Volunteers Greatly Needed to Help with June Community Events!
Volunteer Opportunities
June 6th, 4 Volunteers: Center for the Arts Grand Opening
June 13th, 10 Volunteers: Hershey’s Track and Field Event
June 20th, 5 Volunteers: Gradin Sports Park Grand Opening
Gresham Parks and Recreation is in great need of your help. Please check out the volunteer event opportunities below. Be a part of the fun. Volunteer!
Please RSVP to Danielle Quist, Community Volunteer Coordinator, Gresham Parks and Recreation, NWSA AmeriCorps by email to Danielle.Quist@ci.gresham.or.us, or phone 503-618-2789.
When: Saturday June 20, 2009 10:00AM - 3:00PM Where: Zimmerman Park
17111 NE Sandy Blvd
Gresham OR Get Map!
A delightful 1874 Victorian farmhouse
Take a step back into history at the Zimmermann House, a Victorian era farmhouse, built in 1874 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This beautiful farmhouse is a perfect reflection of typical Columbia River dairy farm life in the late 1800s. The Zimmerman Heritage Farm is a unique cultural education and recreational resource that is being created for the benefit of the public on a 5.98-acre historic site in Gresham, Oregon. Open house and tours are available every third Saturday. Don't miss this unique opportunity to step back in time!
Volunteers Needed to Help with Hershey’s Track and Field Event!
Saturday, June 13th 8AM-2PM
Gresham High School
When: June 13, 2009 8AM - 2PM Where: Gresham High School
1200 N Main Ave
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers needed to help with Hershey’s Track and Field Event, Saturday, June 13th 8AM-2PM, Gresham High School.
Volunteers are needed to help with time keeping, distance measuring, and registration. Volunteer orientation will be from 8AM-9AM, registration from 9AM-10AM, and the event will run from 10AM-2PM.
Please RSVP to Danielle Quist, Community Volunteer Coordinator, Gresham Parks and Recreation, NWSA AmeriCorps by email to Danielle.Quist@ci.gresham.or.us, or phone 503-618-2789.
Make your own Rain Garden!
Beautify to your yard & protect our streams too.
When: Thursday June 11, 2009 6:00PM - 9:00PM Where: Fairview Community Center
200 Harrison St
Fairview, OR Get Map!
What is a Rain Garden?
Rain gardens are a great way to add beautiful landscaping to your yard and protect our overloaded urban streams at the same time. Join us to learn how to build a rain garden on your property to keep our streams clean and healthy!
Participants will learn what a rain garden is and the critical role they can play in the restoration of urban streams, and the “how to’s” of constructing your own rain garden. You will learn the how to assess your site, calculate impervious surfaces, locate and size rain gardens, determine soil suitability with a percolation test, choose appropriate plants, and how to maintain your new rain garden. You will receive a rain garden packet, and where possible, take a field trip to a nearby rain garden.
Wilkes East Neighborhood Clean-Up
Saturday June 27, 2009 9AM
HB Lee Middle School parking lot
When: Sat June 27, 2008 9:00AM - 12:00PM Where: HB Lee Middle School
1121 NE 172nd Ave (between Glisan & Halsey) Get map!
Cost per load:
$15.00 -- auto, standard pick-up truck $25.00 -- trailer load, large truck
Clean-up Info
"Spring Clean-Up" usually means you discover a lot of things you wish you could take to the dump! Well, now you don't have to take your junk very far! The dumpsters are coming to you!
Bring all your general debris to the dumpsters located in the parking lot at HB Lee Middle School, 1121 NE 172nd Ave (between NE Glisan & NE Halsey), Saturday June 27th from 9AM to 12PM.
Items Accepted
yard debris, wood scraps, general clean-up items
bulky waste, mattresses, furniture
scrap metal, cardboard
Items Not Accepted
hazardous waste, chemicals, paint
construction and demolition waste, tires, concrete or rocks, dirt
City of Gresham
News, Community Activities, Workshops & More
Neighborhood Connections is a publication from the City of Gresham Communications & Community Outreach offering City of Gresham news, Public Safety information, Community Activities & Events, Training & Workshops, Volunteer Opportunities, and more.
Everyone's invited!
Wilkes East Neighborhood
Quarterly Public Meeting
Monday May 4th 7PM
HB Lee Middle School
Join Your Neighbors -- Get involved. Make a difference!
When: Monday, May 4, 2009 7:00PM Where: H B Lee Middle School
1121 NE 172nd Ave Click here for map
Be sure to save Monday, May 4th at 7:00 PM for WENA’s Quarterly Public Meeting. This quarter's meeting will be held at H B Lee Middle School, 1121 NE 172nd Ave (between Glisan & Halsey), Portland, Oregon.
Meeting Topics
Halsey Project
(Bike lane and light 172nd & NE Halsey St)
Jonathon David, Gresham Transportation Division
Is There Hope For Our Parks?
Understanding the Math
Kathy Minden, People For Parks
Nadaka Park Master Plan
Ric Catron, Gresham Parks and Recreation
Neighborhood Update
Nadaka Park
Lee Dayfield, Friends of Nadaka
Updates & Earth Day
Nature in Neighborhoods
Capital Grants program
Neighborhood Watch
Groups in your neighborhood
And more!
Everyone's Invited to Attend!
This meeting is open to all residents and businesses in the Wilkes East Neighborhood! Be A Part Of Your Community, Plan To Attend.
The Wilkes East Neighborhood is located in the Northwest corner of the City of Gresham, Oregon, and is one of Gresham's sixteen neighborhoods. Wilkes East Neighborhood borders are roughly NE Sandy Boulevard to the north, NE 181st Ave to the east, NE Glisan Street to the south, and NE 162nd Ave to the west. Click here for a map of the Wilkes East Neighborhood.
Mark your calendar and plan to attend this important meeting.
Volunteer Sunday May 3rd.
for Invasives Removal
at Nadaka Nature Park
When: Sunday May 3, 2009 9:00AM - 1:00PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park
NE 176th Ave and NE Pacific St
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Event Info
Be prepared to get a little dirty and to have fun Sunday, May 3rd 9AM to 1PM by supporting and volunteering with Friends of Nadaka and Wilkes East Neighborhood Association in their efforts to restore this natural area by removing invasive underbrush and ivy.
Come on by, and give us a hand! Spend all day, or whatever time you can. Dressed for weather. Bring your gloves, waterbottle, clippers, and yard tools.
No pre-registration required. Volunteers younger than 18 will need a signed waiver (available at the event).
See website calendar for more Nadaka Nature Park events and activities!
Thank You!
Wilkes East Neighborhood would like express our gratitude to the following for their generous contributions & continued support:
• Jazzy Bagels, Main St & Powell
• Parkrose Hardware, 106th & Sandy
• Growers Outlet, 162nd & Glisan
• SOLV, Bringing Oregon together
• Albertsons, 181st & Glisan
• And, all the many volunteers!
