Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN)

Updated: 11 Nov 2011

Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN) is pleased to announce that our website visitors can now make tax-deductible donations via PayPal.

Your donations help fund our various neighborhood events and projects. Our longtime events include:

• Annnual children’s Halloween party
• Spring debris cleanup
• National Night Out barbecue

Newer projects include:

• This website: Launched summer 2009
• Our monthly litter patrol: Launched February 2010
• Johnson Lake stewardship: Re-launched August 2011
• A community garden at Helensview: Brand new (October 2011)

Coming soon: An updated list of volunteer opportunities.

Update: 25 Oct 2010

Halloween Party candy donation and volunteer info

Here’s what we need:

• Candy donations: Assorted, wrapped candy, and candy bars happily accepted.
• Volunteers: We need your help for Halloween decor setup and/or cleanup, running one of our games, or helping with bingo.
• Other stuff: We could really use any new or lightly used Halloween Decorations!, and small carnival type prices for children ages 1 to 18, door prizes, and cash donations.

Drop off candy at CNN (side door of Fire Station 12) at 4415 NE 87th Ave, between NE Sandy Blvd and NE Prescott.

For more information, to volunteer, or for donation pickup, please call Ronda at 503-935-4874.

Update: 15 June 2010

We have openings on the SAN board for transportation, land use, and a member at large. The time commitment is about 3-4 hours per month for a board meeting and a general meeting.

To volunteer or to learn more, contact Ronda Johnson at 503-823-3157 or email Scott at sumner.neighborhood@gmail.com.

Update: 24 February 2010

At our January & February meetings, we had quite a few neighbors sign up for our business outreach, community garden, Halloween, and garage sale committees. This is great!

I can speak first-hand — thanks to knocking on doors for the survey last fall — that we have a lot of friendly people in the neighborhood.

So come on out! There’s always room for more input and more help. You’ll meet your neighbors and find out how nice they are and how much you have in common.

Original post: 14 December 2009

The Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN) have limited events and activities each year, but we just completed our neighborhood survey and you — the people — have spoken! Here is a preview of the volunteer opportunities for local volunteers interested in lending a hand!

Volunteer opportunity #1 – Committees: Yes, the SAN has a board, including seats for parks and transportation, but those slots have been inactive. Parks and sidewalks were identified as our top two needs. Homework is needed on these issues to determine feasibility and costs.

Volunteer opportunity #2 – Event planning: The top five events desired by survey respondents are: Annual neighborhood cleanup, neighborhood garage sale, litter patrol, Halloween party, and block parties.

Do any of these interest you? We need small groups — often 3 to 5 works best — to form plans and recruit for these events. Eugene & Ronda already head up planning for the annual cleanup and the Halloween party, but they can always use help.

Volunteer opportunity #3 – This website: I (Scott, the SAN vice chair) am willing to share permissions with one or two other neighbors who want to post neighborhood-based items on this site.

To volunteer or to learn more, contact Ronda Johnson at 503-823-3157 or email Scott at sumner.neighborhood@gmail.com.