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Get your tickets now for this great annual event!
Your ticket gets you free food, drinks, and bowling, and proceeds benefit programs of the NLNA. There also are raffles for great items.
Adults 18-64 get in for $20; seniors and teens are only $10; and kids under 11 get in free!
Tickets are $5 more at the door, so be sure to get yours now! Call the NLNA office, 215-627-6562; or email Barbara Saverino, basaverino@yahoo.com.
Don't miss it - it's always a full house and a great time for adults and kids alike!
January 29's fundraiser for neighbor Kevin Neary, left paralyzed after a tragic robbery late last year, raised more than $20,000. Many thanks to eveyone who gave, and to North Bowl, which donated all its proceeds from the day's event as well.
You can still give if you missed the event - just click the DONATE button on this page, and contribute through PayPal. Please be sure to click on the "reason for donation" link during checkout, and write in "Kevin Neary."
Application Deadline February 15
The Philadelphia Water Department is searching for "spokesdogs" worthy of the title Philly Water's Best Friend. Dog owners in Northern Liberties and Queen Village have until Feb. 15 to make their pooches eligible for the competition's grand prize, a $200 gift from a local pet store.
The purpose of the Spokesdog Competition is to reduce water pollution by teaching pet owners about the importance of picking up dog waste.
Online voting this spring will choose 15 finalists for each neighborhood. Then, a panel of judges will choose a winner at a pageant held in each neighborhood. Over the next year, each winner and its owner will attend at least three community events to hand out bag dispensers and educational tip cards.
To enter your dog in the Spokesdog Competition, visit PhillyWatersheds.org/Spokesdog. Questions/Info: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, 800-445-4935, ext. 112.
Sponsors include the NLNA, Queen Village Neighbors Assn., Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, and the Philadelphia Water Department. Prizes donated by NL's own Chic Petique and by WAG: Whole Animal Gym.
The NLNA has received a number of large, 32-gallon, recycling containers from the RecycleBank program, plus lots of the regular "Blue Bins."
Stop by our office, 3rd & Fairmount, M-f, 10AM-1PM and get your FREE blue bin, or get a larger green bin for a modest donation.
More info: contact NLNA Clean & Green coordinator Lara Kelly, 215-627-6562, or trash@nlna.org.
The Penn Treaty SSD - a nonprofit set up by two Fishtown area groups to accept funds from SugarHouse - will resume accepting grant applications from groups working in Northern Liberties, Fishtown, and parts of Port Richmond. Click here for more information. If you need help filling out the form or turning it in, please feel free to email us.
This innovative program lets you earn points based on how much recycling you put out on your curb each week. You can redeem the points for goods and services, or donate them to school programs. More info at RecycleBank.com.
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Northern Liberties is one of three Model Neighborhoods for the Philadelphia Water Department's Green Streets program. This initiative uses "green" tools - street trees, landscaping, vegetative swales (water absorbers), rain barrels, and more - to beautify blocks, increase the energy efficiency of homes, cut down on utility bills, and keep dirty flood waters out of our basements and rivers. More info at http://www.phillywatersheds.org/ and http://www.phillyriverinfo.org/
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