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The Technology Center at the Neighborhood House offers opportunities to access the internet, attend classes on computer skills, get help applying for jobs online, or help finding social services online. Staff are available to answer any questions and teach classes. Come visit soon to get connected!

February’s classes include:

One Economy Mobile Tax Prep Van!
Need help filing your taxes? Come file your taxes for free with the help of a trained expert! Please call Laura at (206) 461-4568 x 202 to make an appointment.

• Friday February 17th from 11am – 7pm
• Thursday February 23rd from 9am – 5pm

Financial Literacy Class:
Wednesday February 29th 4:30-6pm
Learn about banks and credit unions and how to pay your bills online!

Basic Computer Skills Classes
Wednesdays February 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd 4:30-6pm
Learn the basics of computers from how to use a mouse, how to type, navigate the internet, or any other skills you would like to learn!

Job Search 101
Fridays from 2-3:30pm
Get help with making a resume and applying for jobs online.

Youth Tutor Time!
Thursdays from 5:30-6:45pm
Youth who need computers for their homework assignments are invited to attend and work with staff to complete their work!

February Saturday Open Lab Hours
Saturday February 11th, 11:00-5:00
Saturday February 25th, 11:00-5:00

For more information, please contact Kat McGhee or Laura Horan at (206) 461-4568 x 202, or via email at KathrynM@nhwa.org or LauraH@nhwa.org.

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

Mayor Mike McGinn & Interim Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield invite you to join them for an open community meeting and Q&A session, featuring entertainment by the hit band School of Rock and information about city-wide youth programs and opportunities, the proposed Families & Education Levy, and more.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
South Shore Elementary School Rotunda
4800 S. Henderson, Seattle, WA 98118
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Parking is available at the school and supervised activities for young children, along with water and light snacks, will be provided.

Interpretation and translation will be provided in the following languages: American Sign Language, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Somali, Tagalog, Amharic, Tigrinya, and Oromo.

Please RSVP to: publicaffairs@seattlepublicschools.org

This meeting is part of an ongoing series of community outreach meetings as part of the Mayor’s Engage Seattle and Youth & Families initiatives. To be included in the contact lists for future Mayor’s Office events or to receive regular news from Mayor McGinn, visit www.seattle.gov/mayor/signup.

The pre-school at the NRV Neighborhood House has a few tuition-based openings. These are spaces that are for families that do not qualify for the free Head Start program; tuition is $450 per month. School is from 8:30am to 12:30pm and include breakfast and lunch.

Residents of NRV will receive priority for enrollment.

For more information, please contact Million Shiferaw at 206-461-8430 ext. 246.

The 2011 Young Playwrights Festival features professional actors performing the best student plays culled from spring classes at Cleveland High School and South Shore School. The plays tackle some of the toughest topics imaginable, in ways that are brutal, funny, moving and smart. A question and answer session with the featured student playwrights follows the performance.

Wednesday, June 8 at 3:30pm
Rainier Valley Cultural Center
3515 S Alaska St, 98118

Tickets are available for free, although there is a $5 suggested donation. Questions? Call 206-725-7517.

This event is a program of Rainier Valley Youth Theatre, part of SEED.

There will be a workparty in the Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View on this Saturday, Map 7, from 10am til noon. Meet at 2809 S Alaska Pl with your water bottle and sturdy shoes. Gloves and tools are provided. Kids are welcome.

The Earth Day work party last month successfully laid 85 feet of new trail. Come out on Saturday to widen and level the trail bed in preparation for another delivery of trail surface.

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.

The folks at Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View are hoping to finish their first trail this weekend on Earth Day. Come out on Saturday, April 23, from 10am to 2pm, with your warm layers, sturdy shoes and sack lunch. Tasks will include clearing and prepping the trail beds, gauging levels, and applying gravel. Can’t do the labor? Come anyway and bring cookies! Got kids? Bring them and let them get muddy hunting for bugs and Spring Eggs!

Questions? Check out http://www.cheastymtview.com/.

Our neighbors across Columbian Way continue to improve the Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View. Much of the clean up is completed and now it’s time to start prepping for the trails. (If you’re interested in knowing what trails are planned, check out the map.)

There is a work party this Saturday, April 2 from 10am til noon. Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place; bring your own water, wear sturdy shoes and dress in warm layers. Gloves, tools and instruction are provided. Kids are welcome!

There is also a work party planned for Earth Day on Saturday, April 23, from 10am til 2pm. Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place; bring your own water and lunch, wear sturdy shoes and dress in warm layers. Gloves, tools and instruction are provided. Kids are welcome! At the Earth Day event, trail beds will be prepped, leveled, and graveled. And there will be an Egg Hunt for the kids!

For more information, please visit The Friends of Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View website.

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.