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Seeds at City Farmers MarketStop by San Diego City College every Tuesday between 10:00a-noon and shop for organic produce grown Downtown.
What’s growing? Organic turnips, broccoli, tomatoes, kale, Russian red kale, amaranth, dandelion greens, salad greens, brazing greens, brussels sprouts, chard, carrots, beets, strawberries, peppers, wild flowers, fava beans, string beans, squash, zucchini, cinnamon, and big leaf basil, as well as other herbs that can be used for cooking.
The farm is constantly changing. Stop by each week and enjoy something new and delicious!
If you would like to volunteer at the farm, stop by Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9:00a to noon. It’s located near the corner of 14th and C St on the San Diego City College campus.
For more information, go to Seeds at City.
Little
Italy Residents Association Little Italy Residents Association offers residents the opportunity to get
involved with local
events and give input
on new civic projects.
For more information about Little Italy Residents Association and meeting location, visit www.lirasd.org.
For more information contact:
Cortez Neighbors share thoughts, ideas, and concerns resulting in the creation of action plans to make the Cortez neighborhood a safe, friendly, and an enjoyable place to live.
The neighborhood continues to work on keeping the historic El Cortez from being desecrated by a large new building on the terrace north of the historical structure.
Residents interested in participating in the neighborhood community group, contact Rita Collier at ritacollier@cox.net.
East
Village Community Action
NetworkEVCAN is a community group representing East Village’s diverse mix of residents, businesses, and social service agencies.
This network, consisting of various agencies and local residents, meets and discusses the concerns of East Village residents. Their goal is to improve the quality of life in their neighborhood by beautifying East Village through art projects while working on the challenging social issues.
For more information about EVCAN, visit www.evcan.net.
Downtown
Children
For more information on these activities and events, contact Marie or Todd at mail@sd-fun.org, or visit www.sd-fun.org.
• Playgroup for all ages meets Wednesday at 4:00p. All are welcome!
Connect with babies born in April between 2004 and 2005 and their parents. For more information on these events, contact Nanci at 2004@sd-fun.org.
• City Toddlers meet at 9:00a on Monday.
• City Toddlers meet at 2:00p on Friday.
City Babes
Connect
with babies born between
May 2005 and August
2006 and their parents.
For more information
on these
events, contact
Christine
at 2005@sd-fun.org.
• City Babes meet at 10:00a on Wednesday.
East Village Parents Organization
Coming soon, a morning group of parents and children in the East Village Neighborhood. For more information, contact info@evparents.org.
Cub Scout Pack 15 holds weekly Den meetings at the First Presbyterian Church, 320 Date. Young boys learn crafts, sports, camping, and outdoor activities in a structured environment. For more information, email pack15@hotmail.com.
• Tigers Den (1st) –Tuesday
• Wolves and Bears Den (2nd graders and 3rd graders) – Monday
• Webelos Den (4th and 5th graders) – Thursday
Support
Cortez Hill Family
CenterThe YWCA of San Diego is soliciting your help in supporting the Cortez Hill Family Center’s Children’s Therapy Program. This program focuses on providing intensive counseling services to the children residing at the Cortez Hill Family Center, the YWCA’s residential program for homeless families.
In order to ensure that the program is a success, the YWCA is in need of a variety of new supplies, including: therapy games; art supplies, including crayons, markers, construction paper, scissors, glue, paints, clay, pipe cleaners, and popsicle sticks; costumes; books; toys, including dolls, puppets, doctor kits, cars, trucks, play money, animal figures, telephones, action figures, plastic binoculars, sunglasses, and Legos; and storage containers.
If you are interested in donating cash or items to this very worthy cause, please contact Caitlyn McTaggart at (619) 239-0355 ext. 250, or cmctaggart@ywcasandiego.org. - Last update January 2008
There are a myriad of opportunities to help improve local life and give back to the place we call home - our Downtown.