Concordia 2010 Yard Sale, June 25, 26, 27
Time to gather all those items you no longer want or need and plan to join us and have a yard sale at your home.
We do the advertising in newspapers, on TV and radio and with large signs on major corners in the neighborhood. We supply you with signs and balloons to mark where your sale is located.
You need to: let us know your name, address, phone and what day or days you want to participate. Send a check for $7 and make checks payable to Concordia Neighborhood Association.
Mail or deliver to:
Concordia Neighborhood Association
c/o Donna Carrier
3597 NE Simpson St
Portland OR 97211
We will have a locking box by the back gate on the driveway for delivering the registrations if we are not home when you drop off.
All participants are placed on the maps. Yard sale packets with signs and maps will be mailed to the participants. Deadline to be on the map is Thursday June 17th. You can still be in the sale but will not show on the map if registration is received after this date. We do request that your sale be within the Concordia Neighborhood boundaries.
Questions contact:
Donna Carrier
Phone: 503-288-9826 or email: donna.carrier58@gmail.com
Arbor Week Photography Show, Friday, April 9th, 6 pm to 8:30 pm
I love trees because…
“Of their determination to live, grow, produce and harbor life” – Matthew Scoggins
“They make me feel peaceful and happy” -Betsy Valle
“Like people, they feel, grow, change with the seasons, develop their own roots, and have so much potential to branch out and become individuals” – Crystal Miller
Celebrate all the reasons we love trees at an Arbor Week Photography Show Friday, April 9th, from 6 pm to 8:30 pm, at the Concordia Neighborhood Community Room at McMenamin’s Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.
Enjoy beautiful photographs from the students of our recent class, Photographing Your Urban Forest. Meet and mingle with these budding photographers and other tree lovers including Neighborhood Tree Stewards, Concordia Tree Team members and Urban Forestry Commission members.
This is a free event sponsored by Portland Parks and Recreation with generous donations from writer, photographer and instructor Bob Langan and Pro Photo Supply. The photographs will be for sale with all proceeds going toward tree planting projects in the Concordia neighborhood.
For more information, call 503-823-4484.
Submitted By
Bob Langan
Writer, Photographer, Instructor, Neighborhood Tree Steward and
Volunteer Extraordinaire
April 2010 CNA News
2010 Concordia Neighborhood Cleanup is on Saturday, May 1
Concordia Neighborhood Cleanup
When: Saturday, May 1, 8:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
Where: PCC Metropolitan Workforce Training Center
(NE Corner of 42nd and Killingsworth)
The 2010 Concordia Neighborhood Cleanup is happening on Saturday, May 1. We can all feel proud that Concordia consistently fills more drop boxes than any other NE neighborhood during our cleanup event. We can also take more pride in the fact that we recycle thousands of pounds of metal, electronics, reusable household goods/ furniture, and bikes during our event. This years event is another chance to come together as a team and make a difference with your neighbors. If you are not capable of transporting that which you wish to dispose of, we would like to help.
Those in need of assistance may contact Ryan Saari at 503-737-9339 (between 9:00 and 5:00 weekdays) to schedule assistance from Oregon Community volunteers.
Please remember that this is a fund raising event for your CNA so that we may continue to positively enhance our community. We are asking for donations of $5/car, $10/truck, $15/large truck, and $20/ oversized load.
Please note:
E-Waste: we are not sending any electronics to landfill. ReTronics, a local e-wast recycler will be there to take what you have for a small fee.
- Computer monitors = $10
- TVs (any size) = $20
- Everything else (computers, printers, VCRs) = $5.00 per armload.
Courtesy of ReTronics
Why is it important to recycle e-waste?
Electric equipment is made with a variety of elements, like plastics, glass, steel, gold, lead, mercury, cadmium, and fire retardants that can be recaptured through recycling and used again. If thrown away, electronic equipment can release toxins to the environment, potentially polluting the groundwater we drink and the air that we breathe. Recycling the resources in electronic equipment eliminates the need to obtain these elements from nature, decreasing production impact on the environment.
Items we cannot take:
- Hazardous waste
- batteries
- tires
- sod
- rocks
- concrete
- paint
- oil
Please see Metro for hazardous waste recycling guidelines and locations.
We do need additional volunteers to help during two shippers either 7:30 – 10 A.M. or 10A.M. to 1 P.M. Please call Ken Forcier at 503-522-7660 to sign up to help.
March 2010 CNA News
Last Thurday on Alberta Street to be discussed at CNA general Meeting Tuesday March 2nd.
Join us on Tuesday, March 2nd at 7:00pm at the Kennedy School Community Room to learn about the history of Last Thursday on Alberta as well as it’s future.
Special guest include: Magnus Johannesson, Coordinator of Last Thursday and Paige Coleman, Executive Director of Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN).
Concordia Neighborhood Clean-Up, Saturday May 1st
Saturday, May 1st
PCC Workforce Training Center
5600 NE 42nd Ave corner of Killingsworth
Cost will be $5/car, $10/truck, $15/large truck, and $20+/oversized load.
All proceeds help your Concordia Neighborhood Association. We cannot take hazardous waste, batteries, tires, yard debris, sod, rocks, concrete, paint or oil.
We are looking for volunteers and also someone with a truck to help some of our elderly neighbors with their disposal needs on that day.
Contact Ken Forcier at 503-522-7660 or ken [at] gracewooddesign.com. A more detailed description of the event will be published in the April edition of the Concordia News.
We thank the PCC Workforce Training Center for letting us use their parking lot for our dumpster collection area again this year.
“On Lifes Term: The Middle Passage” Premiers at Miracles Club
Writer, Poet Nabeeh Mustafa and Producer/Director Floyd Cruse will reproduce their 2005 production of On Life’s Term: The Middle Passage at The Miracles Club with four performances, March 27-March 28 and April 3-April 4. This dramatic play parallels slavery and addiction, bringing awareness about the issues of addiction and recovery and the affects it has on individuals, families and the community.
The Middle Passage was adapted directed and produced by Floyd Cruse in 2005 from On Life’s Terms a play by Portland writer and poet Nabeeh Mustafa. On Life’s Terms: The Middle Passage, parallels slavery and addiction. The Middle Passage is the Atlantic slave trade, the triangular route from Europe to Africa to the New World. This play tells the realistic and powerful stories of people who have taken the journey or middle passage from drugs and alcohol to recovery. This play highlights the affect addiction and recovery has on us all, bringing awareness about the challenges and struggles individuals, families, and communities face. It also emphasizes the important role and influence, individuals and organizations can have in supporting recovery.
Miracles Club was established in 1992 by African Americans so that all people in recovery in North/Northeast Portland would have a sanctuary where they could maintain their sobriety with culturally specific support and encouragement. A nonprofit 501c3 organization, credentialed by AMH to provide multi-cultural peer delivered trainings, has operated with an all volunteer team, offering a variety of clean and sober social activities and educational forums, which has provided community outreach to more than 15,000 individuals and families since its inception. Miracles also conducts thousands of hours of peer services, health presentations, statewide summits and facilitates 23 twelve-step meetings per week to the people it serves. Currently Miracles is seeking additional funding to expand programming and services.
The play will be shown during two weekends Fri-Sat March 27-28 and Aril 3-4. All showings start at 7:00 at Miracles Club, 4069 NE M L King Blvd, Portland, 97212. Tickets can purchased at Elevator Coffee, Christopher’s, Geneva’s, One Stop Record, Reflections, and Miracles Club.
For more information contact: Floyd Cruse (503) 284-0985 Email: f.cruse@comcast.net
Celebrate Black History Month at Concordia University
Concordia University will be hosting a series of inspirational religious leader for Black History Month events this February. All events are free and open to the public. For more information download the program of events, or visit Concordia University for more information.