1. Learn your carbon footprint (June 18)
2. OKNA board meeting (June 7)
3. Take your kitty on a spaycation (June 6-10)
4. Show off your catio
5. Peninsula Pool to open June 14
1. Learn your carbon footprint (June 18)
How much carbon are you personally putting into the air? Figure out what your carbon footprint is (individual or household) at the upcoming free workshop presented by Sustainable Overlook: My Basic Carbon Footprint.
Gather and bring five pieces of information to the workshop. All of the electricity, natural gas and heating oil consumption figures can be gotten from your utility.
- 12 months total of electricity used
- PGE Customer Service: 800-542-8818
- Pacific Power Customer Service: 888-221-707
- 12 months total of natural gas consumed (if gas heat) or 12 months total of heating oil consumed (if oil heat)
- Northwest Natural Customer Service: 800-422-401
- 12 months total auto miles traveled (each car)
- Automobile gas mileage (each car)
- 12 months total air miles travelled
- Air travel distances: Calculator
To register, email sustainable@overlookneighborhood.org
2. OKNA board meeting (June 7)
The Overlook Neighborhood Association Board will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday at the Historic Overlook House. The board will discuss topics for upcoming general meetings, how to handle candidates who want to present and more.
OKNA board meeting (agenda)
Tuesday, June 6, 6:30-8 p.m.
Overlook House (3839 N Melrose Dr.)
3. Take your kitty on a spaycation (June 6-10)
The Animal Shelter Alliance of Portland will offer free cat spay/neuter services next week for families who qualify. Low-cost vaccine packages will also be available at the time of surgery.
Help keep the Portland’s cat population under control. When there are too many kittens, too many of them wind up as feral cats or worse. Call 800-345-7729 for more details and to find out if your family qualifies for free services.
Does your cat frolic in a catio? Maybe they (or you) are envious of your neighbor’s setup, complete with a tunnel or live trees? The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon seeks the purrfect catios to feature in its fourth annual Catio Tour on September 10.
From functional to fancy, all submissions in the Portland metro area are encouraged, so please consider being a catio host or share this post with a friend who has a great catio. It’s a lot of fun, and this one-day effort will directly result in a safer environment for many animals for years to come.
5. Peninsula Pool to open June 14
Another summer of swimming and other aquatic activities will kick off this month at the Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) pools. Opening day for PP&R’s outdoor pools, including Peninsula Pool, is Tuesday, June 14. Parents who want to enroll their children in swimming lessons should act now.
Swim lessons are available for all age groups and ability levels. Most sessions include 10 lessons for $52.50. There is also a free Learn to Swim session June 14-17. Free lesson registration is walk-in-only on Saturday, June 11 from 8-11:30 a.m. at your neighborhood pool.
As part of the PP&R Summer Free For All, free open play swim sessions are offered throughout the summer at pools across the city. Click here for schedules.
Peninsula Pool for more details at (503)823-3677.