Current Events:

We have been given the opportunity to participate in a yard sale along with SNIPS.
Central Bench will receive all the monies from donations sold at the sale.
The sale is on Saturday May 25th
5831 W. Franklin Rd., SW corner of Curtis & Franklin
9 am to 5 pm
Donations can be made to help CBNA – Drop off at the site Friday between 11:00 and 4:00.

- Mark your calendars -

Central Bench 4th Annual Spring Festival

at Cassia Park
June 8th
11 am to 6 pm

Our fourth spring festival is scheduled for June 8th at Cassia Park! We need help! If you can help organize art demonstrations, performance events, children’s art, food vendors, family activities . . .

Let us know right away! We’d love the extra hands. Please check out our volunteer sign up here: http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/7808036045

This year we plan to continue the great performances, dog walk, children’s art, and international food. We hope to have more gardening demonstrations and information. We will also have folk art demonstrations reminiscent of Boise’s History. We will be having the bake sale along with the festival too so, let us know if you can bring baked goods packaged and priced for sale.

-Part of The 150th year celebration. If you or someone you know might be interested in demonstrating folk arts at the festival —Please let us know!

We are also looking for festival sponsors. If you are a business owner or know a local business, we’d love to include you in our festival!

Time Performer(s)

12:00:00 PM                       Boise Banjo Band
1:00:00 PM                         Ben Kemper storyteller
1:45:00 PM                          Starbelly Dancers
2:30:00 PM                         Owyhee Fiddlers
4:00:00 PM                         Irish Dance Idaho
5:00:00 PM                         Fleet Street Klezmer Band

Also Featuring Artists from: Wild Lotus Art Consignment Co-Op

National Night Out 2013

Tuesday August 6th
at
Heatherwood Retirement Center
5277 Kootenai Road

Past Events:

The “29th Annual National Night Out”,
a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW), has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 7, 2012. Last year’s National Night Out campaign involved citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials from over 15,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide.
In all, over 37 million people participated in National Night Out 2011.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:
•Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
•Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
•Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
•Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

Great neighborhoods are the cornerstone of a livable city. Boise is fortunate to have a thriving network of active neighborhoods
in all parts of the city.

To celebrate and support Boise’s neighborhoods, the City is proud to host a series of programs to strengthen the ties between Boise residents, to establish new connections within our community and to honor residents who set an example of how good neighbors can improve
and enhance our community.

2012 Central Bench Spring Festival

The CBNA Board would like to thank all sponsors, participants, vendors, volunteers, and neighbors who helped make our third Central Bench Spring Festival a success.

Donations

Brewer’s Haven

Bryan DuFosse

Canine Design Pet Salon (Also donated a gift-basket for silent auction)

Desiderata Interiors

Dick & Margaret Anderson

International Community

Center of Idaho

Miracle Tire & Total Tire Care

New Leaf Healing Arts

Snake River Pool & Spa

Tom Eubanks

Children’s Store: Gift Certificate

Feel the difference Massage: 2 Massages

Fred Meyer (Gift Card)

Grovers: Hula Hoop Materials

Hap Tallman’s: Two Hats

Heatherwood : For use of van, tables and four shelters

Idaho Sewing: Machine Tune-up

Idaho Youth Ranch: Used Clothing

Margaret Anderson for Petting Zoo Insurance

Zamzows: Seeds and Dog-treat

2013 Central Bench Spring Festival:

We are all trying to work on personal things neglected during the last month of planning the event, but have begun a little de-briefing to get ready for next year. Please forward any additional comments to our e-mail or on facebook. Also, we really need more people to help organize the festival to make it better and better each year. Let us know if you are willing to lend a hand for 2013! WE NEED A VILLAGE!!!

We need Volunteers for the 2013 Spring Festival!

If you are able to volunteer

We our reaching out to our neighborhood businesses to be a more integral part of our neighborhood community and to help us make our festival more successful this year and in years to come. We currently have a comprehensive list of our neighborhood businesses on our website (if you know of any changes, please let us know) – please feel free to drop on by and share your suggestions for improving our business listing page.
Ways your business can be involved include various levels of sponsorship as described below:

Levels of Sponsorship:

$50 includes: live link from our website to yours
$100 includes: live link from our website to yours and a banner on our website for one year
$200 includes: live link from our website to yours, a banner on our website for one year;
a logo on our newsletter & we will display your business banner at our festival with high visibility

Thank you in advance for your contributions. Your contributions ensure our ability to continue creating great community events such as the Central Bench Spring Festival and other neighborhood improvement projects. As we continue to grow and our funding expands it is our goal to be able to provide grants to individuals and groups in our neighborhood community who work to contribute to the overall improvement of our Central Bench Community. Thank you for being a part of our neighborhood and contributing to the health and constant improvement of our community.