Did you know that the Old North Salisbury Association has an elected Board of Directors made up of people right here in the neighborhood. When you see these people, say hello!
Sue McHugh / President (& interim Secretary) · Sean Meyers / Vice President · Rebecca Hayes /Treasurer · Tim Klaus · Andrew Waters · Laurie Klaus · Pat Sylvester · Barbara Waggoner · Edward Clement · Tracy Thornton · Susan Hurt · Norma Staley · Ruby Beeker · Steve Gilbert
The Board of Directors is joined by a growing group of members in the North Main Street area (Lafayette St. north to 17th St. ~ the railroad tracks to the east to Jackson St. to the west.) The membership roster continues to expand. As we build our membership base, we really need your support ~ the support of as many community residents and property owners as we can round up! We have a wish-list of projects and accomplishments we are aiming for. These include, but are not limited to, neighborhood event planning, restoration assistance projects, greenscaping, the newsletter, and many others. Some of you have expressed interest in these and other topics. We had a great idea come in through our newsletter membership application! Animal Care and Pet Vaccination Clinics! What a great idea!
We need your help! Please volunteer and become an active member of this strong community. The Board of Directors is currently VERY BUSY putting together the neighborhood social event, to be broadcast very soon! We need help to distribute party flyers in the neighborhood, and to help with organization, maybe even help with set-up and/or clean-up. Care to join us? We sure could use your help!
We could also use help with folks who are willing to go to City Council to add "strength in numbers" to important issues for our community. Any time you have a topic you would like addressed at City Council, please tell us. We can do the speaking, if you like, but your presence in numbers often drives the point home! We have an "urban forest" at the corner of Railroad St. and E. Steele St. This wooded lot often needs upkeep. If you have a scouting troop that wants to earn a community service badge, this is an ideal project for them. Get them involved! If your church would like to participate in some neighborhood function ~ have them give us a call or drop an email to oldnorthsalisbury@gmail.com.
The Old North Salisbury Association Board of Directors meets every other month at a predetermined place - usually on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00PM. Members are invited to join us and share ideas and opinions ~ these are not exclusive meetings! The Board Meeting is listed on the ONSA calendar at the bottom of these web-postings (scroll down to view).
The Old North Salisbury Association welcomes and encourages your participation!
- "Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service. Though government has an important role to play in meeting the many challenges that remain before us, we are coming to understand that no organization, including government, will fully succeed without the active participation of each of us. Volunteers are vital to enabling this country to live up to the true promise of its heritage."
- "Every problem that the country faces is being solved in some community by some group or some individual. The question is how to get connected so that the whole nation can solve problems. A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization.
- "Snowflakes melt alone - but together they can be traffic stoppers!
Teamwork allows common people to attain uncommon results.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it to happen, others make it happen.
Volunteers aren't paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless."
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