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Meet Your Neighbors: Mary Charbonneau

Meet Your Neighbors: Mary Charbonneau

How did we miss this?

Last year Emerson-Garfield resident Mary Charbonneau won the Peirone Prize as part of The Inlander’s Give Guide, the alt-weeky’s annual philanthropy issue in which they highlight people who are making things better here in the Inland Northwest.

The paper featured a long profile of Mary and her work with Washington Bassett Rescue.

Mary Charbonneau

Mary is a familiar face at neighborhood council meetings, neighborhood events, and even (or especially) in the virtual ‘hood on our Facebook page.

What’s even cooler is that Mary isn’t the only one in the neighborhood who has been highlighted by the Give Guide for making a difference. In 2011, Brent and Amy Hendricks, who run Global Neighborhood Thrift here in E-G, won the same philanthropic prize, which was accompanied by a similar profile writeup in the paper.

Now in its third year, the Give Guide is once again calling for nominations of deserving individuals for the Peirone Prize. Whether it’s education, social action, the environment, animal welfare, or community gardening, they want to know who to recognize when it comes to people generating positive change in our community.

So send the full names of your nominations, their ages (if you know them), and a sentence or two explaining why you think they deserve recognition to giveguide@inlander.com by no later than Thursday, August 1.

And who knows — maybe Emerson-Garfield will be represented three years out of three!

Photos from the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market Launch

Photos from the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market Launch

Patrons at Pacific Produce booth.
Slicing a nectarine for sampling at the Pacific Produce booth.
Rachel’s handmade soaps at the Orange Thyme booth.
Rachel and Brian discuss her handmade soaps at the Orange Thyme booth.
Claire from the Vinegar Flats booth.
Jennifer de-stresses a patron at the Jennifer Michelle Massage booth.
Bev from Petunia’s Marketplace proudly displaying honey from her own apiary.
Pete explains his homemade rubs and spices at the SavorX booth.
Lauri can’t bag her bread fast enough at the Pleasant Prairie Farms booth.
Some of the homegrown veggies on offer at the Sweet Things booth.
Info leaflets on Sweet Things’ Trades of Hope.
Wild-caught, flash-frozen sockeye at the Old Harbor Sustainable Seafood booth.
The Scoop doing a brisk trade on an especially hot day.
Anne with her homegrown veggies at The Father’s Table.
Sunny and Jim at the JJ Goats booth.
Rocky River Soap Co’s gorgeous lineup of liquid castile soaps.
Rocky River Soaps — good for your skin, good for the environment.
Alie of Gluten Busters shows off their range of tantalizing gluten-free products.
Gluten Busters is proud of being gluten free.
Making friends at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market.
Climbing trees at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market.
Corbin Park Yard Sale, June 15

Corbin Park Yard Sale, June 15

The annual Corbin Park Yard Sale will take place next Saturday, June 15.

That’s all the info we’ve got, unfortunately. We’re assuming that it will run — as in years past — from 9am to 4pm, rain or shine.

And, assuming other details remain the same, the participating homes will span the blocks between Division and Post [map] in Emerson-Garfield — which means streets like Waverly Place, Park Place, Cleveland and Euclid. They’ll be selling everything under the sun: antiques, collectibles, baby items, books, electronics, kitchenware, linen, glassware, tools, arts and crafts, CDs and DVDs, furniture, kids’ clothes and toys.

The early weather forecast looks promising: 80° and sunny.

Need Help Hauling on Spring Cleanup?

Need Help Hauling on Spring Cleanup?

If you can’t come to Spring Cleanup this Saturday (April 27), there’s a chance that Spring Cleanup could come to you!

A group of volunteers from North Central High School and Cub Scouts from Pack 151 are going to be doing on-site collection — which means they will come to your home and haul away the refuse that you’re unable to bring to the roll-off containers at Faith Bible Church.

If you or someone you know — a housebound or disabled neighbor, for example — is in need of on-site collection, please contact coordinator Karl Boldt at karl.boldt@gmail.com or (509) 325-3031 and schedule an on-site collection.

Keep in mind that the volunteers’ time and manpower is limited, though, so be sure to reserve a spot on the list by calling today.

For additional info about this year’s Spring Cleanup event, see our previous post here.

Emerson Community Garden Work Day, Apr 20

Emerson Community Garden Work Day, Apr 20

As the 2013 planting season gets underway, the Emerson Community Garden is gearing up for its second year. It will be holding a work day on Saturday, April 20 from 1–4pm for all those interested in participating or just stopping by to meet the neighborhood gardeners.

They will be preparing the garden beds for planting as well as doing general spring cleaning. That will involve activities like mowing garden paths, spreading mulch, pulling weeds, installing the garden’s sign, making row signs with plant names, and planting the early crops.

Emerson Community Garden in the spring
Emerson Community Garden, post-winter. Piles of mulch are heaped just outside the fence.

The Emerson Community Garden is located on at 3209 N. Madison (between W. Alice and W. Dalton) [map]. Annual membership costs $20 per family. That money goes toward supplies like seeds, water, tools, fertilizer and general upkeep.

The ECG is slightly different from some neighborhood gardens in that it’s a collective/family-style garden. Everyone shares in the work, and everyone shares in the produce.

This year the gardeners are looking to make various improvements to the plot. They need a gate and would like to build a shed. Volunteers and donations are needed to make that happen.

Questions? E-mail Paul Kimball at pdkimball@gmail.com, or call him (or Sara) at (509) 863-5133.