It’s Party Time Again!

Once again it is time for our annual Neighborhood Night Out party/picnic!  As usual, we will get together on the first Tuesday of August – this year it’s August 7th.  And once more we have made arrangements with our neighbor, the Columbia Country Club, to use their facilities (air conditioning in August is a good thing!).   We will be back in the ballroom this year, so we’ll have plenty of room.  The Club will provide hamburgers and hot dogs, along with buns, condiments, water, iced tea, coffee, and dishes.  We need to bring everything else – side dishes, salads, desserts.  It is always a good time – the kids may get a chance to look at (climb on?) a fire truck, we usually have a visit from a few police officers, and things like that, and we all get to chat with our neighbors more than we often have the opportunity to do.

The club is charging us a bit more this year, so we are asking a bit more – $12 for adults and $8 for kids 2-12 – to cover the cost for the Club.  We want to encourage everyone to come, so any amount will be welcome (especially if it includes an additional donation!) and no neighbor will be turned away.

We should start arriving about 5:00 pm and will try to begin dinner by 5:30.  Dinner will be followed by the Neighborhood Association “annual meeting.”  During the meeting we will have election of officers. Two of our four officers have requested to step down, so if you are interested in being more involved, why don’t you run for an office?  We also need to discuss if we want to have our our neighborhood-wide garage sale again this year.  We didn’t do it last year, so hopefully everyone has lots saved up for the sale this year?  There are two “non-football” weekends in September – September 13 and 29.  The latter is Roots & Blues weekend, so not a good choice.  October 6 is also possible, though it is getting a little late for the sale.  Or we could do it in late August.

We need to give the Club a good idea how many are coming, so please let me (Martha) know if you are – preferably before Friday, July 27.  Best way is by e-mail (click on the link to reply) but phone is ok, too (look at the About page on this site for my number).

Let’s make it a great party!
– Martha