South Park Food Drive Underway

Historic South Park is holding its first annual food drive for the Gospel Mission.

Ken and Sue Clarkston, are a local pastor and his wife, who are reverred members of the South Park Family, and run the Mission. As a way of saying thank you for all of the hardwork that they do through out the year in our neighborhood, their neighbors in South Park are holding a food drive to benefit the Mission food pantry. Donations will be taken from now until December 21 at the South Park Tavern, on Wayne Ave. Our goal is raise at least 500 lbs of food to help the people who are served by the Mission to get through the winter season. As of this posting, 195 lbs. in food donations have been collected.

Please help Ken and Sue give some needy families a decent meal, and give generously.

Thanks

Rehabarama 2007

Now past the halfway point, thousands of visitors have descended upon South Park since last week to see the Rehabarama show houses. Many have already returned with their friends for a second viewing. These amazing homes have been professionally decorated by some of Dayton’s most talented interior design firms. The renovated homes range from 900 sqf. to 3,400 sqf., each with unique architecture and design which make for a very interesting show.

An astonishing number of volunteers were needed for this 10-day event is many. South Park neighbor, Maureen Heacock, called upon neighbors and friends to step up, help man the houses and greet our guests as they visit each home on tour. Many volunteers have expressed enjoyment as they reintroduce themselves to new and old faces of the neighborhood. We also make new friends as outside volunteers, who have taken time out of their busy schedules, to help us out on the tour.

We've also seen so many great people who visit from near and far that want to see what's going on down here in South Park. Along with new and old neighbors of South Park, we meet people who are friends of neighbors, urbanites from other Dayton neighborhoods, historic districts or cities, curious suburbanites, old residents who once called South Park home and even people who also once called the rehabbed house home, and of course people who are interested in becoming new South Park neighbors.

So come out to this free event and walk the ten houses on tour by Full Circle Development and The Home Group. We have a house that shows off a neighbor's artistic creation in a staircase hand railing, houses that show of a neighbor's design in kitchens and every house includes a house history by a neighborhood resident house historian. There are just a few days left, today and tomorrow 4–8pm, and this Saturday and Sunday, 12–8pm. Or for more information, follow this link. We hope to see you.