The Cornell Cooperative Extension will offer healthy cooking classes at the Overlook beginning March 17th! Sign up today!
Cooking Classes:
*Taught by a professional chef
*Nutrition and cooking education
*Free groceries to take home to make recipes for your family
*Free child care available
*Learn new ways to prepare nutritious meals
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Last year, Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services and Megan Begert partnered to apply for a grant to create the Overlook Resident Services program. We were awarded the grant funds January 2008 and have continued to develop a strong resident services program ever since. Our biweekly food pantry, educational presentations, holiday events and a number of other [...]
Three of our fellow Overlook residents were nominated by Ithaca community members to join the Natural Leaders Initiative, a leadership development program coordinated by Margo Hittleman of the Cornell Cooperative Extension. The natural leaders participate in 8 group sessions for 5 months, work on a community project and meet and learn from experienced leaders. Thus [...]
Are you registered to vote?
No?
Then you should come to our Voter Registration Table this Tuesday, September 30th at 5:30 PM until 7:30 PM in the Overlook Classroom next to the Fitness Room.
A representative from the Finger Lakes Independence Center will be here, at the Overlook, to help residents register to vote. If you have moved [...]
For the past year, our generous volunteers and Overlook residents have been picking up food from several local grocery stores, delivering the food to the Overlook, setting up before and cleaning up after the Overlook Neighborhood Food Pantry. But, now the food pantry is at risk! Our 3 main drivers are moving out of [...]
For help finding child care, Ithaca events, Housing Services and much more check out our Resources page! If there is a website or organization that you think we should add to the list of local resources, please leave us a comment or email Megan.
Thanks!
Several parents living at the Overlook need care for their young children. If you offer child care or would like to provide care for children in our neighborhood, please check your door for a Child Care Provider Form. Megan will be putting together a list of child care providers living at the Overlook for [...]
Fresh Lemonade! Come on down to the lower neighborhood for some fresh-squeezed lemonade! It’s supposed to be hot today, some come down and cool off! A few of the neighborhood kids have been working hard this afternoon to squeeze all the lemons, so you know it’s fresh!
Cups are only $.50, and with today’s inflation rates, [...]
Hey Everyone!
The food pantry starts early again this week. We will be getting everything ready starting at 11:30, so if you want to volunteer you can come by around then. We will also be asking all our residents to fill out a survey. And, if you have children and you didn’t get the summer camp [...]
How Are We Doing?
June 23, 2008
As you may have noticed, the Neighborhood Association is in a little bit of a down period. We have all had a busy Spring and Summer and have let the Association slide down on our list of priorities. The Food Pantry is going very strong, however, with new residents coming each week and plenty of [...]
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