FUF Community Planting Meeting – Tuesday July 30 at 6:30 p.m. Sunnyside Conservatory

On July 29, 2013 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

For those who have signed up to get a tree/trees for the August 2013 planting, this is a reminder about the Community Planting Meeting taking place this Tuesday, July 30th. Details are below:

Sunnyside/Miraloma Community Meeting

Date: Tuesday, July 30th

Time: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Location: Sunnyside Conservatory 236 Monterey Boulevard

This meeting will be hosted by FUF Planting Manager Heidi Lakics and will cover the species that we recommend for the neighborhood and logistics for planting day. We hope you’ll be a part of this fun upcoming community planting event!

Supervisor Yee puts his gloves on (to weed on Monterey Blvd.)

On July 24, 2013 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

The Glen Park Association

By Murray Schneider

On July 13, District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee put aside his legislative pen and picked up a pair work gloves and assisted 20 Sunnyside volunteers collecting litter and pulling weeds along Monterey Boulevard’s thirteen street medians.

“The idea is to let my interns experience first hand a successful City and neighborhood project,” said Supervisor Yee, who came dressed in jeans and running shoes.

A half dozen Yee high school interns worked along side Sunnyside neighbors. All were protected by DPW road cones stretching from Ridgeway Avenue to Circular Avenue.

“It’s so cool to see the community come out,” said, Mekdelawit “Maggie” Beruk, a high school intern who’ll be a senior this fall at the International Studies Academy.

Throughout the morning Beruk witnessed confirmation that at least some politics is local, and that a correct response to the Civics 101 question, “What have you done for me lately?”…

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Norman Yee Thanks the Sunnyside Greening Committee for Greening Efforts

On July 23, 2013 By Sunnyside Neighborhood AssociationIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

DISTRICT 7 TEAM EFFORT

On Saturday, July 13, our office was joined by District 7 community members to help clean up Monterey Blvd. Donning the bright yellow ‘Norman Yee’ shirts, interns and residents alike cleared the main road’s median of litter and weeds. Thank you to those who attended our successful cleanup, and for helping to keep our community’s roads beautiful! Also, thank you to Karen and Bob Abra for organizing neighbors and letting us take part in this effort.