By AaronBuller May 19, 2013
We are so blessed to live in such a close knit neighborhood where the neighbors genuinely care for each other. I wish I could say the same about the blue hills neighborhood association! Being community orientated, when we found out about the plant sale we asked if we could participate and give 25% of our planter sales back to the neighborhood we have come to love. We wanted to help raise funds for the community center and after school programs that Magnus would benefit from when he grows up. Unfortunately, the treasurer doesn't support local business that live in Blue Hills... Unless you have paid your dues! Our donation would have likely been more that the 15.00 membership fee! We had planned on joining once we were on our feet, but now want no part in a neighborhood association that doesn't care about the people in the neighborhood. Why would we pay dues to an association that refuses donations and help. I thought a treasurers job was to bring money into the community, not refuse it ...read more
By AaronBuller May 19, 2013
We are so blessed to live in such a close knit neighborhood where the neighbors genuinely care for each other. I wish I could say the same about the blue hills neighborhood association! Being community orientated, when we found out about the plant sale we asked if we could participate and give 25% of our planter sales back to the neighborhood we have come to love. We wanted to help raise funds for the community center and after school programs that Magnus would benefit from when he grows up. Unfortunately, the treasurer doesn't support local business that live in Blue Hills... Unless you have paid your dues! Our donation would have likely been more that the 15.00 membership fee! We had planned on joining once we were on our feet, but now want no part in a neighborhood association that doesn't care about the people in the neighborhood. Why would we pay dues to an association that refuses donations and help. I thought a treasurers job was to bring money into the community, not refuse it ...read more
By AaronBuller May 19, 2013
We are so blessed to live in such a close knit neighborhood where the neighbors genuinely care for each other. I wish I could say the same about the blue hills neighborhood association! Being community orientated, when we found out about the plant sale we asked if we could participate and give 25% of our planter sales back to the neighborhood we have come to love. We wanted to help raise funds for the community center and after school programs that Magnus would benefit from when he grows up. Unfortunately, the treasurer doesn't support local business that live in Blue Hills... Unless you have paid your dues! Our donation would have likely been more that the 15.00 membership fee! We had planned on joining once we were on our feet, but now want no part in a neighborhood association that doesn't care about the people in the neighborhood. Why would we pay dues to an association that refuses donations and help. I thought a treasurers job was to bring money into the community, not refuse it ...read more
You organization's event probably already has a publicity effort in place. You have contacts with print, broadcast and digital media outlets, and a quality press release is already in their hands. Your youth auxiliary has placed a flier on every bulletin board within a fifty-mile radius. All the old f... ...read more
Many adults and seniors become bored and want some fun and excitement in their lives. Just because they have retired or are no longer working a regular job, does not mean they want to sit home and twiddle their thumbs all day. There are many different activities adults and seniors to get involved during. ...read more