PNA e-News for December 2020
Check out the PNA e-newsletter for the month of December — there is a lot of important information inside, including an invitation to submit ideas for renaming the neighborhood!
December 19, 2020
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LMH Health Offering Free COVID-19 Saliva Test Kits!
Hey, neighbors! LMH Health is offering free COVID-19 saliva test kits at 9th and Mass St. – TODAY, Dec 5th, from 11am until 4pm. Same place and time tomorrow, Dec 6th. This will help with the county’s efforts to track asymptomatic spread in our community.
December 5, 2020
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Recording of Nov. Meeting Available on PNA YouTube Channel
If you missed the November PNA monthly meeting, you can watch the recording here: http://ow.ly/7bxP50CraHH
Check it out for important updates from Derek Rogers (Director of Lawrence Parks&Rec) and others on the temporary homeless camp at Woody Park, plus info on upcoming PNA officer elections in February, and lots more!
November 21, 2020
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November 2020 PNA E-News: Plan to attend meeting on Nov 21!
The November 2020 e-news is available to read at https://mailchi.mp/d06a2fecb837/nov-2020-e-news
Be sure to add the Nov 21 PNA monthly meeting to your calendar! We’ll be convening via Zoom at 10am and discussing a number of topics, including updates regarding the homeless encampment at Woody Park, an important update from the Neighborhood Name Committee, and much more.
Also, if you can, please donate to the PNA food & toiletries drive ongoing through Nov 30!
November 14, 2020
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PNA Food & Toiletries Drive!
The Pinckney Neighborhood Association is holding a food & toiletries drive! Students at Pinckney Elementary School need non-perishable food items & toiletries, and JustFood needs more food donations to help community members as well. See donation lists below. Let’s help out our neighbors in need!
👉A donation bin benefitting students at Pinckney Elem. is located under the pavilion along the pond walk trail at Sandra Shaw Park.
👉A donation bin benefitting JustFood is located under the picnic shelter at Clinton Park.
🥫🧴🧼 Students at Pinckney Elementary have requested:
NON-PERISHABLE FOOD, such as:
-kid-friendly cereal
-granola bars
-peanut butter & jelly
-canned soups
-mac-n-cheese
-pasta & sauce
-crackers, Cheez-Its, Goldfish, etc.
-fruit snacks
TOILETRIES, such as:
-shampoo
-soap
-toothpaste & brushes
-hand soap
-deodorant
🥫Many community members in need get their weekly food from JustFood. Please donate shelf-stable, non-perishable food items, such as:
-canned fruits
-canned vegetables
-canned meats (e.g., tuna and chicken)
-boxed dinners
November 6, 2020
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Happy Halloween!!
October 31, 2020
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Volunteers Needed to Help with Temporary Homeless Camp Setup & Donations Needed Too!
The City is looking for volunteers from the neighborhood to help the Parks & Rec Department with setting up tents and other activities for opening the sanctioned homeless encampment at Woody Park. Volunteers are needed on Tues, Nov 3rd, beginning at 10am until approximately 4pm (or until the work is done). Volunteers can work in 1-2 hour shifts as their schedules allow. Wear a mask and dress for the weather!
Donations are also needed; items needed include:
[Note- NEW items only. Please contact David Tucker with the Bert Nash Homeless Outreach Team at dtucker@bertnash.org to coordinate delivery of donated items.]
– first aid supplies
– gallon-size Ziploc bags
– garbage bags
– socks (various sizes)
– underwear (mens/womens, various sizes)
– gloves & hats for cold weather
– feminine hygiene products
– paper towels
– hand sanitizer
– laundry soap
– bleach
– instant coffee, coffee makers, disposable coffee/tea cups
– dry dog food
– dog waste bags
– pet leashes
October 30, 2020
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Recording of PNA’s October meeting available on our YouTube channel
You may view the recording of PNA’s October meeting on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbACqJNLmso&ab_channel=PinckneyNeighborhoodAssn.
Highlights include:
Russ Johnson, CEO of LMH, updated us on:
👉(1) the fact that LMH is still planning to improve the sidewalk in front of the Crisis Center with lights, plantings, and possibly bench seating BUT it won’t be a curvy “promenade” style sidewalk,
👉(2) the hospital’s desire to see Woody Park ball field moved to the grassy area near Sandra Shaw Park so that the hospital can expand. Neighbors brought up the point that the newly-installed storm drain below the Crisis Center construction area causes bad flooding, which would defeat the purpose of moving the ball field to that location. LMH will try to investigate the situation and come back to PNA with more info.
The PNA President and VP addressed resident concerns regarding the way that the homeless encampment project at Woody Park moved forward.
👉Note: The project received City Commission approval at the Oct 6th meeting.
👉Watch this recording to get an understanding of the project’s rapid timeline. Communications about the project were made in a good faith effort.
Plus LOTS more!
October 17, 2020
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Recording of PNA Virtual Town Hall re: Neighborhood Name on our YouTube Channel
If you missed the virtual town hall PNA held regarding our neighborhood’s name, you can watch it on our PNA YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr6MTQqv-YQ&ab_channel=PinckneyNeighborhoodAssn
Please be sure to take the name survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/rethinkingpinckneyname
October 16, 2020
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Town Hall Meeting on our Neighborhood Name – October 15th at 7pm via Zoom
The Pinckney Neighborhood Association stands with those seeking to end systemic racism. We join the KU and greater Lawrence communities in reiterating that Black Lives Matter.
One way to fulfill this commitment is to reconsider the name of our neighborhood. The Pinckney Neighborhood bears the former name of 6th Street. Until 1912, 6th Street was named Pinckney Street — although this was not likely the original spelling. Early records from the abolitionist town founders of Lawrence point to the street being named for William Pinkney, the author of an influential anti-slavery document. However, in the late 1800s, maps and newspapers began to use the spelling “Pinckney” (with a ‘c’), and by the 1920s for reasons that are still unclear, Lawrence school authorities were formally claiming that the school was named for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. And so, in circular fashion, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney is now associated with the neighborhood.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney has no connection to the City of Lawrence or even to the state of Kansas. While he was a Revolutionary War general and a signer of the Constitution, he was also a South Carolina plantation slave-owner who cowrote the Fugitive Slaves Clause. Our neighborhood being associated with someone so profoundly tied to slavery and racism is troubling. Thus, the Neighborhood Association has formed a committee to assess interest in changing the name of our neighborhood. Note: This effort is independent of the elementary school. The Lawrence School Board and USD 497 leadership are conducting their own review of the school’s name.
Learn more by visiting our webpage at http://www.pinckneyneighborhood.org/reconsidering-our-neighborhood-name/.
We want YOUR input! Your opinion matters.
Are you in favor of changing the name of our neighborhood? Why or why not? Please submit your response before October 15th by:
-emailing us at pinckney.neighborhood@gmail.com OR
-voicing your opinion within our neighborhood Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/117029931007/) OR
-mailing a letter to: Pinckney Neighborhood Association, PO Box 125, Lawrence, KS 66044 OR
-calling us at 785-864-2380 (Eleanor Gardner; Neighborhood Coordinator)
➤ And join us for a Zoom Town Hall Meeting on this topic on Thursday, October 15, at 7pm!
Zoom Meeting link: http://bit.ly/ZoomTownHall
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September 24, 2020
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