WELCOME
Next Meeting
The next Lynhaven Neighborhood Association Meeting will be
Thursday
April 18, 2013 (3rd Thursday of the month)
At the
International Christian Center
3275 Williams Road
San Jose, CA 95117
7-8:30PM
A Successful Fruit Drive
On Saturday, April 6, 2013 the Lynhaven Neighborhood Association, along with Village Harvest, held a successful Neighborhood Fruit Harvest. Residents who were able, picked their own fruit, and Village Harvest volunteers assisted others. Together, we donated approximately 1500 lbs. of fruit to the Second Harvest Food Bank. We got rid of our excess fruit, and folks who needed it got to use it. Everyone was a winner!
Special thanks go to LNA volunteers Rick Larson, Tony Madieros, Clark Leakins, Patricia Kelner, and Fiona Lindsay, without whom the event would not have been so successful.
Keep Village Harvest in mind for fruit donations you may wish to make later in the year. They can be reached at 888-378-4841 or www.villageharvest.org.
Important Links
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
L.E.R.T. (Lynhaven Emergency Response Team)
The LNA L.E.R.T. (Lynhaven Emergency Response Team) committee is looking for volunteers to help staff the many positions needed to establish our emergency preparedness program. We will need team leaders in each of our six residential divisions, and we need to know whom within our area is a doctor, nurse, ham radio operator, electrician, plumber, and security expert. We will also need to know of anyone with similar skills and training. Finally, if you know a number of people on your block, we need volunteers to gather information from residents such as their names, phone numbers, email addresses, occupation, number of people living within the residence, language skills, and medical disabilities. We intend to create a database that emergency responders can use to prioritize their rescue efforts.
Dear Members, Neighbors, and Friends:
I don't know if you have noticed, but on Saturday, March 17, 2012, a group of your neighbors from the Lynhaven Neighborhood Association spent three hours beautifying the Southeast corner of the intersection of San Tomas Expressway and Moorpark Avenue.
Please stop by the location to see the new plants, ground cover, and fresh paint on the utility building. Additionally, we removed at least 10 yards of excess vegetation and garbage. We were also assisted by a number of students from Lynbrook High School.
I think that you will agree that projects like this, which was part of our neighborhood Clean Up Day effort, add to the value of our neighborhood and indirectly to the value of your home.
We need new volunteers and members, so please consider giving of your time and money to assist the Lynhaven Neighborhood Association make our little corner of San Jose a more beautiful and appealing place to live. Remember, we are all in this together. You can make a difference! We hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks,
Jerry Giles
President
Lynhaven Neighborhood Association
A letter from Moira Hafer of Acterra
I work for Acterra, a local environmental non-profit organization based in Palo Alto. Our Green@Home program, which offers free residential energy assessments, has just started working in the Winchester area of San Jose, and the Lynhaven neighborhood is part of the area we are now serving. We are funded by the City of San Jose and Silicon Valley Energy Watch, and we are currently trying to spread the word about our program within the Lynhaven neighborhood so we can schedule as many HouseCalls as possible between now and September, which is when our pilot period ends. After a HouseCall is scheduled, Acterra sends trained volunteers to the residence, where they perform energy-saving actions and install free upgrades such as CFL bulbs, low-flow faucet aerators, and door or window weatherstripping.
We have been working with the Winchester Neighborhood Action Coalition to spread the word about our program, and now we are reaching out to neighborhood associations within the Winchester area. We held a walking event on January 28th in the Winchester area, where we distributed flyers to 1,900 households in all of the WNAC neighborhoods. We would love to be able to provide Lynhaven residents with more information about our service, and answer any questions you may have.
To date, we have performed 6 HouseCalls in the Winchester Neighborhood and have scheduled 8 more (with more requests coming in) as a result of our walking event. We are excited about our growing program in this area, and are looking forward to working with the Lynhaven NA to keep the program alive in the future!
Thank you for your time!
Sincerely,
Moira Hafer
Membership
The Lynhaven Neighborhood Association (LNA) is a group of your neighbors who volunteer their time to improve the quality of life where we live by working with the city, police and local businesses. Some of the areas of focus are traffic, beautification, safety and emergency preparedness. We organize such events as Dumpster Day, E-Waste Recycling, Beautification Projects and National Night Out (ice cream social).
Lynhaven Message Board
Ever since the Lynhaven Neighborhood Association's first inception a few years ago, Dean Sala has maintained a message board at Yahoo Groups. This is a great way for any LNA member to broadcast an email message or question to every other LNA member.
The whole concept is spam-free, since Yahoo holds email addresses in close confidence, so signing up does not open you up to unwanted emails. Check it out and sign up at groups.yahoo.com/group/lynhaven/
Report Grafitti
Tired of seeing that graffiti day after day? Here's contact information for the people who can do something about it.
Report Grafitti
San Jose Prepared!
Are you interested in learning the basics to disaster preparedness? Want to lean how to build a kit for you and your family?
In Two Hours You Can Learn…
About hazards you should prepare for in San José
Ways to reduce the risks of loss and injury before disaster strikes
How to create a family disaster plan
What you should include in your personal and family disaster supplies
About opportunities to become even more involved and disaster prepared
For more info, go to: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/emergencyServices/sanjoseprepared/
For a schedule of classes, go to: http://www.sanjoseca.gov/emergencyServices/sanjoseprepared/Classcal.asp
Reverse 911 System
AlertSCC is a new, powerful mass notification system that will be used to send emergency information and instructions. This system can send text or voice messages to home and cell phones, computers, and TTY/TDD devices for the hearing impaired.
Whether the emergency is widespread (earthquake) or limited (hazardous-material spill), you'll receive information about how best to cope with the situation. Registering for AlertSCC is free and is the most immediately productive thing you can do to better prepare for an emergency.
To register, go to www.AlertSCC.com.