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Come join Rainier Valley Eats! this Friday, August 26th from 5:30 to 6:30pm for a free community dinner at the Rainier Community Center. Cooking starts at 3pm if you want to participate in the cooking.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Leika at pearblossom88@hotmail.com.

Come Join Your Neighbors for the New Rainier Vista Night Out Celebration
Saturday, 7/30/11
5:00PM – 8:00PM
New Rainier Vista Central Park (29th Avenue and South Genesee)

Fun for Kids and Families!
Community Potluck!
Raffle Prizes!
Chickens will be provided!
Bring a dish to share with your neighbors!

Featuring:

? Au Lac Vovinam Lion Dance Team
? Rainier Vista Khmer Dance Group
? Strongman Demonstration
? Face Painting
? Karaoke

For information, call Naomi Chang at 206-722-4010 ext. 11 or email nchang@seattlehousing.org

Sponsored by the Rainier Vista Traffic and Safety Committee and Multicultural Gathering

This project is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Rainier Vista Home Owner Association, Neighborhood House and the Seattle Housing Authority

There’s a work party for the new trails in Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View coming up on Saturday, July 9 from 10am to 1pm. There’s lots of trail prep work to be done before the next load of gravel arrives in August.

Bring a drink and something to share and join in a Potluck BBQ at Mary DeJong’s house after the work party.

(This work party is running long enough that you can come to the Neighborhood Cleanup at 10am, have a doughnut and some coffee, pick up some trash, then head out to Cheasty at Mt. View and do some plant relocation and trail leveling, and then join in a potluck. There, a full Saturday of outdoor time and community connections!)

There will be a “Gumbo Feed” with Gumbo, cornbread, soda and salad at Rainier Vista Boy’s and Girl’s Club this Saturday, June 18th from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Food can be eaten there or they will pack it up for you to take it home. $15.00/person and a great cause right in our own neighborhood.

Lettuce Link is pleased to announce the official Grand Opening of our newest project, The Seattle Community Farm at Rainier Vista! You are all invited to come by on Saturday, June 25, 2011 12 noon — 3pm.

Come celebrate our first growing season! Visit the farm, enjoy a light lunch, and hear about all the exciting things we’re doing. Bring your friends, bring your kids, and enjoy the day!

• 12pm — Food is served
• 12:30pm — Welcome & official opening
• 1-3pm — Children’s Games, Arts & Crafts, Farm Tours

The Farm is at the far north end of Rainier Vista, north of the P-Patch. For more information, please contact Mariah Pepper, Seattle Community Farm Outreach Coordinator at urbanfarm@solid-ground.org or 206.387.6644.

The next Multicultural Gathering will include a potluck. Bring a dish to share (please label it!) with your neighbors at the Neighborhood House on Wednesday May 18th, from 6pm to 7:30pm.

The Seattle Community Farm (aka the Urban Farm to the north of the Dakota P-Patch at the north end of NRV) will be having a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, June 25th from 12 - 3pm. Come celebrate the farm’s first growing season with food, stories, and a chance to help paint a street mural at the top of Lilac St S.

Seattle Tilth and the Seattle Community Farm are sponsoring a four-part gardening class that will teach you how to start or maintain your Northwest garden. Interpretation will be available in Vietnamese, Chinese (Cantonese) and Somali.

Tuesdays from 5:30 – 6:30pm:
May 3rd
June 7th
July 5th
August 2nd

Classes take place at the Seattle Community Farm, immediately north of New Rainier Vista.

Each class will focus on growing food in the Northwest and will begin with a lecture or demonstration. You can come to all four classes, or just the ones that interest you. Participants are encouraged to put their new skills to use by staying for the Seattle Community Farm’s regular Work Party, which goes until 8pm.

Please tell us if you are planning to come, or drop by. Classes are FREE. Questions? Contact us at urbanfarm@solid-ground.org or (206) 694-6746 x2

Looking to meet your neighbors? Learn new cooking techniques and/or recipes?

Rainier Community Kitchen is an opportunity for neighbors to gather to cook good food together and go home with meals for their families. Our combined shopping dollars go to healthy, vegetarian ingredients and we enjoy learning new recipes as we cook together. Currently, we meet on the second Thursday of the month, 6:30-8:30p, in the kitchen of the Rainier Community Center.

The fee is $25 and you’ll enjoy two hours of camaraderie with your neighbors, a sense of accomplishment, and will create 4-6 servings of 4 menu items to take home. Register at http://class.seattle.gov/parks/Activities/ActivitiesCourseDetails.asp?aid=23&cid=66281 by Weds, March 9 to join us on March 10.

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.