SHERWOOD FOREST CRIER April 9, 2011 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Sherwood Forest Neighborhood General Meeting The regularly scheduled SFNA general meeting will be held Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30pm at the Sherwood Forest ARP Church. There will be a neighborhood Meet & Greet at 6pm. If you have a topic or concern you would like to discuss, email Ed Tilden at president@sherwoodforestneighbors.org. Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Wide Yard Sale The SFNA in cooperation with the Sherwood Forest Presbyterian Church will sponsor a neighborhood wide yard sale on Saturday May 14 from 8am to 1pm. Neighbors can set up yard sales at their homes, and there will be a central yard sale held at the church at the same time. Individuals may set up tables at the church and man the tables for the duration of the sale. People may also donate items to be sold for the benefit of eemodeling the nursery and playground at the church, and those items will be sold or taken to Goodwill (or other charity) at the end of the day. The City of Columbia requires a $5 permit to set up in your yard. The neigborhood association will advertise the event through various outlets. Sherwood Forest Carnival Family Day - April 10th Noon-3pm. Free Event for the Sherwood Forest Community! Cookout with hot-dogs, hamburgers chips and drinks! Bouncy House, horseback riding (for kids), Special guest appearance by the Piggly Wiggly pig (just don't tell him what is in the hot dogs) and an assortment of carnival games. It will be held at the Sherwood Forest Presbyterian Church. Call Mark Hering for more info. 803-360-9527. See the article on the Sherwood Forest Neighbors web site at http://www.sherwoodforestneighbors.org/Article338.html Other upcoming events at The Sherwood Forest Presbyterian Church include an Easter Egg Hunt at 10am on April 23, and a traditional Easter Service at 10:30am on Easter Sunday, Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association Facebook Page The Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association has set up a Facebook page as another way of sharing news about the neighborhood and adding to our sense of community! Log on to Facebook and 'like' SFNA at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sherwood-Forest-Neighborhood-Association/172783979426847 SFNA Membership Drive 2011 The Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association is conducting a membership drive for 2011. Our dues are $20 per calendar year so now is the time to sign up for 2011! Our Block Captains and other volunteers will be knocking on doors, getting basic contact information and email addresses to facilitate keeping you up to date, and asking you to join the SFNA for $20 for 2011! We'll also be distributing a packet with car identification stickers, neighborhood association information, important contact information and emergency numbers. What does the neighborhood association do? See http://www.sherwoodforestneighbors.org/Article332.html for a list of some of our accomplishments over the past few years thanks to our members and volunteers. The more folks we get to join the SFNA and get involved, the more activities, benefits and 'neighborliness' there will be in Sherwood Forest! For more information or to volunteer for the membership drive, contact SFNA's Membership Committee Chairperson Melanie Johnson, 227 Kalmia Drive, 546-6148, membership@sherwoodforestneighbors.org Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so the $20 per year dues are tax deductible! You can fill out the survey and pay your dues online using PayPal with your credit card or bank account. Renewing members need not fill out the survey. Or you can download, print and fill out the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Survey and mail the form and your payment to our treasurer Rhett Bailey at 511 Kalmia Drive, Columbia, SC 29205. Why should you join the SFNA? http://www.sherwoodforestneighbors.org/Article326.html You're receiving this email because of your interest in the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association. If you no longer wish to receive email correspondence from SFNA, please email webmaster@sherwoodforestneighbors.org Please add webmaster@sherwoodforestneighbors.org to your approved sender list in whatever email client or system you are using to make sure you are able to receive email communications from the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association! Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association, Inc. Columbia, South Carolina www.sherwoodforestneighbors.org © Copyright 2011 Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association. All rights reserved.