Azalea Neighborhood Association, Inc.

Azalea Newsletter - April - (Jan.Feb. March) 2007

Mar 24, 2007

?“VERY IMPORTANT MEETING NOTICE?”
Thursday
April 12, 2007
7:00 PM
Azalea Adult Center
Meeting Agenda
Don?’t forget to send in your membership dues for 2007. (These funds are used for Scholarships, Newsletters, Neighborhood activities and more.) Thank you for your support!
Remember to pay your dues - You can do it!
*Community Police Officer ?– Patrick McGrovern
*Larry Frye ?– Professor of Social Sciences at Saint Petersburg College
*Kirsten Perea, Executive Director ?– Galaxy Center For The Arts
*Refreshments will be served
Door Prizes:
?•Free Oil Change ?– Azalea Automotive, Inc.
?•Free Haircut - Azalea Barber Shop
?•$25.00 Gift Cert.- Hair Services ?– La-Te Da Hair Salon

May 10, 2007
Ice Cream Social
Enjoy ice cream and cookies at our May 10th Azalea Neighborhood Association meeting.

June 16, 2007
Amnesty Dumpster Pick-Up ?– (location of dumpsters will be in the parking lot on the South end of the Azalea Park, 13th Avenue North) NOTE: Please DO NOT put in ?“Used Motor Oil, Leaded Paint or Car Batteries.?”

June 14, 2007
Health Fair
Azalea Neighborhood Association will sponsor a Health Fair for all at our net June 15th meeting.


President Letter:
Every month I try to write something that is interesting and informative; sometimes I feel that I achieved my goal, sometimes not. This month is no exception.

As I?’ve traveled around the country this past year, I realize just how fortunate we who live in Saint Petersburg are and how, when I travel, I miss home. I pondered this as I sat in the Hartford, CT. airport waiting for my flight home, having just braved four inches of new snow (and a high of 19?°, which covered up the already dirty 13 inches of snow that fell last week) ?– burrrrr.

I thought about our neighborhood and its people. We have such a variety of talent in our little community. People who, when the chips are down, will step up to the plate and pitch in helping out ?– where ever and whenever they can. Volunteers, who ask nothing in return for their time and effort.

So, to all of you, the Officers and Board of Directors of The Azalea Neighborhood Association; to our members for caring enough to spend a few dollars to join the Association; to those adults and young people who give of their time delivering our wonderful Azalea News Letter; to our neighborhood merchants who feed us, sell us groceries, repair our automobiles, cut our hair, trim our trees, clothe our children and massage the kinks out of our tired bodies: I say THANK YOU!

To any of you I may have grumped at, been short with or publicly disagreed with, I say THANK YOU! Thank you for overlooking my shortcomings and cutting me some slack.
You elected me President, but I would be helpless and totally ineffective without all of you backing me up and being there when needed.

Forget Meeting Date ???
Let us be your memory! Just provide us with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. We will notify you of meetings, updates and provide you with all important neighborhood information. Please contact us at 345-3979 or fax 343-3579 or e-mail us at azaleaassociation@yahoo.com.
2007
Azalea Recreation Center
1600 72nd St N.
Meeting Schedule ?– (all meetings 7pm)
Azalea Neighborhood Association Officers and Board of Directors:
?•President ?– Dominick D. Griesi
?•Vice President ?– Jonathan Kemp
?•Secretary ?– John Romig
?•Treasurer ?– Dawn Wallace
?•Membership - Catherine Kemp
?•Hospitality - Pat Montgomery
?•Newsletter/Fall Festival ?– Margie Griesi
January 11, 2007
February 8, 2007
March 8, 2007
April 12, 2007
May 10, 2007
June 14, 2007
July 12, 2007
August 9, 2007
September 13, 2007
October, 11, 2007
November 8, 2007
December 13, 2007

Special note from the editor ?– WHAT IS GOING ON?

Sex Offenders, Child Pornography, Child Abuse, Missing Children, and now even Kidnapping ?… this is getting outrageous, unbelievable and unacceptable. The one question that keeps coming to mind is, ?“What is going on??” These are OUR children and we are responsible for them. Something needs to change and fast! We heard about Jessica Lunsford and Carly Brucia and so many more. These images will be buried in our minds and hearts forever, but we, as ?“keepers?” of our brothers and sisters, need not bury these children in our minds and hearts ?… we need to take ACTION! Let?’s take this to the next level and make it happen ?– change the way the system works and do it now!

Please contact your Congressman, write letters, go on the internet, and use the tools we have as weapons against these evil actions. Take a moment, and don?’t put if off: Do it now. This has to STOP ?– our children are our future ?– do it for them ?– it?’s our responsibility ?– you can make a difference and save a Child?’s life. PLEASE HELP!