East Atlanta Community Association
Newsletter
December 6, 2010 |
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| Greetings! |
Hello,
Thanks to all the volunteers and elves who made the East Atlanta Santa Fest a great success! Through this fun event the elves raised $1,288 for the East Atlanta Kids Club.
Tree Contest Winners: Most Festive: Porch Press Most Elegant: EAV Recycle Most Ambitious: CrossFit Funkiest: Brill Bratt and Friends Environmental: Webelos Pack 688 Creative: East Atlanta Beer Fest
Grand Prize / People's Choice: Porch Press (with nearly 25% of votes: 47 of 200 cast)
 For more photos please visit EACA's Facebook page.
Enjoy this week's newsletter! |
EACA Election of Officers
| EACA will hold elections for officers at its December 14th Meeting. If you are interested in an officer position or interested in representing East Atlanta at NPU-W, contact Nominating Committee Chairperson, Henry Bryant (404-377-6148). If you are interested in participating on a Committee or Initiative of EACA, please contact Austin Dickson (678-772-3736).
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EACA Monthly Meeting
| The December 14th EACA Monthly Meeting is the annual holiday potluck. So come enjoy the evening with your fellow neighbors by bringing your favorite side dish while EACA provides the entree and drinks. Hope to see you at Branan Towers at 7pm.
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| Interested in getting in the best shape of your life? |  Here's a contest that is open to anyone who has never attended a FitWit camp. One grand prize winner and one runner up winner will be chosen for both Grant Park and Decatur. Contestants must submit a 500-700 word essay on why they really need FitWit. To submit your essay, please paste your entry as a comment to our "FREE FitWit" blog post - http://fitwit-grantpark.ning.com/profiles/blogs/its-that-time-again for the Grant Park area or http://fitwit-decatur.ning.com/profiles/blogs/its-that-time-again for the Decatur area.
Entries will be posted on the FitWit blogs and current campers and Facebook friends will vote on the most worthy contestants. Deadline: December 6, 2010. Votes will be tallied and the winners will be announced at are annual banquet! |
Sopo Bicycle Co-op
|  Our mission...is to create equitable access to cycling by providing affordable bicycle maintenance, services and education.
Our shop...provides a central forum for sharing equipment, materials, and expertise, and facilitates affordable, practical, hands-on support for cyclists of all ages and skill levels.
Riding a bike should be comfortable, pleasurable, and practical. You do not need to sacrifice one of these characteristics to satisfy the other two. Come out to our next Sopo class, Monday, December 6 at 7:30 PM at the shop, on bike fitment to find out how to make your bike right for you. In this class we will teach you how to adjust your saddle positioning and controls to maximize comfort and control on your bicycle. We will also show you how to change out stems, saddles, handlebars, grips and bar tape to suit your needs and wants on a bike. Donation suggested. Bring Your Own Bike.
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| Refuse To Be A Victim Crime Prevention Seminar |  Safe Atlanta For Everyone (SAFE) and
Martha Brown United Methodist Church are pleased to offer a Refuse To Be A Victim(R) crime-prevention seminar for up to 35 participants. If you have been looking for information and insights about how to make your community safer and stronger, this is the seminar to sign up for. SAFE's volunteer instructor will be teaching the class for only the cost of materials -- only $5 per person!
Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Avenue SE
Learn methods to avoid dangerous situations and prevent criminal confrontations while covering a number of important topics:
- Home Security
- Technology Security
- Automobile Security
- Personal Safety
- Personal Protection Devices (non-lethal)
- Self-Defense Classes
Seminar participants are presented with a variety of common-sense crime prevention and personal safety strategies and devices they may integrate into their daily lives. The seminar is not a hands-on self-defense class, and content regarding personal protection devices and self-defense classes is limited to discussing options and how to go about evaluating them for inclusion in a personal safety plan. Tens of thousands of men and women have benefited from the program's life-saving message and law enforcement agencies and state governments nationwide have endorsed the program.
To register for the seminar, please e-mail info@safe-atlanta.org. Seats at the seminar can only be guaranteed to those who register in advance.
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Home for the Holiday Pet Adoption Event
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 Fulton County Animal Services will hold a Home for the Holidays pet adoption Event at the shelters location 860 Marietta Blvd Atlanta. We will have more than 100 homeless pets available for adoption.
Saturday, December 11, 2010 10 a.m. to 4:p.m.
Vendor's, raffles, bake sale, low cost microchips, asks a vet booth, ask the trainer's booth, rabies vaccinations 500 free Fulton County license tags, special guest Santa Clause, and pictures with your pet with Santa Clause. In addition, attendees will be able to register their pet to be spayed or neutered through the County's SNAP (Spay Neuter & Assistance) Program.
For more information, call 404-613-0358
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BeltLine Quarterly Briefing
|  What: Atlanta BeltLine Quarterly Briefing - **Please Note** The date has been changed from December 2 to December 16.
When: Thursday, December 16, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Where: Atlanta Public Schools Auditorium, 130 Trinity Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303
Why: This is the final Quarterly Briefing for 2010 - come hear about the progress in 2010 and about Atlanta BeltLine's plans to move transit forward in 2011 and beyond. |
November Events at the East Atlanta Library
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 Teeny Tiny Tales
Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Children will enjoy stories, songs, puppetry and crafts. Ages 18-36 months.
Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more.
Pre-School Storytime
Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m.
Children will enjoy stories, songs, puppetry and crafts. Ages 3-5.
Reservations are required for groups of 10 or more.
East Atlanta Branch, a part of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System
400 Flat Shoals Avenue
For information call 404.730.5438
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Neighbor in Need is Taking Off
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EACA's Neighbor in Need initiative has received a $5,000 cash grant and a $5,000 matching grant. If it raises $5,000 independently, there will be $15,000 to help more neighbors in need. Recently, volunteers with the initiative have received:
- $1,300 from the pumpkin sale at the Farmers' Market
- $800 from Councilmember Archibong's budget
- $500 from The Porch Press
- $362 from Martha Brown United Methodist Church
You may donate to Neighbor in Need on EACA's website on this page; all donations are tax deductible. Help us reach our goal!
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East Atlanta Security Patrol
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 To learn more about the East Atlanta Security
Patrol, view updated news and notes or to enroll, visit the
EASP website. There
is a 50% discount for longtime residents and those 65+. To qualify, you
must
have lived at the same address for 20 years or be over age 65. We also
have a 20% discount for members of an APD-sanctioned Neighborhood
Watch. Please contact us if you're interested in setting up a Neighborhood
Watch on
your street.
If you have additional questions, please direct them to easp610@gmail.com, or call EACA
Public
Safety Chair Myron Polster at 404-954-1568.
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| EACA Public Safety - Weekly Crime Report | |
The weekly crime reports for weeks 45-48 are below:
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| Upcoming Area Meetings |
Atlanta City Council
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month (12.06), 1:00 pm
City Hall, 55 Trinity Ave SW
Neighborhood Planning Unit, NPU-W, Land Use and Zoning Committee
Meeting: 1st Tuesday of the month (12.07), 7:00pm
Martha Brown United Methodist Church, 468 Moreland Ave SE
South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, Inc. (SAND)
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month (12.09); 7:30pm
Beulah Heights University Student Center, 892 Berne Street
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
Meetings: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (12.14), 9:00 am
Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Dr, Decatur
Burgess Peterson Academy PTA, (12.14), 6pm
480 Clifton Street
East Atlanta Community Association, (EACA)
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month (12.14), 7pm
Branan Towers, 1200 Glenwood Ave., SE
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2010 EACA Membership
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Join EACA today! Annual dues are $10 per household per year. As an EACA member, you can vote at EACA meetings on topics of interest within our community. Email questions to membership@eaca.net.
You can sign up for your 2010 EACA membership and order EACA Yard Signs on-line! Pay electronically through your online banking site or via Paypal HERE.
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| East Atlanta on Facebook & Twitter |
If you're a Facebook member, be sure to become a fan of both the EACA Fan Page and the East Atlanta Village page, too! Click on links below to take you directly to each.
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