All posts by Theressa Johnson

UHC General Meeting Agenda August 11, 7 pm

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The UHC will have a Zoom meeting Tuesday August 11 at 7 pm   All are invited.  The UHC, Board of Block Clubs, and Citizen’s Services all have Zoom accounts

  1. The UHC will allow block clubs to hold a zoom meeting if requested
  2.   Many of our block clubs are not registered with the board of block clubs. We need to re register every 3 years
  3. Each block club that registers will get a free membership to the tool library
  4.   The Board of Block Clubs has weekly meetings at noon with different guest speakers like Mayor Brown, Oswaldo Mestre from Citizen’s Services  etc. The Board of Block Clubs would like to know who are the leaders of the block clubs in the city and to give training to these leaders.

This is the link for the service days for the tool library/UHC

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_2LAQA15qHn0kuxYb70lXuClFRVun5NqmI-Ke4A04S8/edit?usp=sharing  This is the address for the tool library work days for the summer.

 

SUMMER OF SERVICE 2020
Event/Project Date(s) Tasks To Be Accomplished (TBD) Volunteers Needed Meeting Location Work Location Time Main Contact Partner Organizations
Tyler Street Community Garden Work Day 07/18/2020 Spreading woodchips, weeding shared garden beds, laying down weed barrier, and general maintenance 10 Tyler Street Community Garden
73 Tyler Street Buffalo, NY 14215		 Tyler Street Community Garden
73 Tyler Street Buffalo, NY 14215		 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
William Gaiter Parkway Tree Watering 07/26/2020 Weeding around trees, attaching watering bags, and filling bags from hydrants 20 William Gaiter Parkway William Gaiter Parkway between Kensington Avenue and Warwick Avenue 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
King Urban LIfe Center Community Garden Work Day 08/01/2020 Maintenance at the King Urban Life Center Community Garden Work Day 10-20 Corner of Guilford and Genesee Streets Corner of Guilford and Genesee Streets Noon – 4PM Zeneta Everhart
716.381.0680		 Senator Kennedy’s Office
ReTree Stewardship Workshops 08/02/2020 Pruning and removal of dead trees planted during ReTree the District 10 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215		 Winspear Avenue, Lisbon Avenue. Minnesota Avenue, LaSalle Avenue 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Linear Park & Rail Trail Cleanup 08/08/2020 Cleanup along Linear Park and North Buffalo Rail Trail 20 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215		 Linear Park & North Buffalo Rail Trail 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Bailey-Dartmouth Community Garden Work Day 08/15/2020 Weeding, mulching, planting flowers, painting, building raised beds, etc… 10 Bailey-Dartmouth Community Garden
3259 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215		 Bailey-Dartmouth Community Garden
3259 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215		 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Main Street Cleanup & Mulchmania 08/22/2020 Cleanup of Main Street, weeding and mulching tree pits, painting light poles 20 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215		 Main Street between LaSalle and Kenmore 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Bailey Avenue Cleanup & Mulchmania 08/29/2020 Cleanup of Bailey Avenue, weeding and mulching tree pits, painting light poles 20 TBD Baliey Avenue between Winspear and Kensington 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
OPEN 9/12/20
OPEN 9/19/20
OPEN 9/26/20
Roosevelt Park Cleanup 10/03/2020 Cleanup and beautification projects at Roosevelt Park 10 Roosevelt Park (End of Roosevelt & Martha Avenue) Roosevelt Park (End of Roosevelt & Martha Avenue) 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Winspear Triangle Park Work Day 10/17/2020 Cleanup and bulb planting at Tyler Winspear & Tyler Flower Triangle Parks 10 The Tool Library
5 West Northrup Place Buffalo, NY 14215		 Winspear Triangle Parks 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
Westminster Triangle Park Workday 10/24/2020 Cleanup and bulb planting at Westminster Triangle Parks 10 TBD Westminster Triangle Parks 10AM – Noon Darren Cotton
716.857.0096
ReTree Fall Planting 11/7/20 Planting 60 trees along William Gaiter Parkway 25 TBD William Gaiter Parkway between Pembroke Avenue and East Delavan Avenue 9AM – 1PM Darren Cotton
716.857.0096

How to keep your glasses from fogging up while wearing a mask

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As we all know the Governor  has issued an order for everyone to wear a mask when social distancing is not possible and we must wear masks in grocery stores etc. to protect ourselves and those around us.    I wear glasses and found that they fog up when wearing a mask.   I picked up this tip from facebook.  If you tie a knot in the part of the mask (as shown) that goes over your ear, the mask is then tighter and  air will not escape from the top of the mask and fog up your glasses

Thank you Mickey Vertino and the University Heights Collaborative and ABC Hardware for donations and distributions of masks to our community.

Face Masks at ABC Hardware

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Over the years ABC hardware has donated to eight days of Hope, The fathers groups, and many other religious leaders like Paster Giles, George Johnson Brek Cockrell and many other community groups in our community. This latest donation of masks was given to the the University Heights Collaborative to be distributed to the community. Mr. Begley has always been a positive force in our community. We would like to thank him for his donations over the years and during the current crisis facing our community.

 

Face Masks

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ABC  hardware donated 500 mask and UHC is donating 500 masks in a collaborative effort.  They are to be distributed to block clubs and individuals in the University District free of  charge   Thank you ABC hardware, University Heights Collaborative,
and community members.

A special shout out of thanks to Mickey our UHC President.

UB On The Green Information and Voting Information

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 Dear Community Partner,

The Office of Community Relations has made the difficult decision to cancel UB on the Green for 2020. We always appreciate the enthusiasm around this event and are looking for ways to engage the community this summer in a healthy and safe way. We will be in touch as we develop our plans.  For more information on the University at Buffalo’s response to the coronavirus outbreak please visit buffalo.edu/coronavirus.  

Thank you and we look forward to working with you in the future, 

Office of Community Relations

You can sign up online for an absentee ballot…go to the Erie County BOE website and the form should be available.  Simply click on the circle that states Covid 19 as a reason for your request.  Elections and primary are on 6/23.