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Sadly, due to the Covid-19 outbreak, this year’s dog parade has been cancelled.
We do plan on being back next spring to celebrate our K9 canyon residents. In the meantime, everyone should be taking their dogs on lots of walks in the canyon (practicing proper social distancing of course).
We’ll see you next year!
To our Glenoaks Canyon Community,
I am writing you at a time when we as a Canyon, State, and Country are facing a situation that most of us have not encountered in our lifetimes. Such a crisis certainly comes with uncertainty, anxiety and fear.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, one of the primary reasons that my wife and I have called Glenoaks Canyon our home for the last 20 years is because of the quality of the people who reside in this Canyon. It is during times like these that I would ask our wonderful Canyon residents to show their Glenoaks Canyon spirit to contact our elderly or immobile residents to make sure they have the resources they need to weather this crisis. Such contact can be made by a quick phone call or a knock on the door. I have already been informed by the Head of our Disaster Preparedness Program Isabelle Meyer that she and her volunteers are already do the same, but please do not rely solely on GOCHA to help our neighbors. I have heard that such preliminary contact has been very well received. Thank you,Isabelle, for this very kind gesture and your continued service to our Canyon.
While I fully understand that each of you must do what is best for you and your family, I would ask that you also show your Glenoaks Canyon spirit when you visit the local market and other establishments around town. Hopefully, we can work together to get through these very trying times, the worst of which may not yet be behind us. It certainly is wise to stock-up on needed essentials, but at a certain point such stocking-up can be at the detriment to your neighbors who are also in the same situation.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of GOCHA, I wish you all the best of health and resolve during these very trying times. I am hopeful and optimistic we can get through this crisis together.
Rick Marquis
President, GOCHA
Going to college next year? If so, you can apply for the GOCHA Annual Scholarship.
The homeowners association will award a $400 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who will attend a post-secondary institution in the academic year following graduation. To be eligible, an applicant must live in Glenoaks Canyon, and at least one member of the household must belong to GOCHA. The application is available at glenoakscanyon.org/annual-scholarship or by contacting Marie Freeman at (818-500-1828). Applications must be submitted by May 1, 2020. The GOCHA Scholarship Committee will base their selection on merit and service and will announce the recipient in June, 2020.
There is a large tree that has fallen and is completely blocking Edwards Pl. in both directions just south of Hollister Terrace. High winds are expected through noon today. Please be careful out there.
The Winter 2020 Echo is here. If you didn’t get yours in your mailbox, you can enjoy the digital version here.
Highlights include:
GOCHA 2020 Membership Drive
Biogas Power Plant EIR Update
GOCHA 2020 Scholarship
Disaster Preparedness Info
Reflections on our canyon
Happy New Year everyone. GOCHA hopes that everyone had a great holiday season and are excited about what 2020 will bring. One thing you can do to kick off the new year right is to renew your membership to GOCHA for 2020 — and, we have made it easier than ever to renew.
Simply click on the link below to take you to our Membership/Donation page. You can pay via credit card directly on the site or print out a form and mail in along with a check. Either way, now is the time to re-up your membership and consider donating separately to the Disaster Preparedness Fund or the Landfill Legal Fund. And, if you really feel inspired, consider becoming a Lifetime Member.
You can do any and all of these things right here: Join/Donate for 2020
