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“The shopping’s great at the Renegade!”

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From email:

http://byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com/

Keep up with the doings at Byrd House Renegade Market (holiday greenery, grass fed beef, honeys and jams, chocolates and cider, turkey and rabbit, herbs and butter, chicken and pork loins, hearty bread and egg noodles, shrubs and perennials) Byrd House Farmlet (final fall/winter harvests, volunteer days) and the Grace Arents Community Garden (mapping, new gardeners, planning for spring).

Byrd House Farmlet looking for volunteer urban farm hands from 9:30 – 4 (weekly)
Become a volunteer urban farmhand. Help us out weekly. Watering, moving compost, digging, planting, building…all kinds of farming activities. Bring knowledge, or just bring hands and heart. E-mail: bhmwbch@gmail.com

http://bhmfriends.blogspot.com/

Keep up with the learnin’ at WBCH Grace Arents Library & Education Center (cooking, nutrition, education, career development, genealogy, our children and their families) and beyond (Will Allen’s Growing Power, Lynchburg Grows – H.R. Schenkel Urban Farm and Environmental Education Center, Richmond Public Schools Garden Task Force).

New Hollywood Cemetery Book Events

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From Richmond History Center site:

A new book by Richmond resident John Peters, published by the History Center. This hardbound collection of historical and contemporary photographs and narrative about one of the country’s most famous cemeteries is available in the History Center Gift Shop. The author will sign books at St. James Bazaar at Fountain Books on December 3rd and will deliver the Banner lectures at the Virginia Historical Society on December 9th.

EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about taxes!

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Announcement:

Please come and find out EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about taxes! IRS Tax Consultant, Loren Johnson, will conduct this informational workshop sponsored by Virginia Supportive Housing. This free workshop will be held on Wednesday, December 1st from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at our office at 1010 N. Thompson Street in the Downstairs Conference Room (Fan Free Clinic Bldg.). Please contact Donna Stallings to register at 804-525-1941 or dstallings@virginiasupportivehousing.org.

Please visit our website at www.virginiasupportivehousing.org

Renegade Market and OHNA Meeting

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Byrd House Market sez:

Byrd House RENEGADE Market is open and thriving Tuesdays from 3pm til dark.
Shop, prepare, eat or gift the freshest and localest foods this commemorative weekend.
Be Thankful for (and don’t forget to share) what’s good from your table and in your life.
SUCH Good Stuff! Visit blog for Renegade Vendor Product Lists.
See you at the market!

Jennifer Hancock, President of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association, sez:

Hello everyone

Just a reminder that the monthly OHNA meeting is today, Tuesday, November 23rd at 7 PM at the WBCH.

Robert Bolling, the Executive Director of WBCH, will be giving an annual update on William Byrd’s activities and wishes to make a request of the OHNA membership.

OHNA elections are traditionally held in November. They have been postponed until January. The OHNA meeting in December is traditionally a Christmas party. That has also been postponed until January and will be a New Year’s party. OHNA hopes to see everyone there.

Happy Holidays

CAPS Meeting Next Thursday

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Announcement:

The Fourth Precinct Community Assisted Public Safety (CAPS) meeting will be held:

Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Place: Linwood Holton Elementary School

1600 W Laburnum Avenue

We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you

Jacki Page

Sr. Customer Services Representative

Jacqueline.Page at richmondgov.com
804-646-4150

Cheerleader Invasion Wednesday

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City Press Release:

Richmond, VA – The city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will showcase its largest athletic program for girls at its Cheerleading Jamboree from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the Landmark Theatre.

This is the department’s 25th annual cheerleading competition. The high-energy event highlights the department’s community center cheering squads, as well as local high school squads and other local cheering talent from the Richmond Raiders, Virginia State University and Virginia Union University. A total of 20 teams will participate in the event.

Approximately 500 children ranging in age from 4 to 14 are involved in cheerleading at the department’s community centers located throughout the city.

Tickets to the event can be purchased at the box office and are $2 in advance and $4 at the door for youth ages two through 11. For children and adults age 12 and older, tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the door.

For more information, call (804) 646-1441.

Thank the Byrd: Thursday Happy Hour for William Byrd Community House

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Announcement:

Join Us For Thank The Byrd:
A Night for Giving!
Thursday, November 11th from 5-9pm
At BlackFinn American Saloon

$10 Suggested Donation & All Proceeds Benefit the
William Byrd Community House
Complimentary Hors d’Hoeuvres & Drink Specials With your Donation!

Don’t Forget You Can also Bring an non-perishable for the WBCH Food Pantry !