GENERAL MEETING:
Neighborhood Disaster Preparedness

WHEN: SEPT. 25 at 4:00 - 5:30pm
WHERE: Grandview Foundation (1230 N. Marengo Ave.)

OPEN TO ALL GARFIELD HEIGHTS RESIDENTS


 

During a disaster, don’t expect a quick response from Emergency Services! Join us to learn how GHNA is preparing for potential disasters where neighbors will need to pitch in to help their neighbors. 

Our guest speaker is Jeanne O’Donnell from LA County Emergency Operations. Jeanne led the development of our LA County-wide disaster plan, the 5-Step Neighborhood Action Kit, that our GHNA Disaster Preparedness (DisPrep) Committee has adopted for our neighborhood. 

Jeanne will share the history and key points of the program, as well as some recent updates to our County's emergency alert system: LA County Alert.

Zev Berman, our DisPrep chair and current GHNA Board member, will provide an overview of how we have connected with GH neighbors through canvassing efforts and how we can use your help to be successful in uniting all neighbors in this common goal.

Come to learn and then please sign up to join this vital effort!

 

For emergency resources and tips, please check out our dis prep webpage.

 

The Dis Prep Committee will distribute free, custom-designed, GHNA Under-the-bed bags for all neighbors who attend and fill out the neighborhood emergency survey. (One bag per household.)
 

Hosted by: GHNA Disaster Prep Committee
 

FAREWELL TACO CELEBRATION

FOR THE DELANEY-ELLIOTT FAMILY



When: Sat., Sept. 24 at 6pm - 9pm
Where: 985 N Los Robles Ave (Martha Little's yard)
Please bring: a beverage and an appetizer to share
 

Beloved Garfield Heights neighbors, Jennifer, Paul, kids Declan and Iris, have recently moved. Come wish them well and enjoy a free taco truck and catch up with your neighbors. 
 

All GHNA neighbors and children welcome.
 

LESSONS WITH MS. DIXON

By: Jonathan Langager


 

Verleaner Dixon has always wanted to learn to play the piano. And at 100 years old, she’s not shy about asking for what she needs. She put it out into the world, and I heard her call. As she likes to say, “Ask and it shall be given!” 
 
And so, once a week for the past two months, I have been giving piano lessons to Ms. Dixon. She’s been working hard, practicing her scales, and mastering Hot Cross Buns. Learning piano at any age is a challenge, but she’s up for it. 
 
At first, lessons required lifting Ms. Dixon out of her wheel chair, up onto a raised platform, and onto the piano bench -- a strenuous endeavor. However, I put the ask out on social media, and Andrea Knox of Toluca Lake heard my call. She generously agreed to loan out her spare keyboard to Ms. Dixon. Now all we have to do is wheel her up to the keyboard. No more lifting. Ask and it shall be given.
 
As I’ve taught Ms. Dixon piano, she has taught me so much more about life and love, gratitude and belief. Every week she reminds me, “when you wake up in the morning, say ‘I am blessed!’” For someone steeped in the cynicism and self pity of our time, this can be a foreign concept. But if she can learn her scales at 100, I can learn gratitude at 41. Thank you, Ms. Dixon.