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Association honors food pantry founder
Joe Clark, president of the Brown Park Neighborhood Association, wanted a way to honor Mary Anaya, who died Oct. 21 of lung cancer. Anaya was co-founder and operator of Mission for All Nations, the largest food pantry in a 93-county area of Nebraska and Iowa.
The food pantry is within the Brown Park neighborhood, so Clark thought immediately of food. Within two weeks, he had gathered 75 turkeys from association members for the pantry. The neighborhood group presented the turkeys to the pantry Nov. 19.
Clark said he hopes the turkey drive will become an annual neighborhood tradition.
Traffic safety group is ready to talk
Need a speaker for your neighborhood meeting?
Consider a representative of the nonprofit organization Keep Kids Alive Drive 25. The group offers support for neighborhoods dealing with traffic safety concerns, including speeding and the running of stop signs.
For more information, visit www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org.
Fairmount Christmas party site set
Fairmount Park Neighborhood Association President Nathan Watson will host the group's Christmas party Friday at his Council Bluffs home.
Christmas Cheer to benefit school
The Leavenworth Neighborhood Association is again doing its Christmas Cheer Project with Camp Fire USA to benefit the children at Jackson Elementary School.
Last weekend, association volunteers sorted books at TLK Transportation and Mainfreight. Over the next few weeks, neighborhood volunteers will continue to sort all the donated items into sacks for the schoolchildren.
The kids will take home the holiday cheer sacks the week of Dec. 14.
Holiday networking event planned
The Park East Neighborhood Association will have a holiday networking event from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday for business owners, employees and residents of the Park East neighborhood.
Attendees are asked to bring household items that will be donated to St. Peter's Angel Tree Project. It will provide Park East residents with baskets of household supplies.
The event will be at the Alliance Group, 2566 Leavenworth St. If members are unable to attend, they still can donate items to the Angel Tree Project by dropping them off at St. Peter Catholic Church, 27th and Leavenworth Streets.
Crime-fighting reminder offered
This reminder is from the Benson Neighborhood Association newsletter: You can report information about a crime to the Omaha Police Department by phone to 444-STOP (444-7867); by text to 274537 (Crimes); or online at www.OmahaCrimeStoppers.net.
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