1) Arts & Crafts Spectacular at Trillium Charter School (12/7 & 12/8)
2) Santa Is Coming to Overlook House on December 8!
3) Documentary Film and Potluck (12/12)
4) OKNA Holiday Potluck (12/13)
5) Adopt-A-Neighbor for the Holidays
6) Portland Superfund Cleanup: A Community Forum
7) OSPIRG Renter Guide
1) Arts & Crafts Spectacular at Trillium Charter School (12/7 & 12/8)
Trillium Public Charter School warmly invites you to join us at the Arts & Crafts Spectacular on December 7 & 8 from 10:00-5:00. The Spectacular is a community art fair that promotes the work of 40 talented artists, selling everything from glass mosaics to handmade soap and tutus. In addition to selling the work of artists, we sell student work and engage the community with music and food. No admittance fee.
Trillium Arts & Crafts Spectacular
December 7-8, 10:00-5:00
5420 N. Interstate Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
spectacular@togetherfortrillium.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/219475024875634/
2) Santa Is Coming to Overlook House on December 8!
Overlook House will host a visit from the Jolly Old Elf himself on Sunday, December 8th from 11 AM to 1 PM.
Come tell Santa what you want for Christmas and have your picture taken with him. Write a letter to the North Pole, get your face painted, play games, and enjoy the special holiday fun with us. Sants’s looking forward to seeing you there!
Overlook House, 3839 North Melrose Drive
3) Documentary Film and Potluck (12/12)
‘Passive House: A Building Revolution’
Sustainable Overlook Soup and Cinema is back! From the producers of the award winning film ‘The Power of Community’, “‘Passive House’ takes you on a journey through the most important development in building design, construction and retrofitting in a generation. For 20 years the Passive House standard has been quietly spreading across Europe, applied both to residential and commercial buildings.” It’s a must-see film for homeowners, builders and architects and anyone interested in reducing heating and cooling energy use by 80%. Bring a dish or snack to share. Free!
Thursday, December 12, 2013
6:30pm until 8:30pm
Daybreak Cohousing
2525 N. Killingsworth, Portland, Oregon 97217
4) OKNA Holiday Potluck (12/13)
Join your neighbors and friends for the annual Overlook Neighborhood Holiday Party and Potluck on Friday, December 13th, 2013. Once again, Daybreak Cohousing will host the party in the community’s lovely Common House at 2525 N. Killingsworth Street (between Delaware and Wilbur). Bring a potluck dish or beverage to share (plates and utensils will be provided) and enjoy tasty food with the company of your neighbors! With any luck, the Common House will be
festively decorated and a cozy fire will be burning in the fireplace.
The party will get started at 6:00 pm and run until 8:00 pm. In addition to the tasty treats provided by all of the guests (thank you in advance!), there are always a number of great door prizes. But, you must be present to win, so grab something at the store, or create something from your own kitchen and join us for an evening of fun, conversation, food, prizes, new friends and old
5) Adopt-A-Neighbor for the Holidays
Overlook neighbors have shown incredible giving spirits the past 2 years and REACH Resident Services is putting out the call for 2013. Families like those living at Patton Park Apartments (5272 N. Interstate) are often left out of gift-giving and receiving. Through your donations of a new toy, jacket or basic necessity (food, diapers, bus tickets), families restore their sense of community and hope. REACH Community Development’s Patton Park Apartments is home to over 40 children living below median income. We are seeking Overlook neighbors who are interested in adopting a neighbor for the holidays. To adopt or for more information, contact Erica Tucker, MSW- Resident Services Coordinator at (503)546-1662 etucker@reachcdc.org.
6) Portland Superfund Cleanup: A Community Forum (12/16)
Monday December 16, 2013 7:00 pm
8427 N Central St, Portland, Oregon 97203
A discussion on the cleanup of our river, and the disposal of the resultant toxic waste.
Presentations by Barbara Quinn from the Citizens Advisory Group,
(CAG), Travis Williams from Willamette Riverkeepers, Sean Sheldrake from the EPA, Barbara Smith from Lower Willamette Group. Followed by a Q&A session.
I don’t have information to link you to, but recall that Swan Island Basin is an alternative site also being discussed for toxic waste disposal. Please consider attending this meeting if you are interested in river health.
Hosted by the St. Johns Neighborhood Association
7) OSPIRG Renter Guide
Some good information for renters: http://ospirg.org/page/orp/oregon-renters-guide