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National Night Out 2008

Tuesday August 5th.

National Night Out is a great time to get to know your neighbors. The CYCA has worked for over 30 years to help make our community a safe place to live, work, worship, and play. Over 20 parties will be held throughout Cooper-Young this year.  Many of these parties will be hosted by block clubs or individuals who want to help make our neighborhood safer. The CYCA is offering up to $50 reimbursement for supplies to party hosts who sign up with Robert Grisham, our block club chairman. Target, who is the corporate sponsor for National Night Out, is donating one $20 gift card per party to be raffled off.  Neighbors will be asked to sign the roster sheet at each party and pick up a raffle ticket.  At some point in the evening, the party hosts will draw a winner! 

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Presented by Bluff City Sports 7 p.m., September 12, 2008 Register here! There is a $2.50 fee for signing up online.  However, you can avoid this fee by feeling out the information online and then mailing your check into the CYCA.   Click hear for info on sponsorship opportunities. Join us for the 17th annual Cooper-Young Festival 4-miler Race!  Run through the streets of Cooper-Young and see many of the sites that makes Cooper-Young a destination!  This event raises funds for the Cooper-Young Community Association (CYCA) and supports the neighborhood associations efforts in making Cooper-Young a better place to live, work, worship, play.  The race begins and ends at the Trestle Art on Cooper Street and the post race party is in the Bluff City Sports parking lot at 769 S. Cooper.   New exciting race route which starts off the first half mile directly down Cooper Street!  Dri balance long sleeve no cuff shirts will be offered again this year with great artwork from a local Cooper-Young artist Lizi Beard Ward!  Post race party has been re-organized to allow for additional room for our growing race!  Post race band will be playing and awards for runners will be passed out after the race! Along the route, there will be many Cooper-Youngians cheering you on in their front yard!  Entry fee is lower than most races in town!  More bang for your buck!  Only $20 up until September 10!  After that it is $25.  MRTC members will get a $1 discount to their entry!  So sign up early! Although we really love pets, we have to ask you not to bring your pets with you during the run for liability reasons. 2008 Race Map

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Remembering Rosemary West

2007 Art for Art's Sake Auction

Proceeds from this year's event will help cover the annual maintenance of the Trestle Art Installation over Cooper Street, between Elzey and Central Avenue. The annual maintenance of the Trestle Art Installation, winner of the 1999 Imagine Memphis Award for urban art, includes liability insurance, electricity, inspections, graffiti removal and general upkeep. These expenses run close to $5,000 annually.

The annual silent and live auction will showcase original works by Memphis area artists and items donated by exhibitors from the Cooper-Young Festival. This year's event is expected to be the biggest art party of the spring!

Admission to the event is $10 per person in advance and $15 per person the day of and includes musical entertainment, hors d'oeuvres, dessert, bidding rights in the silent and live auctions, and the chance to win door prizes. The Young Avenue Deli will have a cash bar and full dinner menu available.

Click here to view some of the art that will be featured in the auction!

The advance ticket sale has ended. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15.

Chili Cook Off - Saturday, March 8, 2008

One of our Playground fundraisers will be a Chili Cook Off!
This event will take place on Saturday, March 8, 3-5 p.m. at the Peabody Elementary School Cafeteria.

Enter your tasty chili for just $10 and help raise funds for the playground!

1st Place: $100 personalized playground brick
2nd Place: Two tickets to Playhouse on the Square
3rd Place: Two Malco movie tickets

To enter email us at info@cooperyoung.org by March 5, 2008.
Please include "Chili Cook Off" in the subject line.
Include your Name, Address, Phone number, and Email address.
Tickets to taste the chili will be $5 each at the door and entitles you to two sample bowls and one soft drink.

To purchase your tickets in advance please call the CYCA at 272-CYCA (2922) or come by the office at 2298 Young Ave. Mon, Wed, Thurs. 10-4 p.m.

KaBoom Playground Project

MARCH 20th – Rain or Shine
Mark your calendars now!

Cooper-Young is getting a new playground at Peabody Elementary School.
 
Cooper Young Community Association together with Peabody Elementary, submitted an application to KaBoom to build a playground in our community at our local elementary school. And guess what…WE GOT IT!! Home Depot is the corporate sponsor that is helping make this possible.

This new playground will provide much needed green space and play space for our growing neighborhood. With a safer, larger play structure and features like an outdoor classroom, it will also improve our neighborhood school.

Natalie, our KaBoom Project manager, came to town on January 24th and lead a Design Day at Peabody School. Students of Peabody along with some neighborhood children got to draw and explain what they considered to be their dream playground. Afterward, the adults got to chime in and make our own recommendations.

Click here to see the playground design.

From here forward we have several committees in place to help the big event take place smoothly. KaBoom will lend a big hand in the planning stages with material and guidance. They have already built 1000 playgrounds with The Home Depot!

We need more than 80 community volunteers, so if you are willing to offer your time on Build Day (Thursday, March 20th) from 8 a.m. to around 3 p.m., please email us your name, age, address, email address and phone number. Put "KaBoom Volunteer" in the subject line and we'll add you to the volunteer list!

And if you have a little more time to give, please consider serving as a Build Captain. No construction experience necessary -- just a bigger time investment. Build Captains will need to be present at the school on March 18th and possibly 19th from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to prepare the site for the volunteers on Thursday, and also will need to arrive at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of the build. We need ten of these folks, so please give the job your consideration!

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