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NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT The party never stops in Cooper- Young

B y S a r a h F rierson On the heels of the Cooper-Young Festival, block clubs around the neighborhood are gearing up for this year’s Neighborhood Night Out (NNO) on Tuesday, October 12, from 6-8pm (please see page 16 for a list of registered NNO parties). NNO parties are a wonderful opportunity to meet your neigh- bors, share food and fun, and promote the safety of our neighborhood. Neighborhood Night Out is the Cooper- Young version of National Night Out, a nationwide program encouraging neighbor- hood spirit, community safety, and police- community partnerships for a safer nation. For the second year in a row Cooper-Young has opted to hold the event in October rather than August in order to beat the heat. According to Ginger Spickler, our Block Club Chairman, “August 3 (the national date) was one of the hottest nights on record for Memphis. We think October will be much more pleasant.” Despite the different season, Target, the corporate sponsor of National Night Out, will make their presence known in our neighbor- hood once again. Each party will receive a $25 gift card from Target that one lucky partygoer will take home This year we also welcome a local sponsor for NNO – Outback Steakhouse. Kevin and Lauren Luke, CY residents and owners/ proprietors of the Outback on Union, have generously supplied us with loads of goodies, including ten Outback gift baskets and multiple coolers that will be awarded to lucky party attendees in a drawing after NNO. “We live at Nelson and Meda, so we want to make sure we do what we can for our community,” says Kevin. We are thankful to have such wonderful neighbors. Let’s not NNO promotes safety in our community, and this year information forget that, in addition to their support of about emergency preparedness and CERT training will be NNO, they also provided food for 1800 distributed at each party. Above, CYCA President John Kinsey people at the Festival Friday 4 Miler. models the latest trends in emergency response gear. The Lukes are doing their part to foster the neighborhood spirit, and the parties them-

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October 2010 LampLighter 1 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Meetings & Dates Cooper-Young A neighborhood of Regional Beerfest volunteers inside Saturday, October 9, 1-5 pm Volunteers make it Cooper and Walker Wow! Another successful CY 4 Miler race and Festival weekend happen Last call for tickets is just around the for the books. What a weekend it was. We saw record breaking 5 Where would CY be without all of corner. You may purchase them online numbers of runners in the race and a tremendous crowd for the the community volunteers? Read the CYCA at cooperyoung.org and join the rest Festival. I send a huge thank you to all of the volunteers who thank you note to those of you who worked of your neighbors as we gather to helped out. We had volunteers stuff race bags, call for race hard to pull off another Festival weekend. enjoy quality, hand-crafted beers from donations, pick-up donations, distribute race packets, clean-up the the Southeast. neighborhood, work the race, co-ordinate the “Light the Way” parties, meet with the media, work Urban Outfitters the Festival booth, host parties, ask for art for the Art Auction, pick-up art donations, sell Beerfest coming to the Neighborhood tickets, and much more. You can see from the list of tasks, this is more than a one man (or 12 corner of Central Night Out and Cooper woman) operation. It takes everyone to succeed. Thank you to all our wonderful CYCA volunteers. Tuesday, October 12, 6-8 pm These aren’t just rumors anymore. It seems Although the race and Festival are over, the fun and volunteer opportunities continue in Celebrate the joys of living in CY with this development is likely to become a reality Cooper-Young. October 9 is the inaugural CY Beerfest. Tickets may be purchased online at your neighbors on this special night. soon. Th