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Sign up today to volunteer for one hour each week reading aloud to little kids! More than half of all kindergartners in our state are entering school without the social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills they need to be successful. Research shows that those who start behind often stay behind. The good news is that reading with kids on a regular basis can make a real difference.

United Way of King County is currently recruiting volunteers to read aloud to young children (ages 3-5), one or two at a time (not group reading), at preschools, Head Start classrooms, and child care centers throughout King County. There are sites in and around the New Rainier Vista neighborhood!

Visit www.uwkc.org/readers and click the “register today” link at the bottom of our webpage to get involved or email ameyrich-blomquist@uwkc.org for more information.

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.

Come out and join your neighbors for a little community cleanup on Saturday, September 10, at 10am. Grabbers, bags, donuts and coffee provided. Bring your gloves if you have them. Enjoy some community time and help keep our neighborhood clean!

The next work party on the new Hazelnut Loop trail in Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View will be this Saturday, Sept. 3, from 10am to noon-ish. The gravel surface is almost done and every helpful hand is wanted to be sure it’s complete and walkable by fall.

Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place. All tools, gloves and guidance are provided. Bring your own water and wear sturdy shoes.

Come out and join your neighbors for the monthly neighborhood clean up. Meet in Central Park at 10am on Saturday, August 13. Bring gloves if you have them. Bags and grabbers provided. Coffee and donuts, too!

Please come out on Saturday, August 6, starting at 10am, to Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View to help out at this Important Trail Building Work Party. There will be 15 cubic yards of gravel to finish the surface of the new Hazelnut Loop Trail. This is just the first part of a plan that puts safe, accessible, usable trails in our local woods!

Bring yourself, bring your kids, bring your friends. Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place. Tools and gloves provided. Bring water and wear sturdy shoes.

There will be a potluck lunch at noon for work party participants. Bring something to share and enjoy a great view of the Blue Angels!

The next work party at Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View will be on Saturday, August 6, from 10am til noon. This is a critical event as a load of gravel will be arriving and will need to be placed on the trail bed. Come out and help with the bucket brigade and enjoy a community potluck afterward.

Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place (across Columbian/Alaska to the south of NRV) at 10am. Gloves and tools provided. Please wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water.

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!)

It’s NRV Neighborhood Cleanup Time! We will be meeting on Saturday, July 9th, at 10am in the Central Park. If you can volunteer to help us clean up New Rainier Vista for an hour or so, please show up with gloves, if you have them. We’ll have some gloves, grabbers, coffee and donuts. Come on out and join your neighbors.