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Come out to the woods this weekend! This month, volunteers are needed to remove blackberry from the southern trailhead off of 27th and Angeline to prep the site for a stairwell and native garden to be installed this summer.

Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10am til noon.
Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place (just across Alaska/Columbian from NRV)
Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water. Tools and gloves provided.

Come out and join your neighbors for a little community clean up on Saturday morning, January 14, at 10am. Bring gloves if you have them; grabbers and bags provided. Andrew promises extra-hot coffee. And the weather forecasters haven’t yet said “Snow” and “Saturday”. See, you don’t have any more excuses!

There is only 30 feet of trail left to surface with gravel chips and the Hazelnut Loop trail in our local woods, Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View. That’s just 30 more feet and we’ve got a complete and accessible walking trail just across Columbian/Alaska to the south of NRV!

Can you come out on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 10am (meet at 2809 S Alaska Pl) to help finish the trail? Gloves and tools are provided, just bring your own water and your enthusiasm!

Also, Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View has received a third round of funding from Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods! This new funding will go to completing the Ridge Trail and the Angeline/28th St trail head in 2012. Check out the Trail Master Plan, priority 2, for details on these new projects. Our first trail might be almost done, but there is plenty of work still to be done in our woods. How many first Saturdays can you commit???

Contact Mary for more information.

The Hazelnut Trail in Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View is almost done. There’s just a last stretch of trail that needs to be surfaced and then we’ve got an enjoyable, walkable trail in the woods right across the street!

Please consider coming out and finishing this trail work on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10am til noon. It’s a great family activity, a chance to interact with our neighbors outside the Vista, and an opportunity for kids to play in the woods. Wear warm clothes, sturdy shoes and bring your own water. Gloves, tools and instructions provided.

Come on out - let’s get this done!

Come out and help keep our community looking great! The monthly neighborhood cleanup will be Saturday, November 12 at 10am. Meet in Central Park (or under the awning at the Neighborhood House if it’s raining). Grabber and bags, coffee and doughnuts provided. Bring your own gloves if you have them (although some are on hand if you don’t).

If you need to complete some community service hours for school, this event qualifies.

Come out and join friends and neighbors in our local woods on Saturday, November 5 from 10am to 2pm. We’ll be planting lots of trees and shrubs as part of the City-wide effort of Green Seattle Day.

Registration for this event is encouraged. Your registration helps keep track of the interest and involvement in the restoration and improvement work going on at Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View. Also, there are rumors that there’s free stuff available as thank you gifts for registered volunteers.

Gloves and tools and training provided on Nov. 5th. Please dress in warm layers and rain gear and bring your own water bottle and lunch.

The folks restoring and improving our local urban forest, Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View, are currently applying for their third round of funding from the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. They are seeking $20K from the city, but they need to match that (or more!) with volunteer contributions. One volunteer hour is worth $20. Pledge 10 hours (easy to do if you can commit to 3 or 4 of the monthly work parties in the next year) and that’s a pledge worth $200. Work parties not your thing? Here are other needs:

• Community outreach: pass out flyers to your neighbors about work parties or upcoming fundraising events. Pass out posters to area businesses.
• Donate cash; people who want to donate $ can donate directly to ARC (Associated Recreation Council-our fiscal sponsor) with instructions for the money to be used for us — and since ARC is a 501(c)(3), donations can be written off on taxes.
• Get a group together from your office or neighborhood and come out for a special day of service! We have organized service days for Earth Day specific events and other agencies, schools or organizations. We would love to help you get out there volunteering with your friends and other community members!

If you can pledge time or funds to the continued forest restoration and improvement project at Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View, please email Mary DeJong at mdejong@spu.edu with your name, address, email address, phone number, the type of support you can pledge and the number of hours.

Come out and join your neighbors on Saturday, October 8 at 10am at the Central Park for a little neighborhood beautification. Spend an hour picking up litter and keeping our community clean. Grabbers, doughnuts and coffee provided. Bring gloves if you have them; some gloves are available to borrow.

If you’ve got community service hours to do (for school or anything else), this will qualify.

There’s a work party at the new trail in Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View (right across S. Alaska at the south end of NRV) this Saturday, October 1 from 10am til noon. The surfacing of the new Hazelnut Loop Trail is almost done, there are some turnpike projects and a gabion to fill. Please come on out to the woods to help finish these projects by the end of Autumn.

Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place. Tools, gloves and guidance provided. Please wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water. This is a great project for the kids!

Also, save the date for the November work party, November 6, in conjunction with Green Seattle Day.

Do you see the announcements for the monthly NRV Community Cleanup and think it’s a great idea, but think that 10am on a Saturday morning is unreasonable? Come out for an afternoon cleanup! On Saturday, Sept. 24 at 3pm, join your neighbors in some community service. Grabbers and bags provided. Bring gloves if you have them, although there are some to borrow if you don’t. There may even be treats.