ENA seeks volunteers

All of these opportunities are looking for the right person — if you’re interested, let us know! We have quite a few notes and records available for some of these opportunities, but we’re open to your creativity and fresh ideas.


Email [email protected] or [email protected] to volunteer or for more information

Newsletter Distributor
Seeking someone to deliver newsletters 4 times / year on the following route: east of Eastside St from 11th to I-5, both sides of 11th from Eastside to Central, both sides of Central from 11th to I-5, any house in that area – that includes 13th and Henry Sts and new condos off Eastside St.

Newsletter Alternates
Seeking 2-5 people to deliver newsletters at various routes in the neighborhood when the regular delivery folks are unable to do a route.

Garden Walk organizer
Seeking someone to plan upcoming Garden Walk events. Includes recruiting gardeners, planning route, getting snacks, and leading the group on the day of, plus any additional publicity outside of newsletter/website. No gardening expertise needed!

Picnic organizer
Help plan next year’s picnic! Get together food list, recruit community groups and volunteers, coordinate with Olympia Parks,
publicize the event, and organize setup/cleanup.

President
The ENA needs someone at the helm for the interim from now through February. The President is the main point of contact with the City for Association and neighborhood concerns; answers mail, email, and phone calls; runs board and general meetings, and provides leadership for the Eastside Neighborhood Association board.

Brand-new ENA phone number!

We’ve gotten a phone number for the neighborhood association that isn’t the president’s phone number. 🙂 You can call us (360) 339-4855 and leave a message anytime. (You can also find us on Skype as eastsideolympia.)

Northeast Neighborhood Association seeks your input about a neighborhood-based sidewalk-building program

Like residents in many of Olympia’s older neighborhoods, your neighbors in the northeast corner of Olympia are anxious to have sidewalks installed on streets that are used to reach local destinations like schools and parks. Because it currently costs the City of Olympia close to $1 million per mile to install a typical concrete sidewalk, very little money is left to build sidewalks on the City’s smaller streets, which are often the most popular routes used to reach schools and parks. The 1-page summary, complete proposal, and presentation made to CNA on Oct. 13 (posted on our website, www.neneighborhood.org) describe how we’d like to address community mobility issues in a way that is environmentally sound, cost effective, and lead by residents themselves.

New Bridge Community Church Food Drive

The summer months are some of the slowest months for donations to food banks.  To help meet this need, children’s ministry at New Bridge Community Church will be sponsoring a food drive for the months of July and August.  The donations will benefit the Thurston County Food Bank and the Union Gospel Mission.  Please bring nonperishable items (canned meat and cereals are in high demand) to church and place them in the designated bins found around our facility. There is a box in the administrative office located on the 8th St side (map).  Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 9:00 to 5:00 p.m.  Feel free to drop off your items during the week or on Sunday.  Thank you for helping those who need a little extra help in our community.