Neighborhood Associaiton Meeting
Are you prepared for an emergency? What will you do if there are no support services for several days or a week? Our November meeting focused on emergency preparedness, with an excellent presentation on basic steps we can all take. You can get the pamphlet called Together We Prepare Oregon from the American Red Cross. It has checklists of emergency supplies and all the information you need to know to be ready for any disaster.
Want to be even better prepared to help yourself and your neighbors? You could take the Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) training. You can learn how to provide neighborhood level emergency disaster assistance until the professionals can arrive.
Recent events have shown us how critical this kind of on the ground effort will be in any disaster. Markham’s team is getting organized and would love to have more trained members. To sign up for NET training or for information, call 503-823-1260, or write Office of Emergency Management, 1001 SW Fifth Ave., #650, 97204.
Markham will be holding a special election at the December 13th meeting for president of the association. Please attend to vote, and better yet, put your name on the ballot!
We will also have an update on the BES/Markham project at 17th/Taylors Ferry Rd.
The Markham Neighborhood has had a difficult time staying active due to the low turnout for meetings and limited number of bodies willing to share the responsibilities of the association. If you have issues that you think the neighborhood can best address as a united team, if you want a voice speaking for the neighborhood on city and metro policies, if you just want a group to organize community fun events, we need you to show up and get involved. The more people we have, the less workload there will be for all of us and the more we can get done.
Tim Cushing, 503-913-59759, tcushing@cfpwood.com