We hope your Summer was filled
with lifelong memories and some breaks from the Texas heat!
Your annual $25 per household membership dues provide these benefits and much more:
- Annual Membership Dinner with guest speaker(s)
- Spring Celebration (games, egg hunt, Easter bunny photo op, food for purchase member specials)
- Porch Crawl (discounts on commemorative glass, food, and beverages)
- National Night Out (Berkner band performances, emergency personnel meet & greets, and member food specials)
- Holiday Cocoa & Cookies Event
- Monthly Book Club
- Crime Patrol
- Yard of the Month
- Flag Program (5 annual flag deployments for $40 per year fee, discount booking with NCPNA)
Included within this newsletter issue:
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- National Night Out – Save The Date!
- Jess Harben Partnership
- Block Captain Appreciation Party
- Small Business Spotlight
- Monthly Engagement Programs – YOTM, Crime Patrol, Book Club, and More!
- Connect with us!
National Night Out – Tuesday, October 7th
National Night Out is Tuesday, October 7 at Glenville Park 6–8pm.
We’re joining with College Park and Town North Neighborhood Associations to celebrate our safe, connected community with the Richardson Police Department, Berkner High School Drumline, Kona Ice and Dennis Food Truck, and more.
Save the date! Mark your calendars, and check back here for all the details.
Jess Harben Partnership
The NCPNA is establishing a stronger partnership with Jess Harben Elementary School in the coming year! The school will have a table at our National Night Out on Tuesday, October 7th.
Mark your calendars for October 28th (corrected date from last month’s newsletter) for the 50th anniversary celebration of the school!
If you would like to volunteer at the school during the school day to support teachers or help with other projects, please email Robert Grinsfelder at rmgrins@aol.com.
Block Captain Appreciation Party
The NCPNA Board is hosting a Block Captain Appreciation Meeting immediately preceding the NCPNA board meeting on Monday, September 15th at 6:30 PM. We will provide drinks & wine, snacks & treats, and a special appreciation gift for your wonderful work all throughout the year!
Please reach out to Farrah Maldanado at farrahmaldonado@gmail.com if you are a block captain to RSVP or if you have interest in becoming a block captain.
Small Business Spotlight
Your North College Park neighbors Cheryl Freeman, Ann Lenvay, Charlie Warner and Doug Freeman are members of Richardson Midday Lions Club. Our club is having a Pansy Sale in October.
The high-quality flowers come from Bruce Miller Nursery with the unbeatable price of $21.00 (18 plants) per flat. The funds raised help us to donate to organizations that serve others to improve their quality of life.
A partial list of services are:
Local free eye clinics
Envision Dallas
Richardson Animal Shelter
Lions Sight and Tissue
American Diabetes Association
Association of Blind Athletes
Build-A-Bed
Lions Camp for children with disabilities
Living Beyond Limits
City House
Network of Communities
RISD
Our QR code electronically links to a Google Order Form.
Order by: 10/8/2025 Pickup date: 10/18/2025 between 8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: 400 E. Spring Valley Road
🔗 Fill out this form for delivery from the NCPNA Board
As a special service to North College Park neighbors, our members listed above will delivery your flats to your front door! Talk about service!! Please consider supporting the Lion’s Club incredible work.
Every month we feature a Richardson small business in our Small Business Spotlight! If you own a small business or have a special connection to one in Richardson, let us know—we love celebrating the incredible entrepreneurs in our community. You can email April at info@mindsetmarvel.com for more information on the spotlight feature.
Monthly Engagement and Programs Update
>> Yard of the Month (YOTM)
AUGUST YARD OF THE MONTH UPDATE!
Congratulations to our Yard of the Month winners!
First Place winners are Rose and John Silva, 1118 Rainbow
Runner-Up winners are Mary and Bill Barnard, 1209 Kenshire
A big thanks to Linda and Gary Vaughn for leading the YOM team this year and to our neighbors selecting our monthly winners! If you would like to help and are not already on the team, please contact Linda. lwvaughn48@gmail.com
We also want to thank Bruce Miller Nursery for providing the gift cards awarded to the winner and runner-up each month from May through September. We provide special gift cards for October and our holiday selection in December.
Let’s get outside and make North College Park look great!
>>> Monthly Book Club
Last month we met at Connie LaLumia’s Home to discuss “James” by Percival Everett. As always, the discussion was a wonderful exhange of ideas and perceptions, but the company was better. So good, in fact, we don’t have a picture!
Next month’s selection is a very exciting one. We will be reading “Sensible Shoes” by Cindy Causey and the author has graciously agreed to attend our book club! If you haven’t been to a book club before, this is the one to attend!
We will be meeting at April Anderson’s home at 1111 Morningstar Trl on Saturday September 27th from 1-2:30pm.
If you’d like to join us for this book club, start suggesting books to read with us, or just meet a wonderful group of people please email spateshannah@gmail.com.
You can read our monthly newsletter right here!
>>> Crime Patrol May report
With Crime Patrol, no news is good news! Our next Crime Patrol meeting is September 4th at 6pm at Rocco’s in Richardson. Stay vigilant and talk to your neighbors.
We are ready to welcome you to Crime Watch. Please email Doug Freeman at d1004free@aol.com to join!
>>> House Number Project
We have an incredibly special house number project in NCPNPA. Volunteers will create a handmade wooden sign for your back fence to comply with city regulations. This service is FREE to members. These signs make it easier for emergency services to find your residence. Contact Doug Freeman, d1004free@aol.com for yours if you don’t have one!
Connect with us!
North College Park Neighborhood Social Media
NCPNA has active private Facebook and Instagram groups.
Click here to go to find our pages:
Facebook – facebook.com/groups/ncpna
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/northcollegeparkna/?hl=en