Friends of Ballard Corners Park http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 17 May 2010 16:43:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Donations to Other Non-Profits When we were done paying all our bills, we had a few thousand dollars left over.  Two other non-profits helped us and we wanted to thank them.  We gave $400 to Ballard Boys & Girls Club for letting us meet in their building and another $400 to the Ballard Historical ... http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1113 Whoa! More Press! I just saw this today.  The Ballard News Tribune picked up our park as a part of a collection of pocket parks in Ballard. (photo courtesy of Ballard New Tribune) http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1109 Donation to Others [caption id="attachment_1107" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="corner store is open!"][/caption] It is a bit odd.  We are an organization with no financial assets.  The Friends of Ballard Corners has no bank account, no officers (on paper), no board, no nothing.  We rely on Groundswell NW to handle all our money as our "fiscal ... http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1103 The endless spam war It appears the Russian spambots have worked out how to do math (*). Therefore I have made the math formulas for posting comments a little more obscure. Here are a couple of hints: * A Space Odyssey * George Orwell * Columbus (*) to leave a comment on this website you need to ... http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1094 The fence is down! Finally, the construction is all done! The park really is done now and completely open! Yeah! http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1093 Alta’s Photos of the Easter Egg Hunt Alta shared some photos of the Easter egg hunt.  Her daughter (with the dark hair) stars in a few of them. [gallery columns="2"] http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1075 Photos of the 2010 Easter Egg Hunt I snapped a few photos of the hunt yesterday - [gallery columns="2"] http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1035 Ballard News Tribune Photos of the Easter Egg Hunt Our local newspaper, the Ballard News Tribune, posted some photos of yesterday's hunt. http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1032 Amazing fungus and cherry blossoms a few pics from the park. http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1018 Camille and Kasey speak of the importance of parks in the neighborhood A request came in from Groundswell NW's President Andrea Faste to have Camille and her friends come to their annual meeting and speak about the importance of parks in the neighborhood. I asked Camille and she said, "sure!" So, she and her best friend Kasey got up in ... http://ballardcornerspark.org/ballardcornerspark/?p=1019