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19th Ward Luminaries
For the past few years the 19th Ward has celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday in a public manner and will be doing so again this year. On Monday, January 18 there will be luminaries throughout the area. The luminaries themselves are small paper bags weighted down with sand or kitty litter and containing a votive candle. Luminary kits are available at Hunt’s Hardware, and Tops Market will have kits for sale on Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11. Neighbors make a number of luminaries and set them at the sidewalk edge of their...
read moreCandlelight Dinners
Join us for this enjoyable 19th Ward winter event on February 22nd by either hosting a dinner or by attending as guest. This is a pot luck event, so pull out your favorite recipes. The host will coordinate the dinner and notify guests of time and what to bring. The guest will attend, meet new neighbors, and enjoy a social evening in the 19th Ward. If you have a new neighbor be sure to pass on the invitation. Call the Association office at 328-6571 and leave a message if you are hosting or guesting and how many adult guests you can fit around...
read moreThe Manhattan Declaration
A Call of Christian Conscience Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. We are Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christians who have united at this hour to reaffirm fundamental truths about justice and the common good, and to call upon our fellow citizens, believers and non-believers alike, to join us in defending them. These truths are: 1. the sanctity of...
read moreAnnual KVI Open House!
It’s almost here! Open House is November 6/7 from 10am until 6pm. Turkish Plates Now we’re hoping that all our new products “make it”! The placemats have arrived from Thailand and the scarves from Laos are here as well. The baskets from Nicaragua are en-route. Our new items from Cambodia should be delivered by the 3rd. And after a week of being “lost in space”, our Kenyan jewelry showed up this past week. We’ll have a wide variety of products for your shopping experience! Throughout both days...
read moreBlock Party Rocks!
Our 2009 Block Party was a wonderful success, thanks to the generous participation of so many amazing volunteers and contributors. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts! Click here to see a full size slide show We’ve had a cool and rainy summer, but Saturday turned out to be the best day of the season so far. Our God is faithful! So many marvelous people were involved in making our day a success that it will be hard to list them, but I’ll give it a try. Our setup crew arrived early and up went the tents! Then Mitzie Collins,...
read moreIn God We Trust
COMMUNION ON THE MOON July 20, 1969 Forty-four years ago two human beings changed history by walking on the surface of the moon. But what happened before Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong exited the Lunar Module is perhaps even more amazing, if only because so few people know about it. “I’m talking about the fact that Buzz Aldrin took communion on the surface of the moon. Some months after his return, he wrote about it in Guideposts magazine. And a few years ago I had the privilege of meeting him myself. I asked him about it and he...
read moreBlock Party August 1st!
Saturday, August 1st – 12 to 4 pm! 350 Arnett Blvd (street closed for party) Break Dancing – Music – Police Van – Balloons Food – Raffle – Story Time – Face Painting – Puppet Show Horses – Bicycle Giveaway Games and Prizes – Bike Repair Clinic Clown – Rap Artist – Gospel Choir and More! Stop by and meet your neighbors! Help us get the word out – Click here for a printable...
read more19th Ward honor citizens
Mitzie Collins, J. Bediaku Afoh Manin (President), and Susan Morehouse The 19th Ward Community Association named Susan Morehouse, founder and leader of the Arnett Block Club, as its Citizen of the Year at its annual Awards Dinner on June 20. Click here to read Mitzie Collins’ introductory comments and Susan’s acceptance remarks. Marian Boutet and Sheila Simmons were recipients of the Urban by Choice Award. Boutet is a Police and Citizens Together Against Crime (PAC-TAC) coordinator, Garden Tour chairwoman, and the...
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