Santa Clara Community Organization – Eugene

The Santa Clara Grange is holding a blood drive this Saturday from 9am until 3pm. The Santa Clara Grange is located at 295 Azalea Street. (Turn east at the AM/PM station and go about four blocks and you will find the Grange.

The Santa Clara Grange location is an ideal location to give blood for those who live in Santa Clara. The Santa Clara Grange holds Blood Drives every two months.

The non-profit that runs the Blood Drive would like to see more people give blood at this location so they can continue to hold the drive every two months. Please take the time this Saturday, October 5th, to visit the Santa Clara Grange and donate.

Note that our community has two Granges. Make sure you are going to the Grange on Azalea and not on Irvington.

Thursday, September 26th
Noon – 1PM
McNail-Riley House
 601 W 13th Ave Eugene

Tim Black from Saint Vincent de Paul will share plans for winter emergency shelter strategies. 

Looking ahead, this year’s series will continue in October with an introduction to the Leviticus Project’s model of  creating ADUs as affordable housing and current efforts to coordinate service provider outreach for the unhoused.

In November, Bob Cerince, Lane County Homeless & Supportive Housing Supervisor, will share progress on the TAC report recommendations for ending homelessness. 

This past month we had a very successful work party at the Santa Clara Community Garden (SCCG), preparing the composting area for coming work shops and adding to the compost lasagna bed. The crew, mostly from Huerto de la Familia, emptied the garden veggie material bins and added coffee grounds to the lasagna. The garden shed ramp was also improved to make it safer.

The lasagna bed from last year produced a number of squash, tomatoes, and potatoes that are now being distributed through the food pantry at St. Matthews Church. Two very large pumpkins will be prizes in anticipation of Halloween, and pies.

The dates for the last three compost workshops at SCCG in 2019 are: October 19 (OSU Compost Demonstration), November 16 (Cover Crops), December 14 (Pruning).

All workshops begin at 10 am and last one to two hours. Call Peter (541-321-0798) for more information.

As a follow up to the resilience festival last weekend at the River Road Park District there are weekend site visits to interesting projects regarding resilience and sustainability. 

Mark your calendars for a series of presentations and site tours. The site tours are planned every Saturday in September in a different neighborhood in Eugene to see what green and resilient homes, lifestyles and economy can look like – grass to garden, edible landscaping, solar design, natural building, reclaim car space, micro eco villages, rain water catchment, block planning, cooperative living and much more.

Tour dates are all Saturdays.  Specific informatino about the site tours can be found here https://www.suburbanpermaculture.org/fest-site-tours.html

• Aug 31,
• Sept 7, 14, 21, 28
• Oct 19

Companion to the tours is a series of five presentations with Jan Spencer, that focus on green and resilient lifestyle, homes, economy and culture.

Theses will be held at the River Road Rec Center, 1400 Lake Dr at 6:30, Tuesdays

• Oct 1, 22, 
• Nov 12
• Dec 3, 17

For more information about site tours and the presentation series, go to suburbanpermaculture.org