Shopping procrastinators rejoice! The Portland Saturday Market celebrates its annual "Festival of the Last Minute" with ten straight days of holiday shopping -- plenty of time to pick up that perfect gift for every person on your list, plus some handcrafted ornaments and holiday treats. Support local artisans offering over 38 categories of arts & crafts.  Handmade gifts say so much more -- even if you didn't make them yourself. 

There are still a couple of weeks to order emergency preparedness kits from Ready Set Go Kits, with a portion of the sales going to the Pearl District Neighborhood Association. From now till December 31, Ready Set Go Kits will donate 10% of your purchase to help fund programs of the PDNA.
       
Ready Set Go Kits is a local business that offers a variety of preassembled kits to provide you with 72 hours worth of emergency supplies to address vital needs: water, food, shelter, warmth, light, communication and first aid. Kits are available for home, car, school and office.

Buy a kit for yourself or for loved ones, and use code NWNW so 10% of your purchase price is donated to the PDNA to help keep the neighborhood clean, safe and thriving. The kits are marked down right now, with free shipping on orders over $50 - and you don't need to be a neighborhood or coalition member to take advantage of those deals. Visit the Ready Set Go Kits website to learn more. 

You can get more information about BEECNs, including a citywide map and smartphone apps to find locations, at the PBEM website. To sign up for emergency alerts, go to www.publicalerts.org. 

Goose Hollow Foothills League Annual Meeting and Elections

The Goose Hollow Foothills League's Annual Meeting and Board Elections scheduled for this coming  Thursday, December 20. Eight board positions are open. The following slate of candidates has been approved by the Goose Hollow board: Bob Arkes (incumbent), Linda Cameron (incumbent), Peyton Chapman (incumbent), Alexis Ingram, Leslie Johnson (incumbent), Stephan Lewis, Jane Netboy and Greg Wimmer (incumbent). Nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the Annual Meeting. Each candidate will have three minutes to speak, indicating what they can contribute to the neighborhood, before voting takes place.

 

Date: Thursday, December 20, 2012

Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Place: Multnomah Athletic Club, 1849 SW Salmon   

 

FPNA Board Nominations 

The annual Forest Park Neighborhood Association election of members of the Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 to fill three positions with expiring terms. The three candidates receiving the most votes will be elected to three-year terms.

 

Nominations submitted by members of the FPNA will be accepted if received on or before January 21, 2013. Candidates must be members of the association. To submit nominations, join the association, or for additional information, contact:

 

Neighbors West/Northwest

2257 NW Raleigh
Portland, OR 97210
Phone: 503 823-4212
E-Mail: mark@nwnw.org

  

Nominations must be submitted by the person nominated, or accompanied by written consent of that person. Each candidate's name, home address, phone number and any other preferred means of contact must be included. It is customary (but not required) to provide a candidate's statement of up to 200 words with each nomination. Names, statements, and the time and place of voting will be published in the February 2013 edition of the Northwest Examiner.

 

If fewer than three nominations are received by January 21, the President may nominate additional candidates.