Hello Overlook Neighbors, here's your weekly communiqué; see what's going on this week and coming up!
1. Volunteer Opportunity at Beach (Saturday 8/27)
2. Last Call: Overlook Views Submissions
3. Overlook Park Enhancement Survey (now)
4. The Storyteller at the Overlook House (Monday afternoons)
5. Disaster Preparedness Workshops (9/10, Register Now)
6. Tour the Historic John Mock House (9/13)
7. Neighborhood Grant Program Opens Soon (plan now)
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1. Volunteer Opportunity at Beach (Saturday 8/27)
Garden Maintenance: Saturday, August 27 2011 from 10am – 1pm
Help Beach get cleaned up for the start of the school year!
Bring your supplies:Garden and landscape tools
To take advantage of this volunteer opportunity, please contact Thomas Breuckman at 503-916-3172 or by email at send an email.
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2. Last Call: Overlook Views Submissions
If you have a story tip, information item or contribution for your neighborhood newsletter Overloook Views, the time is now to contact Michelle with your submission: views @OverlookNeighborhood.org
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3. Overlook Park Enhancement Survey (now)
We need your input on enhancements at Overlook Park. Please take a few minutes to complete this Portland Parks and Recreation survey to help PDC, PP&Rand the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Advisory Committee determine which needs at Overlook Park should be addressed and funded in the next year. The deadline is September 21. Thank you for adding your voice to this neighborhood park project
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4. The Storyteller at the Overlook House (Monday afternoons)
The Storyteller. Free story hour in the basement room of the Overlook House, 3839 N. Melrose drive, every Monday Afternoons from 4:00 pm to5:00 pm. Stories told in the oral tradition based on Native American legends and myths handed down for generations and crafted for children of all ages.
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5. Disaster Preparedness Workshops (9/10,Register Now)
September 10th Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, Response and Recovery Workshop to honor the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Register today (http://disastertraining.eventbrite.com)to attend our Disaster Training and Recognize the 10th Anniversary of 911 in a meaningful, proactive and life-saving way. Join us for a day of workshops to help hone your skills in building community resilience and increase your effectiveness in all phases of emergency management.
Join us on September 10th at: New Hope Community Church, 11731SE Stevens Rd, Portland, OR 97086
A partial listing of our class offerings are listed below.
Psychological First Aid Training – 3 hours – Judy Olivier
Dealing with Difficult People During Disasters – 3 hours – Alice Busch
Traffic Safety/Perimeter Management – 3 hours – Justin Ross
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ing Involved (a conversation with ordinary people in politics)– 2 hours – Linda Hedges (helping coordinate)
Leadership and Influence – 3 hours – Alice Busch
Media Communications/Advocating for those affected by Disaster – 2 hours – Candy Cates
Spontaneous Volunteer Management – 2 hours – Shelli Johnson
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6. Tour the Historic John Mock House (9/13)
Visit a mansion on the bluff, just around the corner from Overlook.
A Victorian-era mansion adjacent to Columbia Park with chipped baby blue paint and missing shingles will soon undergo a restoration.
But before it does, the public is invited to a one-time event to tour the John Mock House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The event is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at 4333N. Willamette Blvd. Tickets are $15 per person and can be purchased online.
The program begins at 7 p.m. when Bo Sullivan, Rejuvenation historian and owner of Arcalus Period Design, will share images of Victorian interiors from the Arcalus archive. Refreshments will be served and family descendants have been invited.
Built in 1894, the Queen Anne-style mansion features gingerbread-covered porches, decorative shingles, and a finial-topped turret. The interior includes hand-painted ceiling frescos,mantels with glazed art tiles and more than a dozen Povey Brothers Studio art glass windows.
The house is on land that John Mock’s father, Henry, took up as part of a 317-acre land claim in 1853. That claim included what are today’s North Portland neighborhoods of University Park,Mock’s Crest and Mock’s Bottom. John Mock was a prominent Portland figure and granted land to allow for road and street railway expansion into St. Johns. He also donated land to Columbia University, now the University of Portland.
Story courtesy Melissa Navas and The Oregonian: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/08/historic_john_mock_house_opens.html
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7. Neighborhood Grant Program Opens Soon (plan now)
The Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI), will offer nearly $224,000 in grants to groups,organizations, and initiatives that serve to strengthen neighborhoods and communities.
Do you have an idea that would benefit your neighbors, and just needs a little funding? This program is a great way to do a little something with a big reach.
Read more about the program and the upcoming grant writing workshops for our office, North Portland Neighborhood Services by reading the story on Neighborhood Notes: