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Cherryhill Neighborhood Association

Cherryhill Neighborhood Association is a City of Sunnyvale sanctioned association formed for the benefit of the Cherryhill Neighborhood. The basic idea is to improve our lives, safety, and community by getting to know our neighbors. click on "About Us" to learn more. Please join.

Membership

Membership in Sunnyvale Neighborhoods is open to all residents of the Cherryhill neighborhood as defined by the neighborhood map. Please join us by clicking the button. When you join you will also be added to the Cherryhill_Neighbors Yahoo Group, which is our means of communication among our members.

JOIN US

If you do not join our Yahoo Group you will not get communications from us. Please join.

May 19 — NewDumpster Day

The Cherryhill Neighborhood Dumpster/Freecycle Day is almost here! Cherryhill will hold its second Dumpster/Freecycle Day on Saturday 19 May 2012, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. This is your chance to declutter your garage, side yard, crawl space, you name it! Courtesy of the City of Sunnyvale, dumpsters will be available for neighborhood use at the following homes:

  • Virginia Shea & Andrew Mendelsohn, 1151 Maraschino Drive
  • Kyle Welch, 1090 Syracuse Drive at Cranberry (dumpster will be located on Cranberry)

Just bring your dumpster-friendly junk to any of these addresses between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and toss it in the dumpster!

Dumping Don'ts
Of course, there are rules. Items that MAY NOT go into the dumpsters include:

  • Auto parts or tires
  • Refrigerators or air conditioners
  • Construction debris or business waste
  • Electronic devices, small appliances, televisions, or computer monitors
  • Any kind of hazardous waste (including paint, oil, automotive fluids of any kind, batteries, insecticides, herbicides, mercury, adhesives, pool chemicals, aerosol cans, fire extinguishers, flammable liquids, household or automotive cleaners, syringes, compressed gas cylinders . . . or anything else that’s toxic or potentially dangerous)
    • Don’t worry — you’ll be able to get rid of many of these items, too. May 19 is also Sunnyvale's monthly Household Hazardous Waste Day, from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Sunnyvale SMaRT Station, 301 Carl Rd. You can call 408-730-7262 for more information about Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off.

Please help us:

  • Keep the street and sidewalk clean — make sure items go inside the dumpster, not next to it
  • Don’t put prohibited items in the dumpster
  • Avoid blocking streets or driveways

Neighborhood Freecycle Event
For your still-usable but no longer needed items, May 19 will also be Cherryhill Neighborhood Freecycle Day.

  • Use the Cherryhill Neighborhood Yahoo Group to offer your usable items for pick-up. If you are not a member of the Yahoo Group (tsk — you should be), click JOIN US
  • Place items in your own driveway for pick-up, or
  • Bring items to the driveway of the Shea/Mendelsohn house (1151 Maraschino Drive) or the Welch house (1090 Syracuse Drive) to be picked up by anyone who happens by
  • Dropped off freecycle items that no one takes will be dumped or donated at the end of the day

Questions about Dumpster/Freecycle Day? Contact Dumpster Day coordinators:

June 2 — Block Party

Start the summer with a party! The Cherryhill Neighborhood Association will hold its 5th Annual Block Party June 2, 11am-2pm, on Elderberry Drive between Ticonderoga and Syracuse. Elderberry Drive will be blocked off for the party. Share food and fun with old and new friends. Celebrate our Annual Block Party with the people who make our neighborhood great.

  • Potluck Block Party
  • What to Bring: Your favorite dish to share and your own beverage
  • We want to practice being green, so please bring your own plate, cup and utensils!
  • Cherryhill Neighborhood Photos - do you have old photos of the CNA neighborhood? Do you have new photos of the Stevens Creek Trail? We would like to share your vision of the neighborhood and how it has changed through the years.
  • Games for the kids - Test your Neighborhood Trivia!
  • Art Contest for the kids - Draw what you like about the neighborhood!
  • Lemonade Stand by Neighborhood kids, - bring your quarters!
  • Bounce House
  • Live Band "Room for Improvement"
  • Firetruck demonstration( if available)
  • Dessert Bake-Off
  • Suggested $10 donation per family

Can you Help? We need canopies, chairs, tables, volunteer grillers, and raffle prizes. If you can help, email Doris Tan, or Jennifer Lung

NewCherryhill Welcome Bag

red bag pic

Cherryhill Neighborhood Association (CNA) has found a novel way to welcome new residents: a 'cherry red', re-usable, shopping bag filled with information about the neighborhood and City of Sunnyvale, then generously topped off with home-baked treats from nearby neighbors! The bags will also contain information about recommended service providers as well as valuable coupons and info from local merchants and suppliers, especially the sponsors who helped fund the project by purchasing advertising space on the bag:

  • Westmoor Florist
  • Silicon Valley Eye Physicians
  • Michael's Hallmark
  • Nature's Best Cleaners
  • For Other Living Things

Cherryhill residents are encouraged to obtain a bag from the CNA Board and deliver it themselves, a great way to meet and welcome their new neighbors into Cherryhill!

A sincere "thank you" to the fantastic merchants who made our new resident reusable bag project such a resounding success! If you frequent these businesses, please let them know you appreciate their support of the Cherryhill Neighborhood Association. You may also support the project by picking up bags for your own use (suggested donation of $2 per bag). To obtain a bag contact Kyle Welch

2012 Calendar

Mark your calendars! The 2012 schedule of neighborhood events is as follows:

  • Feb13 - Association Spring Mixer Mon
  • TBA - Garden Tour
  • Sat, May 19 - Freecycle & Dumpster Day
    • same day as Household Hazardous Waste Day
  • Sat, June 2 - Block Party
  • Tues, Aug 7 - National Night Out Tues,
    • De Anza Park Picnic tables, 6-8pm
  • Sun, Sep 9, - Harvest Share
  • Mon, Oct 22 - Association Fall Mixer
    • De Anza Park Building, 7-8:30pm
  • Sun, Dec 9 - Holiday Walkabout

Announcements

SNAP

The Sunnyvale SNAP (Sunnyvale Neighborhoods Actively Prepare) organization is making a special effort to organize all SNAP trained individuals throughout the city to better disseminate information and serve the community. SNAP has several projects in the works at differing stages that they plan to roll out. The first is a training program to teach people how to set up and organize SNAP in their own neighborhoods.

Robert Locke is the SNAP Liaison Officer to the Neighborhood Associations. He will be contacting Cherryhill Neighborhood Associaton to get us involved. Our neighborhood is within SNAP district 3 and SNAP will be concentrating their efforts in District 3 first. If you would like to become involved contact Kyle Welch or Wayne Amacher. We hope to designate a person as the Cherryhill Point of Contact (POC) soon.

Ideas

Please send in your ideas about what you think your neighborhood association should be doing. New blood and new ideas are vital. Contact Kyle Welch or Wayne Amacher.

Volunteer

The more people we inolve in our activities, the stronger our neighborhood association will be. If you would like to get out a little, have some fun, meet your neighbors, and do good things please volunteer. You can design your own project if you wish, just let us know what you would like to do. To volunteer, contact Kyle Welch. We need volunteers for:

  • Members-at-Large - Help plan our activities
  • Block Representatives: Details at: Block Representatives
  • Traffic Calming Chairperson
  • SNAP POC

2012 Officers

The 2012 Cherryhill Neighborhood Association officers elected at the 2011 Fall Mixer are listed below. New Officers took office on January 1, 2012.

  • Kyle Welch, Chairperson
  • Derek Wagner, Vice Chairperson
  • Doris Tan, Secretary
  • Jim Sturtevant, Treasurer
  • Wayne Amacher, Past Chairperson, Webmaster
  • Jennifer Lung, Member at Large
  • Kathryn Besser (Ex Officio), Newsletter Editor

The board has decided to add as many Members-at-Large as convenient. Members-at-Large are voting members of the board, help plan activities, and groom themselves to become future neighborhood officers ("new blood"). Anyone who would like to participate actively in the association is welcome to volunteer as a Member-at Large. Contact Kyle Welch or Wayne Amacher.


Last revised 12 May 2012

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