Interested in gardening, cooking, gleaning, preserving or harvesting? Join Our United Villages on Saturday, May 9th from 9am-3pm for a free hands-on workshop all about food. Learn new food sharing skills. Take a cooking class. Watch a canning demonstration. Volunteer at a garden or urban farm. Meet at the Whole Foods Market Wellness Center, 3535 NE 15th Avenue, for a light breakfast and to pick your project. Lunch will also be provided.

Registration by by May 4th is required. Contact Info //at// OurUnitedVillages.org or call 503.546.7499.

From the North East Portland Tool Library:

The North East Portland Tool Library is now 236+ members strong (and growing every week.) We have 637+ tools (also growing every week.) We just started a free seed library, open and available to our members, and anyone else who is interested in planting veggies and flowers.

We recently received our first grant ($4,400) from the North East Coalition of Neighborhoods and our first large private donation ($2,200). We have already spent much of these monies on the tools most requested by our members.

The advisory council of NEPTL is seeking 8-11 interested members who would be willing to commit to a 2 ½ hour shift once a month to become volunteer tool librarians (we are all volunteers at NEPTL).  Duties would include checking tools in/out, signing up new members/ etc. We will have a training for tool librarians this Saturday March 21st from 8:40am-12:30 pm (the first 3 to respond to this email).  In fact, we really need a portion of these hours covered by volunteers this Saturday, so if you have been wanting to get involved, NOW is the time to jump in!  Working shifts is relatively easy, and a nice way to get to know your NE neighbors.
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Woodlawn resident Kylie Neal is the baker behind the newly-launched Woodlawn Baking. Kylie offers a convenient, affordable weekly (or bi-weekly for more serious bread lovers) delivery of bread and other selected treats to your doorstep. Her business is focused on serving this neighborhood, which will allow her to more carefully cater to your desires.

Woodlawn Baking offers a selection of five delectable breads and various pie options weekly. The process is simple: You order on Friday. On Monday, you have warm scrumptiousness at your door. Order on Tuesday, eat it Thursday!  As Woodlawn Baking is looking to work closely with their neighbors as they embarks on this culinary adventure – to cater their business to the neighbor’s preferences and they look forward to getting to know their neighbors.

To place an order and learn more, contact WoodlawnBaking //at// Gmail.com  Kylie will be at this month’s General Meeting on March 18th.

From Clean Up Coordinator Jan Clutter:

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Clean Up
Saturday, May 23, 2009,  9:00 am- 1:00 pm
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By Michael Bales

Fresh organic produce and other foods may be available as early as May at a new Sunday farmers market planned for Northeast’s King neighborhood.  The Portland Farmers Market would operate the King Farmers Market in partnership with the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods. A formal agreement is near completion.

The Portland Farmers Market operates four of the city’s 14 markets, including the largest at Portland State University. The only other Sunday market is in Hillsdale.

Ann Forsthoefel, Portland Farmers Market executive director, said a primary site is under consideration but declined to disclose it, pending zoning review. The King Neighborhood Association has been told that a possibility is at or near King Elementary School at Northeast Seventh Avenue south of Alberta Street.

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Dekum Family Health, located on the second floor of the historic Dekum Firehouse, is now open and offers acupuncture and Chinese medicine, including Chinese and western herbs, massage, diet therapy and natural family healthcare.  Felicia Ferruzza, licensed acupuncturist and herbalist works at the health center alongside Dr. Elizabeth Busetto, a naturopathic physician.

Felicia explains the benefits of acupuncture as being a way to “enhance the immune system, increase energy, alleviate pain, decrease stress and help with a wide range of health concerns from cancer and chronic disease to depression, anxiety, insomnia, and stress, as well as to improve overall grounding, healing, and vitality.”

// More Info: 503.954.1697

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From Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods:

BIKE SAFETY WORKSHOP
Thursday, January 15th, 6:30pm
NECN, 4815 NE 7th Ave.

Come learn the laws and skills that apply to biking and sharing the road with cyclists in our city.

Other topics of discussion will include bike lanes, bike boxes, lane positioning, safe passing, sidewalks and crosswalks, lights, helmets, communication, and visibility. The workshop will be interactive with plenty of opportunity for participants to ask questions and/or share their favorite biking tips.

For more information, please contact Sylvia Evans, Cross Cultural Neighborhood Organizer for Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods:  503-823-4113.

From the NE Tool Library:

Due to the continued cold and icy conditions forecasted through the end of the week, we will not open the Tool Library this coming Saturday, December 20. If you have tools checked out, you can hold onto them for another week (we won’t charge late fees) and return them December 27th.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and hope you’ll stay safe and warm.

November is the last month to sign up to purchase discounted trees through Friends of Trees.  The annual tree planting will take place on Saturday, February 28, 2009.  Friends of Trees not only provides a discount on trees, they help choose trees that are appropriate for your space, a team digs the hold for you, a team of  neighbors will plant the trees and volunteers will come check up on your trees.  This program is a great way to plant trees without the worry of getting it right, and a great way to help beautify the neighborhood.

The most convenient way to reserve your trees is to fill out an application on the Friends of Trees website.  There is a wide variety of styles available, including fruit trees.

•    Trees contribute to neighborhood livability.  They reduce city noise and glare, and also calm and slow traffic.
•    Houses on tree-lined streets command prices that are up to 20% higher than houses in neighborhoods without.
•    Trees reduce the energy needed to heat and cool our homes by 15-35%.
•    Friends of Trees prices are usually 80% less expensive than those of a contractor planting equal sized trees.
•    Trees help reduce greenhouse gas concentration by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
•    And, the obvious ~ trees beautify our streets and neighborhood.

For more information, contact Laura Demeri, our neighbor who is coordinating the project for neighbors. LDemeri //at// yahoo.com or 503.285.5005.

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