Neighbors
Help needed to distribute newsletter
Fans of the SNA newsletter, we need some help.
The first edition of 2013 is scheduled to hit the streets in time to announce the annual meeting on Feb. 25, but we are having difficulty getting it delivered to all the households in our neighborhood.
All we need is at most a couple of hours of your time. We drop off a packet of newsletters at your house and you get to take a walk, delivering one to each of your neighbors. It’s good exercise (you could pay a lot for the same workout at a gym) and you frequently have a chance to chat with old friends or meet new ones.
We have set delivery routes and usually can match volunteers with destinations near their homes. The number of newsletters allocated corresponds to the concentration of residences in a set area and we try to have only as many as can be delivered in an hour.
So please give us a hand – and your feet.
Contact Liz Cameron at elizabethcameron@cox.net, phone 305-5484, or Kerry Kohring at ride4995@ride.ri.net, phone 272-6323.
It’s a really easy way to help improve the quality of life in Summit.
Neighbors
Storm no match for snow shovelers, but more volunteers needed to expand
The first major snowstorm of the winter was met by volunteers from the SNA snow removal-assistance project who helped elderly and handicapped neighbors clear their walks.
Tom Schmeling, who manages the program with fellow SNA board member Britt Page, said there were 10 shovelers to take care of five calls for assistance in the Summit neighborhood. He said that one request came from the College Hill section and had to be turned down.
The assistance service this year is a resumption of one tried a couple of years ago that faded out because of a lack of volunteers, so having enough people is crucial. If you can help, please email SNASnow@gmail.com
SNA 
Annual bake-off featured pumpkin despite hurricane downpour
Participants at the bake-off prepare and sample pumpkin creations at Seven Stars bakery.
In what seems to be a tradition at the Summit Neighborhood Association’s Fall Bake-Off, pouring rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of the participants.
Despite the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, about 60 people gathered at Seven Stars bakery on Hope Street the night before Halloween to sample 17 dishes whose primary ingredient this year was pumpkin. Last year’s apple-themed event was punctuated by rain that turned to snow.
SNA 
Treasures exchanged at yard sale
The SNA’s annual yard sale, held Sept. 29 at the Church of the Redeemer on Hope Street, drew enough sellers to fill about 30 tables and enough buyers to walk away with lots of treasures.
Again gathered in a central location this year as in times past, participants paid a fee for spots for their own tables or a little extra for provided tables on which to display their no-longer-needed wares. Then they kept all the profits from the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. sale. Business was brisk despite the gloomy skies that withheld any rain.
Some members of the church, led by Father Patrick Campbell, mingled with their neighbors and even offered freshly baked cookies. Musical entertainment was provided by House Concerts Rhode Island.
Not only was buying and selling accomplished, but an expanded feeling of community, a sense of neighborliness was perhaps the greatest treasure exchanged.
See you next year.
Participants at the yard sale set up at the Church of the Redeemer on Hope Street.
SNA
The Miriam Hospital Fall Fest on Hope Street this Sunday, noon – 4pm
Always a great time on Hope Street! See you there!
SNA
Are You Ready for Playful Providence Weekend?
September 7-9, 2012
From Wendy Nilsson of the Partners for Providence Parks
Dear Park Friends,
I want to encourage you all to come to the opening event with our Mayor and Superintendent of Parks and other partners at Burnside Park on Friday, the Grand Finale of Peter and the Wolf at Neutaconkanut Hill on Sunday, and as many other activities as you can squeeze in on Saturday and Sunday.
- If you need brochures, Bigger versions of the Map, Liability Waivers for participants to sign or Scavenger Hunt Forms, you can copy them from the attached PDFs or website www.providenceparks.org, or you can drop by and pick them up in the reception area of Beth’s Office between 8:30-4:30 at 11 West Drive 02904. We will also have stickers available there for the scavenger hunt or you can purchase them on your own and I will reimburse you.
- Also, Save the Dates for our initial meeting for our park groups on Thursday, September 20th from 6-8 (location TBA); a panel of Playful Experts at the Providence Athenaeum on Wednesday, October 3rd (time TBA); a Meet and Greet wine and cheese event with our consultant from NY Partnerships for Parks, Jason Schwartz on Thursday, October 4the from 6:00-8:30 pm (location TBA).
Events
7 elected to board at annual meeting, elected officials address constituents
The members of the Summit Neighborhood Association, at their annual meeting, elected seven new people to the organization’s board of directors and heard from the area’s elected officials.
Chosen Feb. 27 by a unanimous voice vote of about 60 people at Summit Commons, 99 Hillside Drive, were: Anthony Arrigo, a professor of English; Howie Gladstone, a retired office manager; Britt Page, a consultant in urban planning and economic development; Brad R. Pelletier, an attorney; Peter Sandby-Thomas, a political science professor; Thomas A. Schmeling, also a professor of political science; and Jennifer Trayner, a psychiatry resident.
General News
SNA Annual Meeting is on Monday, February 27 at 7pm
Please join us for our Summit Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting, this coming Monday, February 27 at 7pm. The meeting will be held in the main auditorium of Summit Commons at 99 Hillside Drive.
While we do have some interesting items and speakers on the agenda for the evening, the most important item is you. Please come share your thoughts, concerns and questions with us, and join the discussion on how to make Summit an even better place to live (if that’s possible!)..
We have confirmed the Mayor of Providence Angel Taveras will join us and address the room. We will also have Summit’s own State Senator Rhoda Perry and Speaker-of-the-House Gordon Fox. Also joining us will be Summit’s new Providence Police Lieutenant John Ryan, leaders from our Merchants Associations, and a special guest to lead a discussion on the potential of community gardening in Summit.
This is also the meeting where we elect a new Board of Directors for the organization. Nominations will be accepted from the floor. Get there on time, as this item is the first on the agenda!
We very much hope that you can join us for our biggest open meeting of the year. (Of course, all board of directors meetings are open to the public, the third Monday of every month, 7pm at Summit Commons.)
