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LampLighter Benefactors are much appreciated

By Staff on December 6, 2011

By June Hurt This time last year, I asked for a few good souls that were blessed with the means to consider showing their support for the LampLighter in a tangible way. By making a one time donation of $60 or more or a monthly donation of $5 or more, they could become a LampLighter [...]

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Spend time with your neighbors while helping the CYCA

By Staff on December 6, 2011

By June Hurt It’s that time of year again! Time for you to take a few hours off from the holiday hustle and bustle and help us get our CYCA 2012 Membership Renewal Letters out to the residents! As most of you are aware, CYCA Memberships expire at the end of the year, so renewals [...]

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CY Thanksgiving Food Drive underway

By Staff on November 1, 2011

By Suzzane Striker Soon you will find a flyer on your door asking for donations for the annual Cooper-Young Thanksgiving Food Drive. 1st Congregational Church’s Loaves and Fishes food pantry (located at Cooper and Walker) needs our help. Like all such pantries in these difficult times, the Loaves and Fishes food pantry is experiencing an [...]

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Meowathon set for Nov. 19

By Staff on November 1, 2011

By Holly Smith Kittens Cooper and Young are gearing up for the House of Mews’ 8th annual Meowathon with personalized runner numbers, matching sweat bands, and plenty of “cat-itude.” The two eight-week-old male kittens are among the newest additions at the House of Mews and are currently available for adoption. Found during September’s Cooper-Young Festival, [...]

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: CY St. Jude Marathon aid station

By Staff on October 31, 2011

By Amanda Ball Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 3. It’s time for the annual St. Jude Marathon again! With all races sold out this year, there will be 8,100 participants in the half marathon and 3,500 in the full marathon. That means we need lots of volunteers for the Cooper-Young aid station at mile marker [...]

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OCTOBER NEWS BRIEFS

By Staff on October 20, 2011

Opportunity to give to the Memphis Food Bank By Pat Mitchell Worley Little Helpers, a children’s volunteer organization, will be in Cooper-Young on Saturday, October 29, from 11am-12:30pm. The kids (ages 2 to tween) will travel our streets in their Halloween costumes collecting food for the Memphis Food Bank for their monthly service activity. Please [...]

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Registration begins for Meowathon

By Staff on October 6, 2011

By Holly Smith The House of Mews had two surprise additions during September’s Cooper-Young Festival. A box labeled “Free Kittens, Take One” was left on Evelyn Street near the Festival. A passer-by discovered the box containing four five-week-old kittens. Two kittens were adopted by Festival-goers on the short walk from Evelyn to The House of [...]

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Parents as child advocates

By Staff on October 6, 2011

By Dr. D. Jackson Maxwell Parents are their children’s first teachers. Children learn by observing their parents, listening and participating in family conversations, engaging in common interests, and spending time with each other. As parents, we start preparing our children from birth for a happy, healthy, and successful life. As our kids enter school, we [...]

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Much anticipated CY Festival is here

By Staff on September 3, 2011

By Leslie Thompson The third Friday of every September in Cooper-Young arrives with a distinctive feeling. It is an almost singular type of excitement that one normally reserves for the last day of school or even Christmas Eve. The sensation is not unlike that of a roller coaster ride with the anticipation it brings as [...]

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Join the pre-Festival neighborhood clean up efforts