Board Meeting

DPiP Board Meeting
April 17,2013
Wednesday, 5:30pm
Deer Park Senior Center

DPiP Community Garden

Board Meeting

DPIP Board Meeting
Deer Park Senior Center
Monday, December 10th
5:30PM

Wild Rose Community Center Annual Taffy Pull
Sunday, December 9th
1:00PM
More information :  http://wildroseccdp.blogspot.com/

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

Deer Park Community Garden is growing right along and making progress!

Many pounds of fresh veggies were donated to the Community Green House Food Bank next door.

DPiP Community Garden hopes that the 2013 Garden Season will bring more participation and success!

Many Donate to Community Garden

The list is not comprehensive,  a general idea of the donors to the Deer Park in Progress Community Garden. DPiPCG.

Plot, use of water and power- Schuler's auto repair.

18 tomato plants, 18 pepper plants, 2 flats of broccoli and 1 flat cauliflower- Garden Springs Greenhouse.

Wood for raised beds, soil for raised beds, seeds, hoses, sprinklers, picnic tables tomato cages- local deer park people within the community interested in the garden.

Use of a Bobcat for roto-tilling and soil moving- Pape` Material Handling.

Fencing supplies- Clayton Fair Board.

Labor- headed up by members of Christ's Church of Deer Park, Vine Church and other community members.

DPiPCG Committee Members Jacob Schuler and Katie Birky and others have spent many hours planning, organizing, collecting donated items and working on the garden.


A Big Thank You to all who have helped and continue to help with this project.

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DPiP Community Garden

DPiP Community Garden, located off  First street behind Schuler's Automotive, west side of Precious Metal and south of First Street Grille was planted Memorial Day weekend May 2012.

Almost all the supplies were donated by businesses and nonprofits in the Deer Park community and the work was done by community residents interested in gardening.

For more information: Jacob 509-710-4923

Upcoming Meeting

DPiP Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, June 20
5:30PM
Deer Park Senior Center
Community Garden Committee to discuss progress of garden

Think Summer! Think Community Garden!

Community Gardening can be a good way to get to know your neighbor and meet people in the Deer Park area. It can be fun, informative, save money and help others. More information to be posted. Keep checking the DPiP Blog.

Next Board Meeting

DPiP Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, May23rd.

5:30PM

Deer Park Senior Center

DPiP Board Meeting

DPiP Board Meeting
October 18, 5:30PM
Deer Park Senior Center

DPiP Community Garden Update

The DPiP Community Garden project was postponed due to lack of community interest and needing a Garden location. The DPiP Board of Directors voted to look to it as a future project.
We will post updates on the blog.

HOW WE CAME TO BE! Deer Park in Progress (DPiP) Nonprofit

Deer Park in Progress started because of Horizons.

HORIZONS IS ABOUT MOVEMENT AND CHANGE: From waiting to leading...from talk to action...from poverty to prosperity...from a few to many...from despair to hope...from indifference to pride.The Horizons program is about the changes a community can make to move from poverty to hope, from population and economic decline to prosperity. This initiative is for rural communities of fewer than 5,000 and with poverty rates of at least 10 percent.
Open to all community members, Horizons focuses on practical strategies and tools. More specifically, it provides locally-delivered training, skill-building, and coaching to strengthen community leadership and civic engagement systems. Experience has shown that small communities can thrive if they have a strong leadership system.
Forty Washington communities including Deer Park have participated in Horizons since 2004. Nearly 300 communities have participated overall in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
Washington State University Extension is proud to be one of seven delivery organizations of Horizons, and eight-state initiative of the Northwest Area Foundation.

Now, Deer Park In Progress Nonprofit Organization, not just renamed, but an organization that has formed a board of directors, incorporation and has achieved a 501(c)(3)tax status. Also a 10,000 grant from Horizon's for completing the 18 month program.

The organization is founded on much of the same mission and principals as Horizons. It has added some of its own touch to encompass and reflect the needs of our specific community of Deer Park and surrounding area. We aim to partner with other community organizations to work towards the mission which is always ongoing.

Deer Park in Progress (DPiP) Mission Statement:

"Exploring and finding solutions to reduce poverty in Deer Park and the surrounding area with help and involvement of the community, so all may thrive."

The blog website is an information source, where information is posted and comments and questions welcome and answered as soon as possible.

All board and members are community volunteers and anyone from the community with a passion and belief in the DPiP mission are encouraged to come to the meetings with their ideas, input and info.

May Board Meeting

Board Meeting at the Deer Park Library
Monday May 23, 5:30PM
Agenda: DPiP Community Garden

Deer Park in Progress Community Garden Committee

If you enjoy gardening or need a plot of ground so you can garden please plan on attending this meeting.

Deer Park in Progress
Community Garden Committee Meeting

●Meeting to discuss updates on proposed Deer Park Community Garden . All are invited to attend this informative meeting. Bring your questions and concerns - your input is encouraged and needed! Garden Design, water, budget and community interest and awareness.

Monday April 11, 4:00pm
DEER PARK LIBRARY

Deer Park Community Kiosk Completed

Deer Park Community Kiosk Completed

Deer Park in Progress and Eagle Scout Troop #28 worked together to apply the finishing touches to the Deer Park Community Kiosk at City Hall.
Community information can be posted on the east side by calling 509-280-4635. On the west side there is a cork board for posting other information.
The DPHS Key Club will help with the maintenance of community information to the Kiosk.
Any questions:
Dusty Finafrock, Chairwoman
Deer Park In Progress Nonprofit Organization
PO Box 1045
Deer Park, WA 99006
finafrock@gmail.com
http://deerpark-wa.blogspot.com/
509 -280-4635

DEER PARK COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE

The Deer Park community has requested a brochure; a way to get details available about the community concerning local services, lists of information for Deer Park churches, schools and vital locations needed such as the Deer Park Post Office, City Hall, Senior Center, Greenhouse Food Bank, and other local services and resources.

Last year the Deer Park Horizons group identified poverty as being not just a lack of finances but also resources. They formed a committee to produce this brochure, accompanied with a map to locate the services.

The committee did not want it to be a commercial retail project, but a community project compiling the services and resources that the Deer Park Community and surrounding areas have to offer.

It has taken a long time to complete the brochure because the leg work and design work which included many, many donated hours by a dwindling committee. The project received a very welcome and much appreciated donation from Deer Park Rotary to pay for the printing. The printing of 2000 brochures on glossy stock tri-fold paper for each brochure has taken place.

They will be distributed in Deer Park at various places including the Deer Park Chamber, Deer Park Library and city hall.

Deer Park in Progress Nonprofit (DPiP)

(Formerly, Deer Park Horizons 3) is very happy to share this information with the Deer Park Community and surrounding area.

Tri- County Resident Weatherization Services

Spokane Neighborhood Action Program, (SNAP) Services available include energy assistance and weatherization, community and emergency services including voice mail for those without telephones, financial access services, assistance with other services.

SNAP services can be accessed at the Deer Park Greenhouse Community Center at 12 W. First or by phone: 509-276-8224; http://www.greenhousecommunitycenter.org/
SNAP website: http://www.snapwa.org/. SNAP's main office contact is (509) 456-7111.

Stevens County residents can access services through Rural Resources.

Rural Resources will provide(depending on available funding) low to no-cost weatherization improvements for homes in Stevens, Pend Oreille, Ferry Counties. If your application is approved you will be placed on a waiting list and scheduled for an energy audit with priority going to households with children under 6, disabled, sixty or older. For more information call:509 684-8421/ 866 260-2729

WINTERFEST 2011.. Free Books For Children

Winterfest Schedule sponsored by the Deer Park Kiwanis Club is the FIRST community event to be posted to the recently completed Deer Park Community Kiosk. The schedule of events for January 21 and 22, 2011 can be viewed by the community at the Kiosk in front of Deer Park City Hall.
There will be Free Books for Children at the Community Arts Center during Winterfest.