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Archive for December, 2023

Adopt-A-Family Success! Thank You!

Thanks to everyone who contributed toward PNA’s 2023 Adopt-A-Family goal! Another successful year helping a resident Pinkney family in need. ⛄️🎁 🕯️ Happy holidays, all!

December 19, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Help out a Pinkney family in need! Contribute to PNA’s Adopt-A-Family goal!

Only one week left to help PNA’s sponsored Adopt-A-Family for the holidays! We have partnered with Hillcrest Elementary to identify a Pinkney neighborhood family in need. We are collecting gift cards & financial contributions ONLY, which will help this family enjoy the holiday season. All contributions will be given to Hillcrest Elementary’s Parent Involvement Facilitator, […]

December 7, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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PNA’s December E-Newsletter: Adopt-A-Family, Neighborhood Updates, and More!

The December PNA e-newsletter dropped this morning! Be sure to check it out for information on how to contribute to our Adopt-A-Family goal for the holidays, important upcoming meetings & events, and latest updates on operation of the City’s Pallet Village. https://mailchi.mp/c666efdd7c8f/pna-enews-dec2023

December 7, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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Zoom Recording of November PNA Meeting Now Available to Watch

Did you miss PNA’s meeting in November?  We learned important updates about the Lawrence Loop project, the Pallet Village being installed at 256 N Michigan St, and more.  You can watch the full meeting here:  

December 6, 2023 · Eleanor Gardner · No Comments
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• Helpful Lawrence Area Links

  • Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
  • City of Lawrence, Kansas
  • Heartland Community Health Center
  • Just Food Douglas County
  • Lawrence – Douglas County Health Department
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital
  • Lawrence See-Click-Fix Reporting for Potholes, Parks Issues, Etc.
  • Pinckney Elementary School

• Other Neighborhood Associations

  • Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods
  • Brook Creek
  • Delaware Street Commons
  • East Lawrence
  • North Lawrence
  • Old West Lawrence
  • Oread
  • Sunset Hills
  • University Place
  • Schwegler

• Changing our Neighborhood Name

  Our neighborhood name of “Pinckney” was recently changed to “Pinkney.” This change occurred because Pinckney with a ‘c’ was associated with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a Revolutionary War general who signed the Constitution and who also was a slaveholder who believed slavery was fundamental to the American way of life (he owned a large plantation in South Carolina). Given this problematic history, neighborhood residents voted to change our neighborhood name. To learn more about the year-long process, go to our dedicated webpage. The final round of voting ultimately landed on the name of “Pinkney” in honor of William Pinkney, who gave a famous anti-slavery speech in 1789.