A recent standing room-only reading at Broadway Books featured Irvington resident Harold Johnson (81) reading from his first novel,
The Fort Showalter Blues.
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Congratulations to Eastside Village on Its October Launch!
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Eastside is the first of the Portland area Villages to begin providing services as of October 1. The Village begins with 27 members, 14 of whom are founding members. (The goal for startup was between 20 and 30 members.) The Launch Party date for members, volunteers, and past volunteers: October 4.
The other Villages in the Portland area, which are all in development, will be watching carefully to learn from Eastside's experiences.
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Need to Learn the Basics?
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If you or your friends would like to learn more about Aging in Place Villages, you can do so at an upcoming
Village 101 presentation:
- October 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Hollywood Library
- October 17, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Northeast Community Center.
We would also be happy to present a Village 101 in your home. Invite a few friends and neighbors over for wine and cheese or coffee and cookies, and we'll do the rest. Contact janebraunger@gmail.com or call 503-528-9768.
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See You at the Next General Meeting
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Our next general meeting, to be held at
7 p.m., Wednesday, October 14, at Rose City Park United Methodist Church, promises to be most interesting.
Margaret Baldwin will report on the previous week's National Village Gathering in Seattle, and a speaker from the Red Cross will give a presentation on disaster preparedness.
The church is at 5830 NE Alameda, just east of NE Sandy Blvd. and NE 57
th Avenue.
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This Summer's Work: Laying the Foundation
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Some Village-building activities are hardly sexy but definitely necessary if we are to lay a solid foundation for Northeast Village PDX. During the summer and early fall your Coordinating Council has been working behind the scenes to complete two such activities: crafting a set of
Bylaws and creating a
Business Plan. Jonathan Harker and Linda Dreyer have been leading these efforts.
Watch this space and your inbox for an announcement of when these documents will be unveiled.
Other Important Efforts
Vonnie Condon, who heads our Membership Committee, has been shuttling back and forth between Coordinating Council work sessions and meetings of the Villages NW Membership Affinity Group as both bodies work to develop the necessary pieces of a Membership Program. A good program must include such elements as membership categories, details about fees and due dates, application materials, a members' handbook, and requirements of Villages NW that reflect its administrative and bookkeeping costs.
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Nice symbiosis: Northeast Portland's Grant High School and the bountiful Grant Community Garden
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At the same time, our Outreach and Marketing Committee, headed by Jane Braunger, is developing
a plan for gaining more visibility in our service area and attracting members in the months to come, and the Development Committee, under Joan Malling's leadership, is working on ideas for
raising revenue over the long haul.
Finally, Linda Dreyer's Resource Committee has reconvened to undertake an Asset Mapping effort (a fancy term for determining the community resources that will be available to us as we plan programs and services for our members).
Again, watch this space for developments. And if you are interested in serving on any of these committees, contact Margaret Baldwin, 503-895-2750 or nevillagepdx@gmail.com.
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One More Push Might Do It
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In the spring, we set a goal of raising $7,500 to see us through the remainder of our development period. We are so pleased by your generosity, which brings us within $2,400 of that goal.
Now we need just a bit more help to put us over the top so we can do the vital work of getting everything in place for the day we can begin to provide services.
Think about it: If 10 of us gave $250 or 20 gave $125 or (you get the picture), we would reach our goal by the time the next issue of this newsletter comes out. If you haven't given yet, please do so now - as generously as you can.
Categories of giving are:
Visionary ($250+)
Sustainer ($100 - $249)
Partner ($50 - $99)
Friend ($10 - $49)
Please make your check payable to Villages NW fbo NE Village PDX and send it to:
Northeast Village PDX
c/o Margaret Baldwin
P.O. Box 18175
Portland, OR 97218-0175
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