Here is a simple one-time opportunity to volunteer this Saturday to help your neighbors who may be facing foreclosure on their homes.

NeighborWorks America is hosting a family foreclosure-prevention event: they need 40 people in the morning (8AM-12:30PM) and another 40 in the afternoon (12Noon-4:30PM). Choose to work more than one shift if your schedule permits. No experience needed, just willingness to help people. Duties include registration, greeter, directional-runner, and exit survey.

Contact Bonnie Wolferd ASAP by email or call 713-819-3156 for more information.

The intersection at 8th & Holman will be repainted in May.  Two residents are hosting a potluck to begin the planning. Bring a dish to share and find out how to participate and get involved in this rewarding Woodlawn project!

Here’s the actual email invitation.

The agenda for these meetings typically focuses on planning, budgeting, and community projects. For a preview of what will be discussed at December’s WNA Board meeting, please download the agenda. For details of where and when, click here.

Board meetings are open to all neighborhood residents and people who work or own businesses in Woodlawn.

Come to Good Neighbor Pizzeria, 800 NE Dekum, at 7:30 pm to learn about and discuss how Woodlawn Neighborhood Association should respond to this facility. Anjala Ehelebe, our Land Use Chair, will give an overview of the situation and chair the meeting. In case you didn’t see the original post or subsequent comments, look here.

Learn more about the impacts of climate change in Portland region and how you can help us ReTHINK who is engaged, how they’re involved and what they are talking about as it relates to our community. This free training includes hands-on activities, prizes, and dinner. Childcare is available upon request. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

The sessions are:

• Tues 11/29  Sustainability Matters & Climate Counts
• Tues 12/6  Be Resourceful (healthy homes, energy IQ, other resources)
• Tues 12/13  Safe and Healthy Transportation Options & Food Choices

All sessions are 5:30 to 8:30pm at June Key Delta Community Center, 5940 N. Albina Ave (at the corner of N. Ainsworth).

More information, future session dates and RSVP forms can be found here.

Helping others can bring great satisfaction and rewards. Have you thought about doing some volunteer work, but didn’t know where to start? An internet search for “volunteer opportunities Portland Oregon” brought up many web pages, including:

• A Portland Tribune article giving one person’s story and offering suggestions.
• A site featuring several places to volunteer on Thanksgiving.
• A blogger with suggestions of his own.

Try your own search to find what appeals to you. What will you choose?

There is a proposed Woodlawn area development at 6360 NE MLK Blvd. which requires a land use review. Woodlawn Neighborhood Association may submit comments about the project. Review the details here.

This will be an important Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Meeting to attend. We’ll cover visioning the future, elections to the board of directors, bylaws, and more!

It’s from 7: 00 to 8:30 PM, at the Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1425 NE Dekum St. Use the west entrance and come upstairs to room 202.

See you there!

.Here’s your chance to help organize the Woodlawn Farmers’ Market!

Come to Classic Foods, 817 NE Madrona Street at 7PM.

Check for updates on their Facebook page.

Friends of Trees invites you to help rake leaves for elderly residents between November 10th and 13th. The Portland Leaf Harvest is encouraging individuals and groups to help each other out with fall cleanup. When you sign up as a group with FOT, they’ll provide leaf bags, tips, and waivers for disposal at city leaf depots.  You just need to find the people in need in your community, and rake their leaves.

Contact Brighton West to get started, or visit Portland Leaf Harvest and click on “Join the Harvest.”