Do you like to cook? Do others consider you
a good cook? Here is your opportunity to
share your talent and your favorite recipe.
Pacific Partnerships is having its first
ever recipe contest!
Winners will be featured on the Pacific
Partnerships’ 2011 Recipe Calendar which
will be for sale at this year’s Holiday Tree
Lighting Ceremony Friday, November 26,
just in time for the holidays!
To enter the recipe contest:
1. Submit
a written copy of your recipe (main dish,
casserole, dessert—it doesn’t matter) along
with a $5 entry fee by 5 pm on July 1, 2010
by:
~ Mailing
it to PO Box 256 Pacific, WA 98047-0256; or
~ Dropping
it off at the Pacific Post Office at 111 - 3rd
Ave SE in Pacific.
Note: Please make your check payable to
Pacific Partnerships.
2. Prepare
samples of your recipe (five, 2-bite size
servings) and bring them to Pacific Days no
later than 1:00 pm, Sunday, July 11.
Judging will start at
1:15 pm. At 2 pm, the winner will be
announced and a first place prize will be
presented. The winner’s recipe will also be
featured in the Pacific Partnerships 2011
Recipe Calendar.
We look forward to some
pretty wonderful family-favorite recipes
from Pacific residents! Watch for more
details in the June release of The Pacific
Pulse newsletter.
Pacific Partnerships will use 2011 Recipe
Calendar sales proceeds to provide services
to the community that will help improve the
quality of life for its citizens.
Welcome the “Welcome Wagon”
to Pacific
Pacific Partnerships has plans
underway to form a Welcome Wagon program for
our city that would include a welcome basket
for new residents.
In the basket, we would include information
such as: What resources are in the area;
where these resources are located and what
their hours are; where the library is and
what its hours are; where to recycle
aluminum, paper, and plastic; where to
donate old Christmas cards or box top
coupons; and so on.
We want to also include small gift items
from local businesses, coupons, and other
such things.
Pacific Partnerships is just putting ideas
together for this new and exciting endeavor
and could use your help and input. We meet
the second Tuesday of each month at the
Pacific Algona Community Center located at
100 B - 3rd Ave SE.
If you have questions regarding the Welcome
Wagon project please contact Glenda White at
chairperson@pacificpartnerships.org.
Earth Day 2010 - 3rd Annual Pacific Parks
Pick Up
Pacific Partnerships
and Friends of the Lower White River (FLWR)
are co-sponsoring their 3rd Annual Earth Day
Pacific Parks Pick Up on April 17, 2010.
The City of Pacific has
a $1,200 grant to sponsor a companion
Planting and Weeding Event at the Pacific
Meadows Wetland Buffer Restoration site.
Activities include planting native shrubs,
pulling invasive plants, weeding, enjoying
snacks and hot chocolate, and mug-coloring
and photo contests for kids.
In 2008, we collected
700 pounds of trash from City parks and the
Interurban Trail. In 2009, 1845 pounds was
collected. Help us set a new record in 2010!
On April 17 the event
starts at 10 am and runs until 12:30 pm.
Here is the schedule:
10 am:
Meet at the Pacific Algona Community Center,
100 3rd Ave SE, Pacific and head
out to City Park, City “pocket parks”, West
Hill Passive Park, Interurban Trail, and to
Rhubarb Park for the Pacific Meadows
Wetlands Restoration Event.
11 am-12:20
pm: Trash weigh-in time back under
the green canopy at the Pacific Algona
Community Center parking lot.
12:30 pm:
Volunteer Appreciation Lunch provided
in the East Room of the Community Center/Gym
by Pacific Partnerships and the Pacific Park
Board. If you are planning to join us for
lunch, we ask that you RSVP at chairperson@pacificpartnerships.org.
Further information
will be posted at the Pacific Post Office,
City Hall, Algona Pacific Library, on
http://twitter.com/FLWReditor, at
www.cityofpacific.com, http://flwr.wetpaint.com,
or email FLWR at pacificnaturalist@clearwire.net
or jeannefancher@ gmail.com.
Note: Volunteers may sign-up as individuals
or as teams at http://www.doodle.com/kb793bzt8scs8q26.
Friends of the Lower White River
(FLWR)
Co Founder and e-News Editor Jeanne Fancher
253-924-0211, cell: 253-653-1000
Holiday Tree Lighting
Photo Contest
Don't forget to submit your Holiday Tree Lighting photo
in the Photo Contest!
Each
year at the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, Pacific
Partnerships hands out 100 greeting cards. The
picture on the card is always from the previous
year’s Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony.
This year, we asked each of you
to take a picture at
the Tree Lighting Ceremony and
enter it in our photo
contest. If your picture is selected, it will appear
on next year’s Pacific Partnerships holiday greeting
card along with your name. Your name will also
appear in The Pacific Pulse newsletter in the
February and October 2010 issues.
To enter, send your name,
address, and contact info along with an electronic
version of the picture you took at this year's
Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony to
editor@pacificpartnerships.org. Entries must be
received no later than midnight March 31, 2010.
The winner's name will be posted on the Pacific
Partnerships website at
www.pacificpartnerships.org.
