Holiday Party Thank you to Fred and Sandra Gallup who have once again graciously volunteered to provide the main entrée for our hol- iday party. We can all contribute an appetizer or dessert to enhance the festivities. Wear a holiday hat, bring a canned good to contribute for the Foodbank, a school supply for Sherwood, and a White Elephant gift for the exchange. Share your bounty with your neighbors! Also, thanks to Shelia Fortner for volunteering to provide entertainment for the party. Come and join in the festivities It’s a lot of fun! New Flagpole with Virginia and United States Flags. Many thanks to Fred Gallup and his grandson for donating and erecting the flag pole in front of the ECL building. It looks magnificent! Newsletter Delivery Persons Needed Starting January 2017 newsletters will be delivered bi- monthly. We need people to deliver on their blocks. If you can help, contact Janis Carney, Newsletter Delivery Coordi- nator, at 757-855-1783 or email her at: [email protected]. Estabrook/Coleman Place Civic Leagues Goals for 2017 At the December Board meeting we will be setting goals for the upcoming year. If there is anything you think the Board should be doing for the community, let us know. The pur- pose of the Civic League is an active voice for the communi- ty to educate on community standards, inform how to access City services, communicate recommendations to improve quality of life in the community, and to represent the commu- nity at meetings and public hearings. Save December 13 - Annual Holiday Party 7:30 pm Go to www. estabrookcivicleague.org 2017 ECL dues $10 per adult. Enjoy the Holidays! Happy Holidays! Dec 1 National Pie Day Dec 4 National Cookie Day Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Day Dec 10 Hunam Rights Day Dec 12 Poinsettia Day Dec 21 Winter Solstice Day Dec 24 Eggnog Day, Chanukah Begins Dec 25 Christmas Dec 26 National Thank You Note Day Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Universal Hour of Peace Recycle Days Dec 9, 23 Street Sweeping Dec 8 2nd Thursday each month December Flower: Narcissus Gemstone: Turquoise N e x t M e e t i n g D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 6 , 7 : 3 0 p m 3 6 1 2 R o b i n H o o d R o a d N o r f o l k , V A 2 3 5 1 3 Promoting the safety and welfare of the Community President’s Message
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Holiday Party
Thank you to Fred and Sandra Gallup who have once again graciously volunteered to provide the main entrée for our hol-iday party. We can all contribute an appetizer or dessert to enhance the festivities. Wear a holiday hat, bring a canned good to contribute for the Foodbank, a school supply for Sherwood, and a White Elephant gift for the exchange. Share your bounty with your neighbors! Also, thanks to Shelia Fortner for volunteering to provide entertainment for the party. Come and join in the festivities It’s a lot of fun!
New Flagpole with Virginia and United States Flags. Many thanks to Fred Gallup and his grandson for donating and erecting the flag pole in front of the ECL building. It looks magnificent!
Newsletter Delivery Persons Needed Starting January 2017 newsletters will be delivered bi-monthly. We need people to deliver on their blocks. If you can help, contact Janis Carney, Newsletter Delivery Coordi-nator, at 757-855-1783 or email her at: [email protected].
Estabrook/Coleman Place Civic Leagues
Goals for 2017
At the December Board meeting we will be setting goals for the upcoming year. If there is anything you think the Board should be doing for the community, let us know. The pur-pose of the Civic League is an active voice for the communi-ty to educate on community standards, inform how to access City services, communicate recommendations to improve quality of life in the community, and to represent the commu-nity at meetings and public hearings.
Save December 13 - Annual Holiday Party 7:30 pm
Go to www. estabrookcivicleague.org
2017 ECL dues $10 per adult. Enjoy the Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
Dec 1 National Pie Day
Dec 4 National Cookie Day
Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Day
Dec 10 Hunam Rights Day
Dec 12 Poinsettia Day
Dec 21 Winter Solstice Day
Dec 24 Eggnog Day, Chanukah Begins
Dec 25 Christmas
Dec 26 National Thank You Note Day
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve Universal Hour of Peace
Recycle Days Dec 9, 23
Street Sweeping Dec 8 2nd Thursday each month
December Flower: Narcissus Gemstone: Turquoise
N e x t M e e t i n g D e c e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 1 6 , 7 : 3 0 p m 3 6 1 2 R o b i n H o o d R o a d
N o r f o l k , V A 2 3 5 1 3 Promoting the safety and welfare of the Community
Estabrook Civic League, Inc. General Meeting – Nov. 8, 2016
The monthly meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by President Susan Tweed. Claudia Graham led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Grace Strid followed with the invocation for Election Day and Veteran’s Day. The presi-
dent thanked Fred Gallup for the purchase and installation of the flag outside.
The adoption of the October minutes as printed in the newsletter followed. The recognition of guests followed.
Our Community Resource Officer F.E. Trojhan gave the crime stats from Oct. 12, 2016 – Nov. 8, 2016. There was an increase this month with 13 auto larcenies. Keep your car door locked and take electronics inside. Home security in-spections are available through Norfolk Police. Contact Officer Trojhan at [email protected] or call 390-
0417 to schedule one. A Q&A period followed.
Our president asked everyone to contact Fred Gallup to get your raffle ticket books to sell for the Holiday Raffle Ticket Sale that will be going on until the December civic league meeting. The books are $10/10 tickets to sell to
your friends and family with a chance to win $25, $50 or $100. Please help by supporting the sale.
New Business
Election of Officers followed with no nominations from the floor. Grace Strid made a motion to accept the slate of
officers. There was no opposition. The motion was seconded and carried.
2nd V-PRES.-Brian Smith SECRETARY-Janis Carney TREASURER-Bill Jackson
Old Business
December 13th Holiday Party - White Elephant/Dirty Santa Gift Exchange – bring a wrapped, gently-used item from your home you no longer want to be able to participate in the gift exchange. Mark your gift for HIM or HER. Sheela Fortner will entertain us with songs, Grace Strid will read a story, and we ask you to bring an appetizer or a
dessert to share. Fred and Sandra Gallup will graciously provide us with the entrees as they did for us last year.
Announcements
Grace Strid, Carolyn Foca and Janis Carney recently visited one on our oldest Estabrook residents, Mrs. Helen Still-
man, to start getting the history of our community to have for future years.
Fall Bazaar – Sat., Nov. 12, 2016
Veteran’s Day – Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 – members will be putting flags out on Chesapeake Blvd. Nov 10th.
Adopt-A-Spot and Norfolk Recycles Day – Sat., Nov. 19, 2016
Ocean View Rockafeller Christmas Tree Lighting – Sat. Nov 27, 2016 – Held at O.V. Beach Gazebo
The president announced the urgent need for newsletter delivery people for three
delivery areas. We will be doing the newsletter bi-monthly starting in January 2017.
50/50 Drawing – Janis Carney won and gave her winnings back to the civic league.
For the December meeting our new CRO Officer will talk to us about the neighborhood crime statis-tics and what we can do to prevent problems in our community. The business part of the meeting will be installing the 2017 Board of Directors then we will have a short holiday program. Grace Strid will read a story and Shelia Fortner will provide music entertainment. We will have a holiday food and the White Elephant gift exchange. Join us for holiday food and fun!
GREEN NOTE: by Jeanine Lindberg Did you know that America leads the world in food waste? This is mostly because, according to The Atlantic publication, we're very picky eaters. The foods we choose to buy, especially produce items, have to be perfect with no bruises, discolorations or a weird shape. In fact, grocers tend to refuse a vendor's imperfect foods or throw them away if they do enter the store. In addition, The Guardian reports that a lot of food isn't even harvested. It's either left to rot in the fields or carted off to a landfill. It's estimated that about a third of all foods end up being thrown away. Maybe you chucked out a banana because the skin turned brown. Or, that last slice of bread got tossed because, well, it was simply the last slice of bread. We can do better than this. Only buy what you think you'll use. Don't overlook imperfect fruits and vegetables. Surprise the family by using that old banana to make some awesome banana bread. That last slice of bread could easily be turned into croutons for your salad. If you're in the restaurant business, consider donating surplus food to the food bank or a soup kitchen. These small efforts will help keep tons of perfectly good food out of landfills. THANK YOU, ESTABROOK/COLEMAN PLACE VOLUNTEERS! A good group of folks came out on Saturday, November 19 to help pick up litter for the Estabrook Adopt-a-Spot program and to help collect and transport items for America Recycles Day. Many thanks to Diana Lionetti, Claudia Graham, Kathy Sheridan, Janis Carney, Ken Carney, John Lind-berg, Carolyn Foca, Bill Jackson, Fred Gallup, Barbara Marchewka and Jeanine Lindberg.
ESTABROOK /COLEMAN PLACE CIVIC LEAGUE’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY - Dec. 13, 2016
The Christmas season is just around the corner. This year Sandra & Fred Gallup will be providing our civic league with a holiday dinner. Bring your favorite dessert/candy to share for the party, a can of food for the Foodbank, a school supply for Sherwood, and a White Elephant gift.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RAFFLE TICKET FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT THE UPKEEP OF
THE ESTABROOK CIVIC LEAGUE BUILDING
First Prize - $100.00 Second Prize $50.00 Third Prize - $25.00 The civic league owns the ECL building and has the responsibility of paying the monthly expenses and maintaining the upkeep of the building. This holiday season we are selling raffle tickets as a fundraiser. Fred Gallup is in charge of providing booklets of ten (10) tick-ets, $1 each to sell to your friends and family. Please consider selling at least one booklet. Fred can be reached at 855-2642. The drawing for the prizes will be held at our Holiday Party on Tuesday, December 13, 2016. You do not need to be present to win.
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Newsletter Delivery Persons Needed
Volunteers are needed for three delivery areas:
3500 Blk. of Amherst St. and the 3400 & 3500 Blks. Of County Street and four homes on on Chesapeake Blvd.
3500 Blk. of Buckingham St. and four homes on Chesapeake Blvd.
3600 Blk. of Buckingham St. and three houses on Chesapeake Blvd.
Contact Janis Carney, Newsletter Delivery Coordinator, at 757-855-1783 or email her at: [email protected]
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Movie Night—Polar Express
Estabrook/Coleman Place Civic Leagues will host a free family movie night at 6:00 pm Saturday, December 17 at 3612 Robin Hood Road. The movie will be Polar Express and hot chocolate will be served. Everyone is welcome to attend but children must be accompanied by an adult. Email Diana
The Estabrook Civic League will be taking the food collected by the civic league members to the Foodbank this month to help replenish their shelves before the holi-day. They are in need of non-perishable items including peanut butter, canned veggies, canned fruits, etc. Make sure to check the Expiration Date on the can, please no outdated ones or ones expiring in the next few months. We will continue
to collect for the Foodbank till be break for the summer.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE DONATED, IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
What do I do with all these leaves in my yard? Never rake or blow leaves into streets, ditches, marshes or storm drains.
Leaves for disposal should be placed in clear plastic yard bags and put at the curb, not in the street, on your trash collection day.
Only place leaves and other yard debris at the curbside on the designated pickup day.
Mow over your leaves to create finely chopped mulch and then leave them in place. You’ll love how easy it is and your lawn will love the mulch!
Put your fallen leaves into your compost bin. Come spring, your garden will be thankful for the fertile
soil.
Never blow or rake your leaves into the storm drain. They can clog the pipes and cause street flood-
ing; they can decay, sending excess nutrients into our waterways, causing algal blooms that can
Visit the E.C.L. website: www.estabrookcivicleague.org
Great information for new homeowners – www.norfolk.gov
SHERWOOD FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUPPLIES DRIVE 2016-2017
We are still accepting school supplies for Sherwood Ele-mentary School. A detailed list of supplies needed by grade is available at the donation box. Please think of the children and wonderful teachers who educate them when
making your donation.
Spring Bulb Fundraiser
Diane has registered the ECL in a Spring bulb fundraiser. It's a completely online fund-raiser with Dutch Mill Bulbs to order daffodil and tulip bulbs plus a few other choices. Everything is $8. All we would need to do is share the link with anyone who may want to plant some bulbs this fall for spring flowers. They place their orders and pay through the link and their purchase is delivered directly to them. After the end of each month thru November, Dutch Bulbs will calculate the total of all orders placed for the month from our link and mail a check for 50% of the sales to the civic league.
Here is the link if you want to look at what's available and the prices. http://groups.dutchmillbulbs.com/estabrookcivicleague.php
HOW TO CANCEL... the
“HAMPTON ROADS SAVINGS WEEKLY” This weekly publication is delivered to your house every Wednesday or Thursday. It ar-rives in a white plastic sleeve and contains store flyers, coupons and merchandise sales magazines. You might find it on your lawn, sidewalk, in the driveway or on your porch. Here are several ways to stop this weekly de-livery if you no longer wish to receive it. (Be patient, it may take several tries.) Three Ways to Cancel 1..2..3.. 1. The phone number on the first page of the
publication to call for cancellation: 757.446.2533. A taped recording will ask you to leave your name, address and zip code.
2. An alternate number is 757.446.9000, hit 0 to speak to an associate.
3. Go on line and pull up: Pilot Media Solu-tions and click on Contact Us. From there you will fill in your name, address and email or you may submit a message in the box provid-ed.
NEW ITEM ACCEPTED FOR RECYCLING! Food and beverage cartons are now permitted to go into your blue recyling bin. This involves two types of containers. One is known as gable-top or refrigerated cartons such as juice and milk cartons that are not waxed. The other is known as shelf-stable or aseptic boxes. These include juice boxes, broth or stock boxes and small wine boxes. Caps are okay, straws are not. No need to flatten the cartons. They're easier to sort if they retain their shape.
“DICKENS CHRISTMAS TOWNE” AT NAUTICUS is running now through Saturday, December 31. Attractions include Strolling Carolers, Juggling, Stage Performances, a Magic Act and, new this year, The Pickwick Puppet Theater. There'll also be gift and food shops, as well as a place to sit down and enjoy a meal from Omar's Carriage House at Wren's Pub. Admission is $5/person; kids under 2 are free. Events and times change daily. Check http://dickenschristmastowne.com/ for specific daily schedules.
Want to learn how to knit, scrap book, crochet or other craft? Share
your time and talents with your neighbors. We meet every Sunday from 2:00—4:00 pm at the Estabrook Civic League building. All are welcome. Come and do your craft with great fellowship and fun! Call Carolyn Foca for more information.
