A big thank you to all those who helped with the SOLVE Earth Day Cleanup at Nadaka. Invasives were removed from the forest and work was done in the community garden as well. Check out The Outlook article here.
Meeting to discuss safety issues at Nadaka Nature Park. Community is invited. Speakers to include Gresham Police Dept., CVIP, NET (Neighborhood Enforcement Team), Gresham Mediation Specialist, Gresham Parks Dept. representative, Wilkes East Neighborhood Association representative, Friends of Nadaka, Nadaka Ambassadors, St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church. This will be an opportunity to discuss safety issues at the park and what the community can do to get involved and make things better.
Everyone is invited to the 5th Annual Nadaka Community Festival to be held on the south two acres of Nadaka and on the meadow. There will be free hot dogs while they last, fun activities for children and families, live music and dancing. There will be an Interpretive Nature Walk with the Audubon Society of Portland from 9am to 10am.
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Event Date: Saturday, August 22nd
Main Event Time: 12PM – 3PM
Interpretive Nature Walk Time (meet at the picnic structure): 9-10am.
Location: 17615 NE Glisan Street Portland, OR 97230. (Even though the address says Portland the park is located in Gresham).
Entrances/Parking: Parking is available in the Wilkes East neighborhood or in the St. Aidan’s parking lot next to Nadaka. Entrances are at 176th and NE Pacific St. or 176th and NE Glisan St.
Rain or shine. Come dressed for weather. Help improve Nadaka by removing invasives, trail maintenance, weeding planted beds and litter removal. Work gloves and tools provided. Refreshments for volunteers. Learn which plants are native to Nadaka and which are invasives and need to be removed. Even if you can only volunteer for One Hour it will help. There is so much to be done at Nadaka to keep it looking like the wonderful park it is.
Meet at Nadaka picnic shelter next to NE Glisan & NE 176th Ave.
Corbett Charter School Students – Project
Everyone invited to attend the Nadaka Festival Committee Meeting to help make plans for the 5th Annual Nadaka Community Festival which will be held on Saturday, August 22nd this year. With the addition of the community garden, nature based play area, covered picnic shelter, etc this promises to be the best Nadaka Festival ever. We need volunteers to make this happen and that means you!
The Friends of Nadaka are forming an Ambassador program to involve volunteers who are willing to volunteer at Nadaka. Some things Ambassadors may do will be walk through the park to be eyes on the park, talk to people and perhaps pick up any liter they see. The program is brand new and we need volunteers with suggestions and the desire to improve Nadaka. Come to help the Friends of Nadaka figure out what an Ambassador will do.
Rain or shine. Come dressed for weather. Help improve Nadaka by removing invasives, trail maintenance and litter removal. Basic plant identification lesson. Work gloves and tools provided. Refreshments for volunteers. Meet at Nadaka picnic shelter next to NE Glisan at NE 176th.
Stewardship Saturdays
Join the Tea Party Committee to plan for the Nadaka Tea Party Fundraiser to be held Saturday, June 20th. Volunteers are needed for this event and any help is much appreciated. We will be celebrating the Camp Fire Girls of Nadaka.
For more information contact Monica McAllister at 503-956-8558 or monica@friendsofnadaka.org
Everyone invited to attend the Nadaka Festival Committee Meeting to help make plans for the 5th Annual Nadaka Community Festival which will be held on Saturday, August 22nd this year. With the addition of the community garden, nature based play area, covered picnic shelter, etc this promises to be the best Nadaka Festival ever. We need lots of volunteers to make this happen and that means you!