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2015 EACA Membership Drive is in Full Swing
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Join or renew now
With two months behind us and two more months ahead of us for our 2015 membership drive, you can join the other 170 households who have signed up as EACA members. EACA membership dues are $10 per household and cover the calendar year, January to December. Membership dues help with the costs associated with running the organization, such as maintaining our website, organizational insurance, and supplies. Residents 65 and over are eligible for reduced rates. Click here to learn more about EACA's mission.
So far in 2015, EACA represents more than 372 residents! We welcome the 77 new households who have joined this year. Our goal for 2015 is to grow the number of participating members and to have a membership that reflects our neighborhood. This year's membership drive will run through May when we will give away a $100 gift certificate and other prizes during our monthly EACA meeting. All registered members will be entered to win! A special award will be made to the street with the most EACA members so encourage your neighbors to renew their membership, and what better way than by purchasing your own yard sign to show your support.
Click here to go to our online renewal form and pay with your credit card, debit card or paypal account.
You must be a renter, property owner or business owner within EACA's membership area to join. Click here to view the map.
You can also join or renew your membership:
- At the monthly EACA meeting. The next meeting is 7:00 p.m. on April 14, at Brownwood Park Recreation Center, 602 Brownwood Ave SE.
- Or by check made payable to EACA, mailed to P.O. Box 18366, Atlanta, GA 30316 - include your name, and street address.
- Use our online application and purchase via PayPal.
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Brownwood Park Volunteer Day; Parks and Greenspace Conference
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The 2015 Park Pride Parks and Greenspace Conference is coming-up next month. This year's theme Parks & People: A Declaration of Interdependence will explore the direct relationship between engaged communities and successful parks.
As part of the conference, on Saturday, March 21, Park Pride will be kicking-off a special tour of Public Spaces & Forbidden Places: Southeast Atlanta. We need the community's help from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2015, to clean-up some of the invasive brush in the south end of the park and spread mulch on the walking paths. Bring along pitchforks, rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, tarps, or just yourselves and meet along Pendleton Street.
If you have questions, please email parks@eaca.net.
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Expanded Hours for East Atlanta Library
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The Fulton County board of commissioners voted January 21 to restore the lost hours of operation for all Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System branches.
As a result, the East Atlanta Library's Friday hours have been expanded to noon to 6:00 p.m. Beginning April 1, the East Atlanta Library will have the following hours:
- Monday - 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.;
- Tuesday - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
- Wednesday - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
- Thursday - Noon to 6 p.m.;
- Friday - Noon to 6 p.m.; and
- Saturday - Noon to 6 p.m.
The East Atlanta Library will continue to remain closed on Sundays.
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Upcoming Dance 411 Events
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Entire Spring Season ~ Becoming a Pro Workshop - Presented by the Dance 411 Foundation, this free program is offered to existing school and community based dance programs. "Becoming A Pro" is an exciting opportunity that allows students to learn about the importance of training, the business of performance, and audition preparation skills. Small or large groups are accepted and most schedules can be accommodated. This year's featured choreographers and speakers are Jeremy Green and Samara Michelle! For more information, visit Dance411Foundation.org, and email us to get involved.
Ladies Liberation Weekend XXXVI (March 20-22) - G et the girls together for a weekend to remember! Enjoy fun and flirty fitness classes, plus a show. Click here for more information.
"PrePulse" Master Classes featuring Gil Duldulao and Ian Eastwood (March 13 from 8:00-11:00 p.m.) - Dance 411 is proud to partner with The Pulse On Tour once again this year in bringing their extremely talented instructors to the masses! Choose from three different sessions at 8:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. These guys have recently worked with stars such as Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Demi Lovado, The Black Eyed Peas, and more! Tickets start at just $30 per class. Click here for tickets.
Kids Company Benefit Showcase (March 22 from 3:00-5:00 p.m.) - Our inaugural children's showcase is designed to preview and highlight the creativity, ingenuity and vibrancy of some of our students at Dance 411. Children and their families can experience the joy of dance and the chance to connect with a wider audience in an intimate setting. The showcase will also feature different dance teams and companies in the community.
Our kids have been seen on TLC's Dance Kids ATL, Fox 5 Atlanta, the Weather Channel, and more! They've also performed in First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" Initiative in the Dekalb Expo, the ATL Celebrity Kids Fashion Show, highlighting young designers and models. Join us for our first showcase and see what our shinning stars have been working on!
Tickets are only $20 can be purchased in advance online until noon the day of the show. After that you can purchase tickets at the door for $25. (All proceeds directly benefit the company's costumes, props and specialized training for their upcoming season.) Click here for tickets.
Build Your Brand Workshop (March 29 from 1:00-7:00 p.m.) - Calling ALL actors, dancers, singers, models, agents, and entertainment professionals! For as little as $25, you can launch your personal brand to a higher level. Good quality headshots and branding advice can be hard to come by, but the Dance 411 Foundation is committed to providing affordable services to those in need within the entertainment community. Proceeds assist in providing low- to no-cost art enrichment courses to at-risk children and youth around the metro Atlanta area. Click here for tickets.
Kids Spring Break Camp (April 6-10) - The award-winning Kids Dance 411 programs are engaging and exciting for all ages! Keep the kids active and learning during their break from school. Camp dates are April 6-10 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Extended camp is available until 6:00 p.m. Remember, don't miss the end-of-week show on Friday at 3:00 p.m. Special early bird pricing extended until March 25, promo code "EarlyBird." Click here to sign up.
Community Arts Day: D.R.E.A.M. (April 25 from noon to 3:00 p.m.) - We DREAM the arts! Join us for "DREAM: Dance Rules Everything Around Me" for a day of fun, music, arts. BRING YOUR KIDS to DANCE 411 for FREE DANCE PERFORMANCES & WORKSHOPS with the help of Atlanta's best choreographers and performers. Everyone is sure to learn something new in a safe, family-friendly environment. This event is to inspire kids to focus on their goals in life and strive to make there dreams come to to reality. All dance organization/groups are invited to participate! If interested in performing, let us know ahead of time. The more, the merrier! Businesses and individuals wishing to donate time, money, food, or raffle merchandise need to contact the foundation prior to the event by emailing info@dance411foundation.org or on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/Dance411Fdn.
After our free community arts day we will host an audition skill workshop. The workshop will help aspiring dancers get a real world experience of what it is like to audition in the professional dance world. This workshop will feature surprise professional choreographers to host mock auditions. This year Dance 411 has brought featured choreographers for our master classes such as, Chuck Maldonado, Brian Friedman, Tricia Miranda, and Sean Bankhead just to name a few, so you never know who could be the guest choreographers. You can attend this workshop after Community Arts Day for only $15, and you don't want to miss this opportunity, to take your career to the next level. Click here for workshop tickets. This is an event you can't miss! We hope to see you at "DREAM: Dance Rules Everything Around Me"!
Kids Summer Dance & Acting Camp (June 1-August 8) - This unique day camp experience is designed to help students enhance their creative abilities and become well-rounded performers. Instruction is differentiated based on skill level, beginner to advance performers are welcome. Campers will be immersed in dance and theatre programs that ends in a performance each week. Our camp features daily instruction in Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet Technique, and Theatre (including acting, scriptwriting and improv). Each week is themed and features a specialty dance genre such as Breakdance, Salsa or African and many more. Our highly trained instructors offer campers performance training that prepares them for auditions, stage, and films. Register early and take advantage of $99/wk vouchers currently available by clicking here.
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Support EACA through Amazon Smiles
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 EACA is enrolled in Amazon Smiles. If you regularly shop online at Amazon, you can support EACA by registering online at www.smile.amazon.com.
Amazon will donate 0.5 percent of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to EACA.
AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
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Support EACA through the Kroger Community Rewards Program
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EACA is enrolled in the Kroger Community Rewards Program. If you regularly shop at Kroger, you can support EACA by registering online at krogercommunityrewards.com. Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy. If you do not yet have a Kroger Plus card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger. Follow these steps to sign up:
- Click on Sign In/Register at krogercommunityrewards.com.
- Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions. You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
- Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
- Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
- Update or confirm your information.
- Enter EACA's NPO number - 18772 - and click on confirm.
- To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see EACA's name on the right side of the information page.
- REMEMBER, purchases will not count until after you've registered your card(s).
- If you use your phone number at the register, call 800-576-4377, select option 4 to get your Kroger Plus card number.
- Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to their registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.
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Friday Food for Firefighters
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It's always a great time to deliver a meal to our local
firefighters, and it has been a little while since they have had a visit!
Providing a meal means having a cooked meal to hand over to the firefighters at Station 13 on Friday evening. The firefighters request food without pork. A full kitchen is available to them at the fire station and they can heat something as needed. Meals should be delivered between 5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Sign up here (password is "friday") to see what dates are available for meals. You might think about sharing different parts of a meal with friends--one or two people might provide the main meal, another could provide bread or a side dish or dessert.
Please call Beth-Ann Buitekant at 404-455-8746 for information or with questions.
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East Atlanta Security Patrol
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The East Atlanta Security Patrol (EASP) is an effort to enhance public safety in East Atlanta. The EASP employs off-duty Zone Six police officers to perform additional patrols within Beat 612, which is the police designation for the East Atlanta community. The amount of time that the officers patrol is determined by the level of financial support from the community. More memberships and donations mean more patrol hours, so we encourage you to tell your neighbors and East Atlanta businesses about the EASP.
The EASP also functions as an advocate for the community. Please contact us with crime and public safety concerns in our neighborhood.
Both residents and businesses must be located within the city of Atlanta to become a member. Anyone may donate to the EASP.
In addition to proactive patrols in our community, the EASP works closely with the Atlanta Police Department and other security patrols to share information about crime threats or new patterns of crime. When appropriate, we share this information with the community via our website, Facebook and Twitter.
If you have additional questions, please email easp610@gmail.com,
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| Ongoing Meeting Schedule | |
Atlanta City Council, 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month.
Branan Towers Bingo, 3rd Tuesday of the month.
DeKalb County Board of Commissioners, 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.
East Atlanta Business Association, 1st Monday of the month.
East Atlanta Community Association, 2nd Tuesday of the month.
Grant Park Neighborhood Association, 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Neighborhood Planning Unit-W, 4th Wednesday of the month.
NPU-W Land Use & Zoning Committee, 1st Tuesday of the month.
NPU-W Transportation Committee, 4th Wednesday of the month.
South Atlantans for Neighborhood Development, 2nd Thursday of the month.
Southeast Atlanta Communities for Schools, 2nd Thursday of the month.
Please view the EACA calendar here for more information on locations.
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| EACA Rewards | 
As a valued EACA member, you have access to our EACA Rewards Program. In partnership with local businesses, this program provides special promotions within the community when residents present their EACA membership card to participating businesses.
Current EACA Rewards Member Benefits:
Not a member? Join today! Annual dues are $10 per household or business per calendar year. As an EACA member, you can vote at EACA meetings on topics of interest within our community as well as show your support to East Atlanta.
If you are a business interested in participating in this free program, find more information here. Email questions to membership@eaca.net.
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| Connect with EACA |
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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