Last year, we reached our goal, which helped provide 6,000 meals. Let’s do it again. So far, generous donors have helped us reach almost three-quarters of our goal. No donation is too small. Click here for the donation link.
FOOD For Lane County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank founded in 1984 and dedicated to reducing hunger by engaging our community to create access to food.
Thursday, April 3
7 PM
3280 River Road (Messiah Lutheran Church)
We have two topics for our meeting:
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/krt-opve-tjr
Or dial: (US) +1 304-908-9087 PIN: 125 325 621#
Other calendar items:
April 5 Awbrey Park Work Party
April 12 Wendover Park Work Party
April 19 Plastics Collection
April 26 Hileman Park Work Party
May 1 SCCO Meeting – LTD’s plans for Santa Clara Station site
May 3 14th Annual Awbrey Park Wildflower Celebration
May 24-26 Luper Pioneer Cemetery Historic Site Open House
Summer 2025 – Do you want to teach in a Santa Clara park? Zumba yoga, martial arts, singing painting, etc.? We’re looking to create park activities this summer. Contact us at contact@santaclaracommunity.org. Include activity in the subject line.
Several more donors have contributed in the last few days to boost our donations from 40% of our goal to almost 60%. Thank you donors.
We’d love your support to help us raise $3,000 for the second year in a row. If we reach our goal of $3,000, FOOD for Lane County will be able to purchase 6,000 meals. Our campaign ends March 31st, so please consider donating now. Click here for the donation link.
FOOD For Lane County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank founded in 1984 and dedicated to reducing hunger by engaging our community to create access to food.
A lot is going on along River Loop 2. Development of the north section of the Santa Clara Community Park is well on its way and there are the beginning phases of the restoration of the old Santa Clara schoolhouse at 990 River Loop 2.
Late last summer we adopted the grounds around the schoolhouse to plant some flowering items out front and begin the process of showing the site a bit of care. We are now responsible for the upkeep of a prescribed area around the schoolhouse so it seems the opportune moment to create a GROUNDS TEAM.
We will be expanding the planting area, providing more plants, and we will be mowing the grass within our adoption borders, probably every two weeks, for the foreseeable future. If you’d like to join us in performing this work please respond to this email, or respond to me directly at fccf@efn.org.
We’ll get started pronto….it’ll be great fun. We have a brief work party tentatively planned for March 22nd at 2 PM, though we”ll probably need to mow before then.
Thanks,
Kate, Project Manager
Santa Clara Community Foundation
Schoolhouse Project
Mark your calendars for the 14th annual wildflower celebration at Awbrey Park.
Saturday, May 3
11 AM until 2 PM
Join the fun at the Awbrey Park Wildflower Celebration on Saturday, May 3rd from 11 am to 2 pm. The park is located at 4291 River Road. There will be two guided tours as well as the opportunity to take a self-guided tour. Discover native flowers, shrubs, and trees. The Friends of Awbrey Park will be stationed throughout the park to help you find trillium, lupine, red Columbine, bleeding heart, violets, fairy bells, false Solomon’s Seal, Oregon myrtle, and much, much more. Other items to look forward to:
Meet Santa Clara organizations and learn about their initiatives:
Bring a picnic. Children are more than welcome. The park features three playground areas. One for 2-5 years old and two for 6-12 years. There is also a large playfield, a pollinator garden, Spring Creek and a small forest where you will find woodpeckers, mallards, newts, and salamanders.
For more information, please contact Kelsey Irvine, Native Plant/ Waterways Volunteer Coordinator, at 541-228-5349 or KIrvine@eugene-or.gov .
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