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 at Noon on Sunday, July
11, at Pacific Days!
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
your recipe dish and bring it to the judges table
at Pacific Days at the City of Pacific Park no
later than 12:00 Noon, Sunday, July 11.
Once submitted, your dish will be set up and
photographed for the calendar. Judging will
begin at 12:15 pm then at 1 pm, the winners
will be announced. The first-place winner
will not only be featured in the 2011
Calendar but will also receive all the $5
entry fees paid by all other entries, so get
your neighbors and friends to participate.
All other top recipe winners, up to 11th
place, will also be featured in the
Pacific Partnerships 2011 Recipe Calendar.
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.
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Pacific Days
On
Saturday morning July 10 during Pacific
Days, why not start things off by taking
your family or friends out to breakfast at
the Pacific Algona Community Center,
100 B - 3rd Ave SE.
Pancakes will be served from 7:30 to 10:00
am and will cost only $7 for adults and $3
for children under 10. The annual Pancake
Breakfast Fundraiser is held each year to
benefit the community’s seniors. Come
support this great cause and have a great
breakfast in the process.
The “Welcome Wagon”
to Park at Pacific Days
Providing new residents with
coupons/gifts/information from
community resources and businesses.
Pacific Partnerships has started a Welcome Wagon program for
our city that includes a welcome basket
for new residents.
While at
Pacific Days, stop by Pacific Partnerships’
Raffles Booth and take a moment to see what
we have so far and add your suggestions and
ideas and/or sign up to be a part of the
program.
Pacific Partnerships is just putting ideas
together for this new and exciting endeavor
and could really use your help and input.
Come see us
at Pacific Days!
We also meet the second Tuesday of each
month at the Pacific Algona Community
Center, 100 B - 3rd Ave SE.
If you have questions regarding the Welcome
Wagon program please contact Glenda White at
chairperson@pacificpartnerships.org.
Pacific's 2010 City-Wide Garage Sale
August
21-22, is the date for this year’s Pacific
City-Wide Garage Sale. Get rid of
outgrown clothing, tools, knick-knacks,
books, pictures, toys, and furniture. Turn
your junk into someone else’s treasure and
make money!
A
garage-sale-location map will be available
on Friday, August 20, at Noon at the Pacific
City Hall, Pacific Algona Community Center,
and the Pacific Post Office. If you would
like your address included on the map,
submit your address information and a check
for $5 (payable to Pacific Partnerships) by
Tuesday, August 17, either via mail to
Pacific Partnerships, PO Box 256 Pacific, WA
98047 or drop it off at the Pacific Post
Office anytime before August 17.
The
Pacific Algona Community Center, 100 B - 3rd
Ave SE, will
be serving up Hot Diggity Dog Diggity and
Treats on Saturday, August 21 at . All
proceeds benefit the Pacific Algona
Community Center.
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
October 2010 issue.
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 can be submitted anytime prior to
October 1, 2010. The winner's name will be posted on the Pacific
Partnerships website at
www.pacificpartnerships.org.
Earth Day 2010 - 3rd Annual Pacific Parks
Pick Up
The 3rd
Annual Earth Day co-sponsored by Pacific
Partnerships and Friends of
the
Lower White River (FLWR) had a 2010
trash-collection total of 4162 pounds,
setting a new record!
Winning
teams were: 1st place: Miss Pacific
Princess
and her Court (collected 1521 lbs);
2nd
place: Frank Hatten (collected 1110
lbs);
3rd
place: Boy Scout Troop 540 (collected
996 lbs).
Thanks to
all who truly showed their Pacific Pride.
Pacific loves you!
