The MCA would like to welcome two new members this month:
Kristy Ewing
Bob & Neva Lamb
Debbie & Mark Whitehead
Chuck & Carol Slater
We appreciate your support!
If anyone else would like to join or renew their membership in the MCA, click here to print out our membership application form.
We're coming up on election time, so if anyone is interested in joining the MCA Board, please come to our next meeting!
9/11
9/25
10/30
10/31
12/10?
(Triathlon Event CANCELLED)
Blanketeer Challenge
(for Project Linus)
Hot Chocolate for Trick-or-Treaters!
Christmas Tree Lighting / Bonfire
(exact date to be determined)
The Manchester Festival has come and gone for another year, and this was
the most successful one ever! We had a great turnout from the
community and were able to raise enough money for the MCA to fund the next
few events. Thanks to everyone who helped put on this fun event - and
to all of you who came out to support it.
The pulled-pork sandwiches at the BBQ were a huge hit (as always), and the kids all had a great time at the carnival booths. In addition to these MCA-sponsored booths, we had 27 local artists and entrepreneurs on hand for the festivities. There were hand-crafted toys and models, lathe-turned bowls, jewelry, hats, scarves and blankets, home made candles, lotions, and bath products, crafts made by local artists, crafts demonstrated on-site, and even a masseuse and acupuncturist !
The Manchester Community Association would sincerely
like to thank everyone who helped put on this event. We had wonderful
support from so many people - friends, family and local businesses - we
couldn't have done it without all of them.
Please take a moment to to see who our sponsors and volunteers were -
and be sure to patronize their local businesses when you can!
~ Farmer George ~ Friends of the Library ~ Peninsula Suburu ~ PJ's Market ~ Mama Java ~ Manchester Port Commission ~ The Days Inn ~ Kitsap Regional Library & Manchester Library ~ ~ Brien Nagli ~ Sherry Barnhart ~
VOLUNTEERS ~ Chess Master Will ~ Barnaby Bear ~ Becky & Connor Moore ~ Dan & Frances Moore ~ Mark Rebelowski ~ Mark Whitehead ~ Phil Rutschman ~ Eric Cisney ~ Julie French ~ Jan French ~ Toni White ~ Forest & Alex Goodin ~
MCA BOARD ~
Brian Moore ~ Phil Paquette ~ Ann Cisney ~ Debbie Whitehead ~
Arlene Rebelowski ~ Dee D'Haem ~ Bev Nelson
Here's a note we received from one of our vendors, which really shows why we put on this event (Thank you Andrew & Tian!).....
It was a pleasure and an honour to receive an invitation to attend the festival as a practitioner, and just plain fun to spend the better part of a day in that tiny, but charming little place called Manchester. 'Twas wonderful to share some knowledge, conversation, and more than a lot of smiles with everyone at the event. We look forward to seeing you all again.
Best wishes,
Andrew & Tian Long Acupuncture*
The Manchester Library and the Friends of the Library had three booths at the festival as well....
#1 Friends of the Manchester Library made over $500.00 in support of the
library on Saturday alone. That was on an unadvertised book sale, the trunk
raffle & the quilt raffle. The winner of the trunk raffle was Juliet Geyer
who came down to the library to claim her prize on Tuesday. She had
purchased
only "a couple" of tickets. She and her family have long attended the annual
salmon bake, and she was delighted with her prize.
#2 The Children's Booth attracted many children both for the craft and for
the story time. The kids loved Barnaby Bear who not only led the parade but
stuck around for the story of how the chipmunk got its stripes.
#3 The Kitsap Regional Library Manchester Branch booth was emphasizing
registering voters and getting people to sign up for library
cards.
The hottest item, however, continued to be guessing how many marbles were in
a
jar. It was a guessing game that began when school let out and ended on
August 31st. At this time we have gone through all the entries (335!) and
found *four* winners. Guesses ranged from 101 marbles to 10,000. The
correct answer was 700!
The Manchester Library also had 415 visitors on that Saturday and many had
never been in the library before. The community event brought them in!
The Rapsody Team would like to thank Manchester residents and Park Commissioners who allowed the riders to have their rest stop at the Waterfront Park. Over 450 riders rode through the area on Saturday and Sunday and remarked what a beautiful, peaceful place it was! They especially liked the food and the band. Lot's of fun was had by all! The Rapsody Ride will be held again next year, the last weekend in August.
Saturday, October 30th
Noon - 3:00 pm
Library Community Room
games ~ prizes ~ crafts ~ snacks
costume contest!
$5 per child (all inclusive)
Trick-or-Treaters - Don't
forget to stop by the MCA Hot Chocolate Booth
(in front of 2220 Colchester)
for a free cup of hot chocolate on Halloween Night! Glow-in-the-dark
bracelets will be for sale there as well.
Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. It turns out that there was too much competition from other conflicting, similar events in the region. The organizers hope to be able to bring this event to Kitsap County next year.
The "Blanketeer Challenge" to support Project Linus is still on for 9/11/04. Our own Anne Cisney, who has coordinated this event, will be collecting blankets near the Veteran's Memorial in downtown Manchester on the morning of 9/11. For anyone who can't make it that morning, Jillene at Go Figure! will also be accepting blankets at any time during her regular business hours.
Many thanks to everyone involved in this very worthy cause. Please click here for more information about the Blanketeer Challenge and Project Linus.
Mama Java is now open earlier:
Mon-Fri 6:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sat-Sun 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Go Figure! will begin hosting free
Women's Health Seminars again this month - starting with Dawn Bove
presenting
"10 Herbs You Need to Know"
7:00 pm - 8:30 on Wed. September 15th
Call to sign up - 871-9222
Many people have asked about the money that we raise at the MCA-sponsored events, like the Manchester Festival.
The Manchester Community Association is a small group of people volunteering their time to bring the community a few fun events each year. We rely on the membership dues to help us fund these events, plus whatever money we make at the events themselves. Most events are small (like the Bunny Hop and the Manchester Halloween events for children), and don't really make any money. The Manchester Festival is our one "big" event of the year where we do a little more than break even!
So where does this money go? Aside from funding future events, our goal is to get enough of a surplus so that we can start offering a few small scholarships to our members. Unfortunately, that goal is probably still a few years away, since we have the burden of a prior debt to pay off first.
The current board of the MCA inherited a debt from the 2001 fireworks display that we are still trying to pay off. It seems the sponsor for that event failed to donate the promised funds and the MCA was left holding the bag. Since we only make basic operating expenses from the membership dues, we are really only able to make occasional payments on this debt. We plan to make a $700 payment with the proceeds of this year's festival. This will bring our balance down to $3,000. Yes, it's a lousy situation, but we're stuck with it, so we will keep pecking away at it until it's paid.
Meanwhile, every little bit helps, and we really appreciate the community support at these events, as well as the membership dues. If you are not currently a member of the MCA and would like to join, click here to print out our membership application form.
Thanks for your support!
The Manchester Post Office held it's Customer Appreciation Day on August 19th. Sharon and Michelle welcomed members of the community with tours of the facility, snacks and prize drawings. They were very pleased with the turnout and would like to thank everyone who came out to support them.
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Saturday, September 25
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Westbay Center, Port Orchard
(behind Key Bank where Retsil,
Bay and Bethel meet)
The Port Orchard Business & Professional Women want to showcase all kinds of businesses on the Peninsula (not just women-owned) and are doing so by sponsoring the Peninsula Business Expo. This is the first time ever that we have a large enough facility in Port Orchard that can accommodate this kind of event.
All the facts about the event are on the fact sheet/vendor contract and for those wanting more information contact Goldie Urquhart at 360-769-8647.
Saturday, September 11
11:00 am - 8:00 pm
South Kitsap Community Park
(at Jackson & Lund)
Over a dozen musical acts of all varieties
Ethnic foods, crafts & community booths
Jimi Hendrix Music Tribute
Free face painting & games for kids
Great Escape climbing wall
Train rides through the park
12:45 9-11 Tribute with Mayor Kim Abel
1:00 9-11 Musical Tribute by Philip Booker
All Day: Sign a banner going to the troops in Iraq
Donation - $5/person, $15/family
www.skparks.org
Wednesday, October 6th
7:30 PM at the Manchester Library
Community Room
Annual membership in the Manchester Community Association costs only
$10 per person or $20 per household.
Membership entitles you to vote on the activities of the association, and dues go directly to the kitty from which community events such as the Manchester Street Fair are funded.
Membership fees are payable by check or cash, and may be submitted in person at any
MCA meeting (details below) or mailed to:
The Manchester Community Association
PO Box 603
Manchester, WA 98353
Click here to print out our membership application form.
Thinking about joining? Come to a meeting and see what we're all about! Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month in the Manchester Library Community Room, at 7:30 pm.
We would love to see you there.
If you would like to be removed from the Association's mailing list please reply to this e-mail with 'remove' on the subject line. All removal requests honored.
updated: 09/16/2004