BRET HARTE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION UPDATE

Neighborhood Updates: Members Listed, Bret Harte Street Angels, Bret hARTe Community Art Stroll, Census!

You're on the Website! (Maybe)

After a very successful membership drive, we've added a Members page to the Bret Harte website, listing current members. Is your name up there? If not, please consider joining. A reminder that our memberships are calendar year, so all dues paid in 2020 will be applied to the current year.

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Looking for Volunteer Neighborhood "Street Angels" for Bret Harte

San Rafael Vice Mayor Kate Colin put together a great neighbor-to-neighbor toolkit that neighborhoods throughout San Rafael are using to help connect neighbors who need help with those that can provide. This project works through the power of personal connections—volunteer "Street Angels" proactively reach out and see if any of our neighbors are in need, and then connect them with others who would like to volunteer.

Needs can include help getting groceries, or other home or yard chores. The toolkit also includes local resources to share and local phone numbers. Essentially, it formalizes much of the work that we already do in our neighborhood and helps us make sure we get through this crisis by helping one another. It is a powerful tool that we can continue to use for future needs.

We're currently recruiting Street Angels, who are responsible to reach out to 5–10 neighbors and connect with them via a phone call, email, or (non-contact) personal note. We ask that you don’t knock on doors during this COVID time, but instead tape a note or flier to mailboxes. We are putting together a flier for use.

If you're interested in becoming a Street Angel, contact Molly Blauvelt at tomollytoo@gmail.com.

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Join Us for the First Bret hARTe Community Art Stroll

Saturday, May 30th, 3:00–5:00 PM

Join in a great opportunity to foster community building! Check out the creative talents of Bret Harte artists. We’ll have a map to guide you to the participating artists throughout the 'hood. Each will display their art in front of their home or driveway and appropriate physical distancing will be observed. Please carry / wear masks.

Are you interested in displaying your art? ALL artists and ages welcome! Painting, sidewalk art, sculpture, glass, photography, collage…all mediums and crafts encouraged! Please email Dana at danapepp@gmail.com to sign up no later than May 20th.

Whether you are in for the stroll or want to display your art, come out and have some fun on the first Bret hARTe Community Art Stroll!

Help Improve U.S. Census Self-Response Rates in Marin

The BHCA has been asked by the local U.S. Census Bureau to help get our self-response rates up in Marin by asking YOU to please fill out your census forms, online at 2020census.gov.

Also, the U.S. Census still needs census takers in Marin. The pay is $25/hour plus mileage. Apply today at: 2020census.gov/jobs.

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Share Your Harvest With Bret Harte Bounty

Is your yard overflowing (even a little) with the season's harvest, and you'd rather not let it fall? Share your oranges, lemons, and more with the neighborhood by taking advantage of the free Bret Harte Bounty Neighborhood Sharing and Sustainability Program!

Some of our Bret Harte neighbors grow an excess of beautiful fruits and vegetables, which they graciously share. And some of our Bret Harte neighbors are elderly or in need. Let’s bring them together! Bret Harte Bounty is a community program to help our neighbors while preventing food waste (ranked third on Project Drawdown’s list of most important solutions to climate change) by delivering shared neighborhood produce to our senior and in-need neighbors. The Bret Harte Bounty program helps pick this excess fruit and delivers to the homes of the elderly and in need in Bret Harte.

For information or to reserve a harvest, contact Nigel Faulkner at nigelf@comcast.net or 415-298-2485; Chris Brown at brownisturninggreen@gmail.com or 628-240-4361; or David & Sarah Leipsic at davidleipsic@sbcglobal.net or 415-577 2794.

About the Bret Harte Community Association (BHCA)

The Bret Harte Community Association (BHCA) is a volunteer neighborhood association serving residents of the Bret Harte neighborhood in San Rafael, CA. All events are coordinated and paid for by the BHCA, which is funded through your annual dues. Volunteers willing to put in a few hours please contact us. Learn more about joining (and renewing your membership in) the BHCA at www.bretharte.org.

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