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Trunk-or-Treat & Food Drive – Saturday Oct. 26th

Set-up at 3 pm / Event open to visitors from 4 to 6 pm

Lawrence Memorial Hospital parking lot at 4th & Arkansas Streets

Games – Activities – Costume Contest – Face Painting

It’s less than a week until the 3rd Annual Pinckney Neighborhood Trunk-or-Treat & Food Drive.  We need your help!

Everyone who lives or works in Pinckney Neighborhood or goes to Pinckney Elementary School is invited. We’re really looking for a good turn out – the weather should be perfect. Please join us even if you don’t have kids in your household – this is a fun way to meet neighbors and get involved in your community. There’s no charge for admission, but we do suggest that you bring a donation for Just Food, the Douglas County Food Bank (more information about the most needed items below).

We still need some help getting everything ready for the big event. If you can help with any of these things, please post it on the Pinckney Neighborhood Association facebook page or send an email to Pinckney.Neighborhood@gmail.com.

TRUNKS – booths, games, activities, etc. for the kids to enjoy. We have about 1o confirmed – we’d like to have 20! Set-up starts at 3:00.

PHOTOGRAPHER – to take pictures that will be posted to the PNA website and facebook pages.

VOLUNTEERS – particularly students, to help run the costume contest and various activities. We have Community Service certificates to show your involvement.

MOST NEEDED DONATIONS FOR JUST FOOD:

FOOD – Baby Food, Beans, Canned Meats (tuna & chicken), Canned Pasta (e.g., Spaghetti O’s), Canned Soup, Canned Vegetables, Cereal, Crackers, Hamburger Helper, Jelly, Juice, Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Peanut Butter, Pork & Beans, Rice.

PERSONAL CARE – Diapers, Toilet Paper

CASH – every dollar makes a difference – as little as 20 cents can provide a meal to someone in need

 

 

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• 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.