Easter Egg Hunt  

Hundreds of candy-filled eggs will be lurking in Brownwood Park on Saturday, April 16, waiting for neighborhood children to come and find them!  The annual Easter Egg Hunt happens at 11:00 am, and will be followed by (real) egg decorating, an egg spoon race, and other fun activities for kids of all ages.  Kids and families are advised to arrive at 10:30 am and to wait inside Brownwood Recreation Center.  East Atlanta Kids Club, Martha Brown UMC and East Atlanta Village Church are sponsoring this year's Easter celebration. 

Volunteers to stuff and hide several hundred plastic eggs and donations of candy are needed and welcomed.   If you'd like to help out, please contact East Atlanta Kids Club Program Coordinator Makeisha Robey at 404-627-8050 or mrobey@eastatlantakids.org.

Brownwood Bike Rally and 5K
The East Atlanta Kids Club is gearing up for the 8th-annual Brownwood Bike Rally & 5K Run and would love your help planning the event.  Volunteers are needed

New FitWit Camps

Burgess-Peterson Academy Tours 

Please join Charlie Brouwer, Flux Projects and the EACA's Arts and Culture Committee in doing our part to help Atlanta Rise Up in Freedom Park this May.

The Rise Up project is a metaphor for the hopes and aspirations of the community - made of ladders of all types, sizes & conditions, borrowed from individuals, families, businesses, churches, schools and organizations from throughout Atlanta - leaning on and tied to each other... rising up together.

We can do it, but we need to borrow your ladder! Absolutely any ladder will do-

new, old, tall, short, broken, or a stepstool.  We also encourage handmade or creatively decorated ladders, even symbolic ladders! Ladders may also express the personality or identity of the lender.

Drop off dates for ladder donations are Fri. April 15th, 7-9pm & Sat & Sun April 16th & 17th 9am-4pm at  841 N. Highland Ave (corner of North Highland and Briarcliff Place: the parking lot with a Bank of America ATM), or contact the East Atlanta ladder coordinator (Arts & Culture Committee Chair Lori) for pickup. 

The lending process is fully documented, ladders will be prominently tagged to identify lenders & they will be listed at the exhibition and on the website.

Like good neighbors, we will ensure ladders are returned. Ladders will be able to be picked up June 2-5 at the same location in Virginia Highlands. If these dates are not convenient, other arrangements can be made through Flux Projects. If a lender does not wish to have a ladder returned, it will be donated to the Atlanta Community ToolBank. 

For more information: http://www.fluxprojects.org/riseup/faq.html 

or www.charliebrouwer.com  

The Language Garden and Oakleaf Mennonite Farm Spring Fling  

The Language Garden and Oakleaf Mennonite Farm want to help you and your garden get ready for spring.   Join us; Saturday April 16^th from 9am-2pm for our Spring Fling Fundraiser.

• Rummage Sale
• Plant Sale
• Raffle
• Live Band
• Activities for Children

For more information, visit us online at http://www.thelanguagegarden.com/  or http://oakleafmennonitefarm.wordpress.com/ 

1088 Bouldercrest Rd. SE Atlanta, GA 30316 ▪ 404-244-0289

911 Town Hall Forum 

Kirkwood Neighbors Association presents 911 Town Hall Forum. 

When: Wednesday, April 20th

Time: 6:30pm

Where: Bessie Branham Rec Center

All residents of Zone 6 neighborhoods of the City of Atlanta are invited to attend this town hall forum with the 911 Director Lt. Brenda Ross.  Presentation of 911 Call Center and Operations followed by a moderated question and answer session.

For more information contact KNO Public Safety Liaison Margie Yondorf, 404.484.7552.

Burgess-Peterson Academy Garden to Expand!

Thanks to generous grants from Georgia Organics and the East Atlanta Farmers Market, the Burgess-Peterson garden is growing with more planting beds to fill out the courtyard space. Now that we've got the money, we could use the muscle -- yours, that is.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 30, at 9:30 a.m. We'll be constructing raised beds and then hauling garden soil into the courtyard to fill them. If you have a power saw or power drill and extension cord or a wheel barrow, please bring them along to the school at 480 Clifton St. SE, at Glenwood and I-20. Contact BPAgarden@gmail.com to let us know you're coming or if you want more details.

Neighbor in Need Needs Your Input   

Neighbor in Need is looking for more homeowners to help!   If you have an elderly neighbor that is needing some critical home repairs, maybe Neighbor in Need can help.  Please submit your recommendation including their name and address to neighborinneed@eaca.net.

Thank you!

EACA Beautification Update   

Mom's and their children can safely travel on Ormewood Ave again. Both sidewalks were impassable on the Flat Shoals end due to over-growth, dirt, and debris. Although Beautification was scheduled for two tasks, we made it work and the results show a successful Pre-tire Round Up for Earth Day and a cleared sidewalk that once again can be used while strolling to get ice cream.  Big thanks to Debra Cartee and all her help with this task.

Mayor Kasim Reed's Centers of Hope

East Atlanta Security Patrol Update

There have been some problems gathering specific crime data from APD the past couple of weeks.  However, we are sifting through the reports and will update the next section with all significant crimes by April 10th.

One interesting trend of late has been the very low levels of petty crimes, and the increase in burglaries and robberies.  While the recent robberies have received a ton of media coverage, the EASP wanted to check the data to see if pedestrian robberies are really on the increase.  Over the past five years plus the first three months of 2011, the numbers have remained very consistent.  There are an average of 2.5 pedestrian robberies per month on Beat 610.  In March 2011, there were three robberies, a fairly typical month.  And in 2010, we were pretty much at the low end of the range, with 28 robberies.  That's a dead heat compared to 2006 and 2007, with 28 and 27 robberies respectively.  While robberies are an extremely serious crime, they are very hard to predict and often a crime of opportunity. Only with significantly more police presence combined with extreme caution by pedestrians and homeowners can we expect the frequency of robberies to be reduced.  Is it realistic to expect more police presence?  Probably not, other than in cases where multiple robberies have already occurred in a given area.  That leaves the burden on us.  We must be do everything possible to limit the distance we walk in the dark at night near commercial areas, and park only in well lit areas.  Will that prevent all of these robberies?  Again the answer is probably not, but it might put a dent in them.

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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