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Donate to Amplify Austin, Benefitting Northwest Park
Amplify Austin Day is over but you can still help us by giving generously! Visit https://www.amplifyatx.org/p2p/116519/northwest-district-park to donate to our beautiful Northwest Park. By volunteering at It’s My Park Day, workdays, donating money, or completing...Join us for It’s My Park Day Events – Saturday, March 7
Register today for It’s My Park Day, Saturday March 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at Beverly S Sheffield Northwest District Park, 7000 Ardath. There are four great IMPD projects right here in Allandale! All projects start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday-07-March: Allandale...White Cane Day
White Cane Safety Day was enacted into law in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson. The “Safety” part of the law was intended to inform motorists that they must yield to a person with a white cane crossing the street. In 2011, President Barack Obama also named the day...
Neighborhood Tree Planting next Saturday 12/3 at 2 PM
Join neighbors from around North Central Austin next Saturday, December 3, at 2 PM to plant nine trees at the intersection of N. Lamar and 2222. Parking is available in the DPS parking lot on the northeast corner of the intersection. We need plenty of people to help,...
LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL BEAUTIFICATION THANK YOU MS. VOLLMER!
RAVE – Recognizing All Valuable Employees. Lamar Middle School Math teacher Gena B. Vollmer received the RAVE Award from Austin ISD in 2010-11. She has been Lamar’s very own “Green Angel”. Working with students, Ms. Vollmer planted and maintained the entrance...
Way2 Go everyone for the help!
The Way 2 Go! Clean Sweep, Keep Austin Beautiful event was a great success! Volunteers did a fantastic job of trimming back foliage, picking up trash and removing tagging on the various school routes. One of the photos is a portion of the sidewalk along White Rock...
The Northwest Park Cleanup
Here are some photos from Saturday’s park cleanup. In the past two weeks the park has received a lot of attention. Doors and rails were painted, the pond cleaned, bushes cleared out, walls power-washed, mulch spread, and new ground cover spread for the...