King Neighborhood Association has five free tickets to this Saturday’s Jambalaya luncheon and party at Dawson Park, hosted by the MLK Boulevard Loaves & Fishes Senior Center! If you’d like some tickets, please get in touch with us at alan.silver@kingneighborhood.org.
The King NA is proud to be a fiscal sponsor of the Loaves & Fishes Jambalaya Festival.
Applications are now available to participate in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability ReTHINK Education Series, and Community Action Grant Program!
The goal of the ReTHINK workshop and small action grant program is to educate and empower diverse residents on sustainability and climate change. This 3-part workshop series is specifically for community and nonprofit organizations, designed to increase understanding of these concepts as well as organize community actions to address climate change.
BPS invites diverse community organizations to apply to host the ReTHINK workshop series. Applications are accepted twice per year. If selected, the organization will also be eligible to receive up $1,500 to put towards a community activity to reduce carbon emissions as part of their participation in the program.
More information about the program can be found here: http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=42714&a=360874
Selection
To be considered as a host organization for the ReTHINK workshop series, the following criteria must be met.
• Community organization that serves diverse or low income population within the City of Portland
• Access to space for 20-40 community members
• Ability to recruit at least 20 to 40 community members to participate
• Designated individual from the organization to coordinate with BPS staff
• Organization leadership support of program
• Demonstrated capacity to design and implement community action projects
If you are interested in participating the application is available as a PDF here: http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=42714&a=360890
The deadline to apply is August 31, 2011.
For questions contact or if you would like to be sent a word version of the application:
Desirée Williams-Rajee
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Sustainability Outreach Coordinator
1900 SW 4th Ave # 7100
Portland, OR 97201-5380
Office: 503.823.7632
Fax: 503.823.7661
rethink@portlandoregon.gov
Bring a blanket or chair and come out for this year’s movie in King School Park, How to Train Your Dragon. The show is this Saturday, August 6th at dusk. There will be pre-movie entertainment with live music by Norman and free popcorn. Last year’s movie night turned a bit chilly so bring some layers or an extra blanket–you never know!
From IMDb.com:
Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town’s fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can’t bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.
Special thanks to our local sponsors who offset KNA’s contribution to the Movie in the Park program:
• Alberta Main Street
• Albina Community Bank
• Dwell Realty
• Hankins Hardware
• King School PTA
• Old Town Pizza
• Umpqua Bank
August 2, 5:00 to 9:00
The Irvington Community Association invites you to a neighborhood picnic. You’ll find us in the Picnic Table area between the Off Leash Dog area and the Children’s Playground. Watch for the red and white striped tents and the big barbecue. We’ll supply hot dogs, drinks and dessert. Bring your favorite picnic eats to share and sport gear. Plus… surprises for the neighborhood kids!
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:
• Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
• Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
• Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back 
Over 37 million people participated in National Night Out 2010
Questions: contact Mary Piper, 503-288-9234, dsmithpiper@msn.com
The time is here! Meet us at 9:00 am for coffee and doughnuts at 4815 NE 7th and let’s put a dent in the surfeit of graffiti in our neighborhood. If we have enough volunteers, we can cover all of our surveyed areas on MLK, Alberta, and Killingsworth. The cleanup runs until 1:00 but feel free to take part for as long as you can. If you come a little late, that’s okay too.