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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.
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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.
Don’t miss this important meeting for any parents living in New Rainier Vista.
School Advocacy Night
This Friday, 1/22/2010 from 6PM – 8PM at the Neighborhood House
Learn about your neighborhood school, learn ideas to influence school planning, build skills to communicate with policy makers.
Play and Learn Group is starting again! Come meet other parents, have a healthy snack, and get info on child development. Play and Learn is open to 0-5 years of age, free to anyone. Monday and Wednesdays from 11:30-1:30pm at Rainier Vista Center.
The Columbia City Solstice Festival is coming! Please join us for a drop-in lantern-making workshop!
Saturday, December 12 - 2:00 to 5:00pm
Rainier Vista Neighborhood House - Paul Allen Room (4410 29th Ave S)
Materials will be available for $5/person or “pay-what-you-can”. Can’t come but want to make your own lantern? Instructions for making your own lantern at home are online at http://columbiacitizens.net/make-a-solstice-lantern.
It’s a draft plan, but the current proposed “attendance area” maps have been released. Access them here:
School Assignment Maps
Of particular interest: New Rainier Vista have been assigned to three schools. Those in Phase 1 will be assigned to Kimball. In Phase 2 (across MLK), those north of Oregon (across MLK from Columbian) will be assigned to John Muir and those south of Oregon will go to Hawthorne. Perhaps these divisions don’t mean much to us now since Phase 2 isn’t built yet, but they could pose challenges in the future.
These attendance areas are not yet final. Individuals with questions or concerns should contact Seattle Schools. Ways to do so are listed here.
There will be a Tools 4 Schools event at the Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club on Friday, August 28 at 4:30-7:00PM. Register for a new membership ($20 a year!) and receive a backpack filled with school supplies. Get there early as supplies will be limited!
After you’ve got your Tools 4 Schools, stop by the Neighborhood House for story readings and bookmark decorating on Friday August 28, at 4:30pm (4410 29th Ave. S.). Free books and resources! This is for kids of all ages!
Eat well, celebrate, live well! Please come and enjoy an evening of community, a youth dinner performance and wild salmon. Open to all and proudly provided by the Experience Food Project, the Austin Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, Rainier Vista Branch.
Thursday, Aug. 20
5-7 p.m.
Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club
4520 MLK Jr. Way South
The local La Leche League meets here at NRV in the WAMU Room upstairs in the Neighborhood House. The next meeting will be Wednesday, 8/12, at 10:15am. The topic will be Improving Family Nutrition, but the discussion will first focus on the needs and questions of the moms that attend the meeting.
La Leche League meetings are a gathering of mothers and babies who are breastfeeding, struggling with breastfeeding and interested in breastfeeding. We will discuss the questions/needs that moms come with and a planned topic if time allows. If you are struggling with a breastfeeding issue, come and get support from fellow mommies. If you are enjoying breastfeeding, please come share your experience and support the other moms in your community! If you are pregnant, come and hear the tidbits of info we all wish we had known before our babies were born!
Children, pregnant women, partners, dads and grandmas are all welcome!
For more info, please contact the leaders of the South Seattle La Leche League, Emily (LLLemhealy@gmail.com) and Erin (erin.lalecheleague@gmail.com).
Our next Neighborhood/Multicultural Potluck will be next Saturday, August 8, from 5pm to 7pm. Join your neighbors at the Central Park and/or the large downstairs room at the Neighborhood House. Bring a cultural dish to share!
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