MESSAGE FROM KHCA PRESIDENT, KAREN CORDRY
Happy Strange Thanksgiving
When this year started, I don’t think any of us could have imagined what a “long strange trip” it was going to be to paraphrase the Grateful Dead. But, even with all of the bad news this year and the many we have lost, I think we can find much to still be grateful for. For all of those who are still with us, for the prospect of a vaccine that will keep ourselves and others safe in the near future, and for our ability to protect ourselves in the meantime through simple self-help measures. Wearing masks, social distancing, and staying away from others if we feel sick have kept Maryland among the least affected states in the country.
We here at KHCA extend our deepest and most sincere good wishes to everyone in our community and we hope each of us can find much to give thanks for this year and that we can all hope that the next year will give us even more to be grateful for.
Now is not the time to let up – we all want to see our family and our friends for Thanksgiving, to share our turkey or our tacos or whatever is our favorite food, and to catch up on everything that has happened with each of us over the last year. But, let’s not let all of our efforts to date go to waste; let’s take the advice we’ve been hearing and see each other virtually this year and that will make our in-person time next year twice as sweet when everyone is still there.
Directory Update & Block Captain Project
As we have previously let you know, we are working on updating the KHCA Membership Directory so that we have a good way to be able to communicate with all of our members about information of interest. Where we have Block Captains, we handed out a paper form that you can fill out and give back to them. If you didn’t get a form, we don’t have a captain yet for your street, but we’d love to get a volunteer. But, you don’t need to wait – you can just go to our website, kensingtonheightsmd.org, and click on the box "Update your Directory Listing" on the home page.
And, in case, you’re still not sure why you should do this, it will also be a great way to make sure neighbors can get in touch with neighbors if they need to. Just the other day, we got an inquiry from one person asking if we had contact information for a neighbor because she saw a serious problem at their home while they were away and didn’t know how to reach them. I was able to find the information by looking at the directory – and we’d like to be sure we can do the same for everyone in KHCA. So, please, take one minute, go to the website and fill out the form.
While you're on the website, please don’t forget pay your yearly membership dues. We’re a very thrifty organization, dues are only $10 per adult household member (to a maximum of $30), but for the small sum, we’re here to stay on top of issues for you. Please join up and help us keep doing that job for you.
Thanks so much!
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