Halloween event, 1.November

Hei, hei, hei!!!

As we have a few families that have small children in the area, we decided to do something small for the kids on Halloween. It was not easy to get people involved, as some of us don't exactly support Halloween, so we came up with a following setting:

We walked around to all the houses in our area (Phase 3 in this case) and explained the ideas- to have some kids fun, not go crazy :P

The houses willing to participate, can put a candle in the window or some Halloween decoration on the door/ window, so that kids only knock on the doors of participating houses, without disturbing others.

The night was a great SUCCESS! Kids got to dress up and get their candy (note the Americanism:P) 

Note Hulk coming from behind!!! :D

We had over 10 kids participating and about 1/3 of the houses. We were pleasantly impressed that people who don't have children on their own and still participated in the event. Next time we should either have more kids trick or treating or ask participants to buy less sweets for the night :)

Thank You all for making our neighborhood great!!!

Feedback on 28.Oct. meeting

The meeting was a blast!!! 
If You were not there You missed out on some great action!:)

Minutes will hopefully be added to the blog at the later stage.

New Victoria Park Neighborhood Watch chairperson has been elected.

R

Next meeting

Next meeting will be held on 28th October 7pm in the Helderzicht Rugby club. All residents are welcome to participate!

Great stuff!!!

Dear Neighbours, 

I would like to extend my gratification to those improving our area.

Here are just some things that have been improved and deserve mentioning:

1. The NHW patrols are out almost every night and whats even more amazing- during the days- thank YOU!
2. The NHW boards been moved to more visible spots- Perfect!
3. The speed bumps been installed on Park drive- Amazing!
4. New jungle gym for the kids installed- Unbelievable!
5. The trees behind Turnfontein road have been taken care of- Great job!
6. The whole in the vibre create wall has been closed up, to stop trough traffic- Outstanding!
7. Wednesday bin- scratcher- stop-day works impressive- have not seen any bin-scratchers this Wednesday - Fantastic!
8. Grass cut on open plots in phase 3- Beautiful!

Please share, if You know more great stuff happening in our area!:) 

Minutes from the meeting on 16.September

Venue: Helderzicht Rugby club, 7pm

NB: Open with a prayer (Patrik, Brandon)

Other NHWs present: Bridgewater NHW (Gavin Holroyd), Paardavlei NHW (Ellen) and Lourentia Park NHW (Doreen & Mary)

Also present: Annetjie Robertson (Community Police Forum) Will chat to Charl Viljoen about possible training next year ower 2 nights.

Patrolls· 

• Patroller registration forms distributed in the meeting– needed to secure their own safety. Forms distributed and 21 filled form received.
• Be non-aggressive. Walking etiquette. No patrollers under influence of alcohol or other substances to participate. 
• To keep patrolls random- as times of peak crime tend to change.

Record of patrolls to be kept:

1. Date
2. Time
3. Observation (place, what happened, clothing)

Jackets to be made: Cost R55 will be financed personally. Please speak to Donovan, 14 Phoenix street.

Communication methods: 

1. Create a special group for patrollers on WhatsApp to discuss the meeting times etc. Brandon Smith as administrator of the group 0745545218

2. Facebook no pictures publicly allowed. Only for nonsesitive information

3. 2-way radio – advised to be purchased from an official NHW network as it has to be linked to the speciffic frequency etc.

Problem areas & way forward:

1. Incident record. To be mapped out where most incidents happen, to attend to the most urgent areas.

2. Open field on Paardevlei side and area behind Turnfontein boundry wall to be cleaned up. Ellen and Mariette has taken the issue further. Will be discussed with Councillor Van Minnen.

3. Broken Boundry wall on Victoria Street- Cape Dev Homes responsible? Does not seem that Victoria Park residents use the oppening. Required to be closed

4. Drain close to broken section of the wall need to be covered. Possible hiding place for criminals.

5. Lourentia Park boundry wall on Links road towards the Mall- permanent wall to be installed when other section of Lourentia Park is built up. Can we wait so long. John Middleton taking issue further. The wall between Victoria Park and Lourentia Park- plants to prevent jumping over the wall to be planted. Needs input from the Councillor Van Minnen.

6. Suspected Drug house/ problem houses in the area- should speak to Sector 2 commander 082411271five

7. Lights in open spaces- Darryl

8. Speedbumps in Park Drive- issue taken further and should be installed in near future

9. Bin scratchers – please ask the bin scratchers to leave Your bin alone! Be nice. Stay safe. Don’t display the boxes of new appliances or equipment you have bought! Take down serial numbers of all electronic equipment- so in case of being stolen, it can be recovered.

10. NHW boards:

• Existing boards hopefully can stay where they are. New big boards can possibly be installed at the entrances. Need to investigate where they can be acuired
• Small NHW boards in the window or on property saying that the owners belong to NHW can be bought from CPF @ R40 per board. 

Next meeting: 30.September, 7pm, Same venue

Meeting 16.September

The meeting tonight 7pm!!!

Suggested agenda:

1.Member registry: use existing list and update. + who is on whatsapp, fb, email.

2. Patrol schedule and Incident registrar (Fb) to keep record

3. Jackets and funding - fundriser options?
4. Problem areas: open field on Paardevlei side, broken boundry wall on Victoria side, wall on Lourentia park side, no wall on Folkstone crescent, suspected drug house.
5. Possible solutions/ steps

See You all there!

Support our neighbours!

This blog is open for the Victoria Park residents to advertise your business or skill. Let's support our neighbors!!

Here is one of the businesses in the area:)

Please inform, if You know a reliable and safe domestic worker/ gardener. 

If You would like to feature your business here, please send me the information You would like to have posted. Please send in JPG file, if possible. 

Have a great week!!!

Ritma