KNA Supports Portland Flea, Backpack Lunch Program–May Update

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At the May meeting of the King Neighborhood Association the NA voted to:

  • Approve a letter to Parks & Rec supporting Portland Flea’s desire to hold a flea market at the King Facility parking lot once a month through October. We will also meet with Flea and NECN to discuss educational opportunities and mini-employment opportunities that might be built into the market;
  • Approve a letter to PDC supporting Woody Broadnax’s desire to hold a “June 19th Voter Registration Drive” at MLK/Alberta’s empty lot, on July 21st and 22nd;
  • Launch the KNA backpack lunch collection drive, to collect food and money through KNA’s account at NECN, for the backpack program specifically at King School. We hope to raise enough to do a large backpack lunch packing in November-ish. Please give some thought to how we can raise money for the program;
  • Launch the Soil to Soul food security committee. The backpack program will be under Soil to Soul’s banner.

Also, Katy Kanfer announced that June will be her last month as part of the NA, as well as as a resident of Oregon.  We will miss her terribly and to pieces.

We would love to have folks on hand at upcoming Farmers Markets this summer to let people know about KNA, our programs, and our events.  Please volunteer for an hour or two on an upcoming Sunday to help us publicize and get the word out.  Email us when you’ve found a free hour or two to be at the Market and schmooze, and we will get some fliers to you!  Thank you very much for helping with this!

Also, please let folks know about the Clean-up next Sunday, May 19th! Let me know if you want fliers to hand out – full sheet or 1/4 sheet – or I can email you the flier.

Upcoming: we hope to have a rep for Parks & Rec to talk with us about the Sprite Spark Parks program; and Dr. Maila Davenport will continue to talk with us about the World Tree Project. We will also begin to put together the details of the Movie in the Park, on June 30th.

Other than that, we will do our best to keep summer meetings light and easy. We will also work on the by-laws, keeping an eye on the upcoming election for board positions in September.