June 2024 Newsletter

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Patriotic Parade & Poolside Party – Saturday July 6th 9:30am-12pm

We’re bringing back our neighborhood parade with 40 years of NCPNA history and adding some poolside fun!

– Our mini-parade will begin at 9:30am at the corner of Windsong and Briarcest and ends at Glenville Pool (0.4 mile route). Wear and decorate with your best red, white, and blue! Pets are welcome at the parade but not at the pool. Thank you to our Crime Watch Patrol for marshaling the parade.

– NCPNA has reserved the pool privately for our group from 10am-12pm and will provide breakfast tacos, watermelon, and waters/juices for active NCPNA members. Non-member guests are welcome to join the party for $10 per person or $20 per family. The pool will close for cleaning from 12pm-1pm before opening to the public, so we will need to leave the pool at noon.

– Join us in a diapers and deodorant drive for The Network of Community Ministries. These are two of their most needed items and a great way to give back during this no-cost-to-you event. Earn a raffle ticket for each donation to enter to win a $50 gift certificate to a one of our well-known local neighborhood restaurants (still being determined).

Stay tuned on our Facebook and Instagram accounts for additional details! Can’t wait to celebrate together!

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May 2024 Newsletter

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Patriotic Parade & Poolside Party – Saturday July 6th 9:30am –12pm

We’re bringing back our neighborhood parade with 40 years of NCPNA history (instead of the end-of-summer theme in our last newsletter) and adding some poolside fun! Join us in your best red, white, and blue for a mini-parade starting 9:30am that ends at Glenville Pool. NCPNA has reserved the pool FREE for all active NCPNA members. Non-member guests are welcome to join the party for $10 per person or $20 per family. We will have a Jess Harben back-to-school fundraiser, food for purchase, and poolside refreshments to keep everyone cool.

More details to come on Facebook and our next newsletter!

 

Neighborhood Porch Crawl Was Great Success.

🎉 Huge Thank You To Our Porch Crawl Hosts! 🎉
A huge shoutout to our fantastic hosts:

  • Serenade: Butterfield Family
  • Rainbow: Freeman Family
  • Morningstar: Bromberg Family

🌟 We couldn’t have pulled off this epic event without our incredible sponsors. Thank you to: 🌟
Street Smart Supporters

  • Prusha Family
  • Warner Family
  • Stafford Family

Porch Pals

  • Dawson Family
  • Manigold Family
  • Gromadin Family
  • Bean Family

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Book Club, April 2024

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Our meeting in April was to discuss The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. Connie graciously hosted everyone in her home to discuss! Including the below from Julie since I wasn’t able to attend this month:

 

We had a great discussion and Connie and Pat both mentioned how the author’s previous book, The Color of Water, about his mother, showed up in the character of Crona. Connie also had a handout listing of all the characters because we found it hard to keep up with them all.

 

Thanks for everyone who attended and thanks to Connie for hosting!

 

We will be meeting here again at the end of the month to discuss Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson. Hope everyone can join us for that meeting!

 

Neighborhood Porch Crawl

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We are introducing our first family friendly North College Park Neighborhood summer kickoff Porch Crawl on Saturday May 11th starting at 5pm. This is a progressive, thematic (decades) party that starts on Serenade, pops over to Rainbow, and ends on Windsong!  We start on the first street, drink, nosh, and socialize for an hour, and then move to the next street and do it all over again. That is 3 full hours of fun!
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Book Club April 2024

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Back at it again!

Our meeting in March was to discuss The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods. April was kind enough to host at her house. While I missed the meeting and the discussion, it seems a great time was had by all who joined!

We will be meeting here again in just a little over a week to discuss The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. Hope everyone can join us for that meeting!

Book Pick for April:

The book for April will be The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Selected by: Connie LaLumia
Book Club Meeting Date and Time: Saturday, April 27 1-3pm
Location: Connie LaLumia’s Home (1106 Horizon Trail)
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe.

As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us.

Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird.

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Neighborhood Clean Up – Canceled

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Trash Bash Event Canceled Due to Weather Forecast

Due to the forecast of severe weather on Saturday, April 20, all Trash Bash activities are canceled. This includes the electronics recycling and document shredding event hosted by the Richardson Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association at Richardson Square Mall, which will not be rescheduled. While the RCPAAA intends to organize another collection event in the fall, the date and location are yet to be determined.

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March 2024 Newsletter

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Membership

Calling all neighbors! Help us strengthen our neighborhood by joining the North College Park Neighborhood Association. With our current membership standing at 95, we’re getting close to reaching our goal of 125 members! Why join, you ask? Your membership supports 5-6 special events, monthly events, the flag program, and keeps us informed on crime watch and city news. Let’s strengthen our neighborhood together – join us now!

Upcoming Activities

Spring Celebration and Egg Hunt,
Saturday March 23, 10:30am.

Join us for the Spring Celebration and Egg Hunt in Glenville Park! It’s a fun-filled day for the whole family, brought to you in partnership with Town North Park, College Park, and TJ’s Dawg House food truck. Egg-citement awaits:

  • Separate egg hunts for different age groups with prizes hidden in every egg!
  • Get your giggles on with classic games: Hula Hoops, 3-legged races, egg toss, and cornhole.
  • Tantalize your taste buds: TJ’s Dawg House food truck will be serving up delicious treats (available for purchase).

Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and baskets for an egg-cellent time!
Spread the word and share the fun!

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Spring Celebration Saturday
March 23, 10:30am

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Join us on March 23rd at 10:30am for a Spring Celebration and Egg Hunt in Glenville Park! It’s a fun-filled day for the whole family, brought to you in partnership with Town North Park, College Park, and TJ’s Dawg House food truck. Egg-citement awaits:

  • Separate egg hunts for different age groups with prizes hidden in every egg!
  • Get your giggles on with classic games: Hula Hoops, 3-legged races, egg toss, and cornhole.
  • Tantalize your taste buds: TJ’s Dawg House food truck will be serving up delicious treats (available for purchase).

Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and baskets for an egg-cellent time! Spread the word and share the fun!