After weeks of preparation, CANA and neighbors with allot of help from our friends began re-planting our award winning corners. We were joined by many organizations, businesses and residents. A special thank you goes out to Brick Yard’s Home Depot who donated mulch, flowers and discounted tools and other materials. We were also joined by…
Month: May 2012
National Black MBA Association’s Leaders of Tomorrow Team Leads Service Project in CANA Neighborhood
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The National Black Masters in Business Administration’s (NBMBAA) Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) program through the efforts of Lizette Marshall and her daughter Imani Marshall, a Whitney Young Senior and LOT Member, choose the CANA neighborhood for one of their service projects. They choose to do a yard makeover for a home in our 16 block service area. …
Christ the King High School Joins CANA residents for Student, Family and Faculty Service Event
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CANA Welcomed Christ the King High School for their annual family, student and faculty community service event on May 5th. We also had Leader’s Council Member Eric Kyereme in attendance as well manlig-halsa.se. This is the second year they choose to spend it with us and we are extremely appreciative. We enjoy all the support we have received…
CANA and Oak Park Temple B’nai Abraham Zion Clean and Weed the Neighborhood on April 29th
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We were joined by the Oak Park Temple B’nai Abraham Zion on Sunday April 29th for a street cleanup and weeding project. We were very happy to host this family event for Oak Park Temple and CANA families. We were pleased to have almost as many children as adults participating. We met and started at the…
Annual Welcome Spring Cleaning Comes to the CANA Neighborhood with Residents, Duke Alumni Engage, Christ the King High School, and The Safer Foundation
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CANA had our better natures on display on April 21st as we welcomed 58 volunteers to help cleanup our community. We had volunteers from our neighborhood joined by Third Unitarian Church members, the Duke University Alumni Engage team, Christ the King High School and The Safer Foundation. We are truly touched with the outpouring of…
Our Sense of Safety was Shattered Once Again on March 18, 2012
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Late March 17th the usual criminal behavior at the corner of Madison and Mason was heating up around 10:00 PM. I made what has become an evening ritual of dialing 911. The drug sales, drinking and drug use had picked up like clock work .. some sick version of the dooms day clock. I made…
