1.  Orianna Hill Dog Park Auction and Fundraiser, June 12, 2010 (6-10pm).  Come out to the Northern Liberties Community Center on June 12th to support the Park! The Fundraising Committee has been hard at work organizing this event to help raise the additional funds we need to replace the fencing on the Orianna and Poplar Street sides of the Park (you may remember that we recently received a $7000 grant from Penn Treaty Special Services District for the fencing, but we need to raise at least another $6500 to complete the entire project).

Here are the details:
Date:  Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 6-10pm at the NLNA Community Center (3rd & Fairmount)
Tickets:  $20 (the first 50 attendees will receive a $10 gift certificate to Bistro La Minette)
Food & Beverage: Dinner, appetizers, beer and wine will be provided!
Auction/Raffle: There will be AMAZING Raffle & Silent Auction items up for grabs, including:

-Restaurants, Bars, Wine & Beer (e.g., Almanac Market, Druid’s Keep, El Camino Real, Honey’s, Palm Tree Market, Swift Half, Wine Gift Basket, Yard’s Brewing…
-Garden/Home (e.g., City Planter, Greenables…)
-Health (e.g., Back to Life Wellness, Massages & Spa Packages…)
-Pet Supplies & Services (e.g., Chez Bow Wow, Chiq Petique, Fairmount Pet Shoppe, PS Pet Sit & Pup Struts, SmartPak Canine, Spot’s Spot, Dog Training…)
-Art (e.g., Exquisite Tiles, Glassblown Vases, Paintings…)
And Many, Many More!!

If you would like to donate any items, or volunteer your assistance in planning the event, please contact the Fundraising Committee Chair, Anne Waginger (awaginger@aol.com).

For more information, visit www.oriannahill.org/events-fundraisers.

2.  Workday: Sunday, June 6, 2010.  Please join us this Sunday, June 6, 2010 from 10am – 1pm, to help spruce up the Park for the rapidly-approaching summer season.  We’ll be spreading woodchips, trimming trees and overgrowth and doing other general clean-up.  We’ll provide tools and gloves, but bring extra if you have them.

As a reminder, please leave your canine friends at home – the PARK WILL BE CLOSED during clean-up.

ALL members are invited to join the workday, but if you are on the Landscaping, Workday & Gardens Committee, it is part of your Park commitment to participate in our semi-annual Park clean-up/workdays.  Jack Cassidy (cplace49@comcast.net), Chair of the Landscaping Committee, will contact all committee members directly.

3.  More Technological Upgrades.  We hope you enjoy the new html format of our emails, the switch to which is part of our efforts in 2010 (along with making the membership application available online, and updating our website) to join the 21st Century!

We also wanted to alert you that members can now log in to their membership profile online, and makes changes/updates to their information, including updating contact information, or adding a new dog if you get one during the course of the year (note: if you need a new tag for a new dog, you’ll still need to email us about that for now).  Just click the “modify/update your membership info” at the bottom right corner of any email from us, or click the “Member Login” link on our website, where you’ll find info on how to create a User ID and Password.