Saturday, June 19 • 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Alliant Energy Center
Rimrock Rd. and Olin St. entrances

Electronic materials collected at the event will include all brands of television sets (all sizes), computer monitors, personal computers, printers, scanners, fax machines, calculators, cell phones, keyboards & mice, radios stereos, telephones, DVD & CD players & VCRs. No air conditioners, microwaves, dehumidifiers, vacuums, toasters or larger appliances.

This event is for residents of Dane County only — NO businesses.

For more information, contact Jan Neitzel Knox at 266-4029.

This is a one time FREE drop off, thanks to the following sponsors:

• Dane County
• Universal Recycling Technologies

Dear Neighborhood Association Members,

Hunger is a global problem, but the lack of fresh vegetables in our own neighborhoods is something we should be able to solve with the help of our local home gardeners.

In an effort to increase the summer supply of fresh produce at Dane County food pantries, Community Action Coalition of South Central Wisconsin (CAC) is piloting the “Neighborhood Challenge – Plant a Row for the Hungry” to collect extra produce from home gardeners for distribution to food pantries. This letter is an invitation to participate in this exciting program.

Here’s how it works:

1. Individual gardeners within the neighborhood pledge to donate extra produce from their garden to a local food pantry.  Note: all donations should be clean, good quality and at the correct stage of ripeness.
2. Gardeners give their neighborhood association representative (NAR) a signed pledge card.
3. The NAR announces veggie collection dates – with input from the food pantry – once a week, twice a week…whatever is best for you both.
4. On the collection date, home gardeners bag/box up their excess food, and leave it at a collection site determined by the NAR.
5. The fresh veggies are delivered to the food pantry by a collector designated by the NAR.
6. Collector or food pantry weighs the food, fills out the donor slip and asks the pantry to sign it.  Completed donor slips are given to the NAR.
7. NAR sends copies of donor slips each month to CAC from July 1 – Sept. 30.
8. The neighborhood association within Dane County with the highest weight wins the challenge at the end of the growing season.

Home gardeners can make a difference, and this challenge is a method of making it easier for each of these gardeners to donate their excess produce to their neighbors in need – reducing hunger one vegetable at a time. If you think you would be interested in participating in this challenge, I would be happy to discuss the details with you or answer any questions.

Patty Zehl, VISTA AmeriCorp – Food Pantry Gardens
Community Action Coalition for South Central WI
608-246-4730 ext 234
pattyz@cacscw.org

The Eastside Community Council (ECC) met on May 27. The minutes from this meeting are available here. For more information about the ECC and the East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Council (EINPC) visit their website: www.eastisthmus.org.

Blood donations can drop during the summer when many blood donors are vacationing, however, the need for blood doesn’t take a vacation. The need is constant.

June 29 – “Beach Days Kick Off Blood Drive”
Sheraton Hotel, 706 John Nolen Dr -Noon–6 pm
(all presenting donors will receive a Red Cross t-shirt)

and

June 30 – July 3 at:
Madison West Donation Center-4860 Sheboygan Ave
Madison East Donation Center- 2109 Zeier Rd

Enjoy special summer refreshments. Every presenting donor has a chance to win great raffle prizes!

To make an appointment or for more information, call 1.800.GIVE.LIFE or visit redcrossblood.org

7  pm, Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Lakeview Moravian Church
3565 Tulane (Entrance on Hargrove)

Agenda: ECAAgenda-Apr13-2010.