Hear ye, hear ye, Here is your SHERWOOD FOREST CRIER December 1, 2019 SFNA wishes everyone a Merry and Safe Holiday Season! The Twelfth Night Adult Party! Friday, January 10, 6pm-9pm The Twelfth Night Party will be on Friday, January 10 from 6pm until 9pm. This year there will be valet parking in the driveway for handicapped partygoers or others in need. Others can park at the Piggly Wiggly or just walk! The 2020 Party will be a Birthday Party! We will be celebrating the 100th birthday of Bloomwood, the original 1920’s home of W. Gordon Belser. The original architectural drawings for the house date from the spring and summer of 1919. Nineteen twenty would be the first year of its occupancy. While a few changes and additions have been made over its 100 years, the house remains essentially as it was originally designed and built. There will be cake, not a King’s cake but a Birthday Cake! The association will provide a HoneyBaked ham, beer, wine and soft drinks. We ask if you can come that you bring a side dish, snack or dessert. This event has always been lots of fun and a great opportunity to get to know your neighbors. If you have a neighbor who hasn't attended, bring 'em along! USC Belser Arboretum Open House Sunday, December 15 All are invited to the December Open House at W. Gordon Belser Arboretum. Explore late Fall in our treasured urban forest. Staff will be on hand to answer questions, and maps are available for self-guided tours. Please consider a year-end tax-deductible donation to the Arboretum. These gifts help bring much needed equipment, and support educational speakers and new programs. Go to giving.sc.edu/arboretum For more information or to arrange for large gifts, contact Vincent R. Suarez, Senior Director of Development, 803.777.4232, or email vsuarez@mailbox.sc.edu. Contact Gail Wojtowicz at 618 402-8736 or by email or see USC's Department of Biological Sciences W. Gordon Belser Arboretum web page for more information. SFNA Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up Saturday, February 8, 9:30-11am Volunteers are invited to participate in the cleanup which is part of the Keep The Midlands Beautiful Adopt-A-Highway program. Meet at the Piggly Wiggly parking lot. The main crew will work from Devine to Rosewood on Kilbourne, then east to Beltline, and finishing at Sherwood Forest Church. Volunteers should wear closed toed shoes and bring your own gloves. Please contact Dave Nelson at 803 447-4793 or appearance@sherwoodforestneighbors.org for information or any questions. SFNA General Meeting Tuesday, February 11, 6:30pm-8pm The next general meeting of the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association is scheduled for Tuesday, February 11 from 6:30pm-8pm at the Sherwood Forest Presbyterian Church on the corner of Wilmot Avenue and Beltline Boulevard. Join us at 6pm to meet and greet your neighbors! Refreshments will be served. If you have any questions or concerns, or ideas for speakers, please let us know! Richland One Special Election Tuesday, December 31 There is a special election for an at-large seat on the Richland County School District One school board which will be held on December 31, 2019. The candidates are Lady June Cole, Michelle G Drayton, Jonathan Milling, Johnny Ray Noble, and Ashlye V Wilkerson. For registration and voting information, see the South Carolina Election Commission website. Crier emails We are making an effort to send out these informational emails around the first of every month to keep neighbors up do date on neighborhood events, and other events and information of interest. It's cheaper and better for the environment not to print and pass out fliers! But we could all probably use the exercise! If you have information of interest to the neighborhood, please pass it along and we may include it in a future Crier. Tell your friends and neighbors to subscribe. No membership required, but of course we would like everybody to join! New neighbor? Let us know and we'll send out the welcome wagon. To subscribe, email membership@sherwoodforestneighbors.org or subscribe online Join the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association Become a member or renew your membership now for 2020! Dues are only $20 and are due in January. Pay your dues now online. Or pay at the next general meeting or mail a check to Henry Nechemias, 4 Robin Hood Ct., Columbia, SC 29205 and you will be paid up for 2020! Why should you join the SFNA? Benefits of the SFNA... 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! 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