Overlook Neighborhood News & Info Bulletin 08/16/2024
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Community Care Day for Beach Elementary and Ockley Green Middle School Saturday, August 17th, 2024 10am-12pm
Students will soon be headed back to school, Solve Oregon are teaming up with teachers, students, administrators, and local community members to clean up litter around our local Portland schools and revive our campuses before the first day of school.
Volunteers will complete tasks such as weeding, litter pick-up, pruning bushes, reviving gardens, and spreading mulch around flower beds and trees. So bring your gloves, gardening tools, and positive attitudes!
To volunteer at Beach and for more information Click Here
To volunteer at Ockley Green and for more information Click Here
Overlook Neighborhood Social in the Park on Saturday, August 17, 2024 12pm-3pm!
Our monthly meeting will be casual in August… in fact, we’ve reserved Patton Square Park in the heart of Overlook for a get together with snacks, drinks and neighbors. Games for kids, music jams and FREE SHAVE ICE from 1pm-3pm!
When: Come to the park from 12pm – 3pm on Saturday, August 17 and celebrate summer with your neighbors!
Where: N Interstate Avenue at N Emerson, next to the Historic Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
We look forward to seeing you there!
Made-in-Overlook Show Fogtown Premiers Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 7pm
The highly anticipated pilot episode of Sherlock Holmes-esque FOGTOWN © premieres 7:00 pm, Thursday August 22nd at a special event in Portland, Ore. hosted by PAMCUT at The Tomorrow Theater. Cast and creators will also take the stage then to describe FOGTOWN’s decade-long journey — from its incarnation to pandemic-influenced transformation along with its breakthrough foray into the gaming world, the latter of which eager attendees of the event will get to experience firsthand.
Jazz Concert with Northwest Tempo Sunday, August 25th at 4pm
Come enjoy some Jazz at Bethel Lutheran Church with Northwest Tempo. Located at 5658 N Denver Ave. Donations are accepted. For more info visit bethelpdx.org
Portland City Council – District 2 Candidate Mixer – Thursday, August 29th 6:30-8pm
This will be a candidate Mixer with all of those Candidates for City Council who have filed to run for a position on City Council. There will be fliers on how to vote with the new ranked choice voting. Pizza and beverages will be provided as well.
When: Thursday, August 29th 6:30pm-8pm
Where: Portland Covenant Church at 4046 NE MLK Jr Blvd
Please RSVP: npnsinc@gmail.com
Looking to get involved?
If you’ve often wondered, “How can I help out in the neighborhood and build community in Overlook?” have we got the answer for you!
Complete our Volunteer Survey and let us know what sorts of jobs look interesting to you. Not going to lie, we’re a little short handed these days and would appreciate a wider variety of voices contributing to our neighborhood association.
Complete the survey here. https://forms.gle/mDHZpZk7LvzUZj8u6
Buy the Overlook Neighborhood Association a Coffee?
Well not an actual coffee, we enjoy coffee from The Stacks Coffeehouse for our meetings. But we are seeking community donations in earnest this year, for the first time. Please consider scanning this QR code (or click the link HERE and scroll down to see the donate button on our page) to send a donation to the Overlook Neighborhood Association to help support future editions of the Overlook Views, Porchfest 2024 and neighborhood social gatherings!
