with the name of the dish and primary ingredients). There will be raffles and games! Spend some time with your neighbors and start the holiday season off right! Need more info? Contact Naomi at nchang@seattlehousing.org.

Construction on the northeast corner of NRV is completed. There will be a Celebration on Thursday, October 20 from 3pm to 5pm at 4200 MLK. Stephanie Van Dyke, SHA’s Director of Development, will speak at 3:30 and appetizers will be served.

Come celebrate our volunteers, the farm, and the harvest with:

• A potluck dinner (if you can, bring the recipe for your dish to share as well)
• An apple cider press
• Conversations and sharing stories with your friends and neighbors

The party is on Tuesday September 13th 6 – 8pm at The Seattle Community Farm, which is located just west of MLK in between Lilac and Andover Streets. It’s directly behind the new Habitat for Humanity houses.

For more information, contact Mariah Pepper at 206-387-6644 or urbanfarm@solid-ground.org.