Month: June 2018
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2017 Annual Report
"These are unprecedented and often turbulent times, and our community has shown us that opportunities for civic engagement are in high demand. As a result we’ve listened, and asked questions, and said yes, even when we didn’t have all the answers..." - Chris Johnson, Board President. Read 2017 highlights in the Annual Report. ...
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Congratulations, Contra!
Emerald City Contra Dance celebrates 15 years at the Phinney Center. It happens every Friday night in the Brick Building's Community Hall. For the entire month of July, show them your PNA membership card and dance for FREE! Never heard of contra dancing? It's a community-oriented type of folk dancing that evolved in New England in the 1800’s....
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Calling all makers! Winter Festival vendor applications are here
Apply now to sell your fabulous items at the 30th Annual PNA Winter Festival & Crafts Fair (December 1 & 2): a favorite event for shoppers and vendors alike, drawing thousands of folks. Applications are now available and they are due back August 17. ...
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The egregious separation of immigrant families: What can we do?
The policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border was outrageous and tragic. Now that policy has changed, and we are not sure what the impact will be or when families will be reunited. We have heard from many community members, and we will be passing along, through Facebook, information from Northwest Immigrant Rights Project about the situation and actions we can take. On Friday, June 22, over 100 community members at the Phinney Farmers Market wrote messages to officials, both national and local, who can have an impact. We have information and supplies to write these postcards at the Phinney Center, or you can use the information in this post to send from home. Stay tuned for other efforts. ...
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Business Spotlight: City Cycle
By Chris Maykut. Have you noticed the new businesses in the Janus building across from Fred Meyers Greenwood? One of them is City Cycle, a community-driven studio that is dedicated to being fun and inclusive. Biking studios have popped up around the city in recent years, and many are dedicated to achievement and urgency. Quite frankly, the ones that I have attended haven’t captivated me with this model, but in City Cycle we all have a resource for fitness without judgement or worries about performance....
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Q13 Fox: “Changemaker: Seattle woman helps lead effort, providing solutions for those with dementia”
Q13 Fox's Changemaker Series features Marigrace Becker, of the Memory and Brain Wellness Center at the University of Washington, whose vision of the Momentia movement has changed countless lives of those living with dementias and memory loss and their families. The piece also spotlights the Gathering Place program at the Greenwood Senior Center, as an example of how the Momenta movement makes an impact. ...
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See you at the Market!
Environmentalist Bill McKibbon says that we have 10 times the number of conversations at farmers markets as we do in regular grocery stores!...One of the most important elements for health and happiness is interactions with other people. Most of us go to the market because we care about our health in terms of eating fresh, organic food. And of course, of course, that’s important. But “social capital” is just as important, if not more so....
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The Summer Review is Out
Phinney/Greenwood residents and PNA Members: watch your mail for the latest edition of The Review. It's got everything that's going on this Summer at the Phinney Center and Greenwood Senior Center, plus the Greenwood Car Show and Parade Event guides, stories on gathering together, collaborations in beer, a young artist and more. You can also read it online....
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Help Guatemala!
Our Spanish Preschool Co-op, PCPE, along with Counsel of Guatemala are gathering items that are in good condition to support people affected by the terrible volcanic eruption that has left people without homes and loved ones. You can help us by donating items such as: clothes, shoes, first aid items, and non-perishable food. We have a drop-box in the lobby of the Phinney Center Blue Building vestibule. Please bring items by Saturday, June 9. Thank you!...
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June 2018 Newsletter
See what's going on at the PNA this month: events, classes, news, announcements.......
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