Clunie Community Center

We have received lots of calls about what the curbside pick up hours are at the McKinley Library (in the Clunie Community Center.) Here is the latest update.

You Have 5 more days!! Send Your Best Shots by JUNE 1 McKinley Rose Garden PHOTO CONTEST Send to [email protected] Photo: Amber Morris

It’s time for our annual McKinley Rose Garden photo contest. The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers. The only rule is that photos mu...st be taken in the Rose Garden during the month of April or May 2020 (and that you observed social distance requirements). We are looking for some general overall shots of the garden showing the variety of beds. We also are looking for close-up portraits of individual roses and the other plants in the garden. Email your high-resolution photo entries (limit of three per person) to [email protected] by June 1. Winners will be featured in Inside East Sacramento and displayed in the lobby of Clunie Community Center. See more

FLOWER FRIENDS By Cecily Hastings Rose garden volunteers set their own schedules https://insidesacramento.com/flower-friends/ Nonprofit organizations suffered ...this spring when social-distancing orders due to COVID-19 gradually closed up most volunteer positions. For the McKinley Rose Garden, run by nonprofit Friends of East Sacramento, the timing couldn’t have been worse. Our volunteers start up at the end of April and continue throughout the year until the New Year, says Nisa Hayden, who started her position as garden manager and volunteer coordinator in late March. But flowers are dictated by nature, and the beautiful spring weather and generous fertilizing all winter have brought glorious blooming to our 1,200 rose bushes. In previous years, FOES has hosted a volunteer orientation and workday the first weekend of May to kick off the season. It normally attracts close to 100 new and former volunteers. The timing is designed to be just perfect as the most prolific rose blooms of the year are on full display. Without immediate deadheading, the roses will not be able to bloom again as easily or as plentifully, Hayden says. With a big group event no longer possible, the nonprofit decided to schedule smaller training sessions where new volunteers can get their hour-long orientation before they work independently. We will maintain all social-distancing practices in effect at the time to keep people safe, Hayden notes. While coordinating hundreds of volunteers every year has been a big part of the rose garden job, FOES co-founder Lisa Schmidt says the group recently introduced new communication tools to work with volunteers. We now have an e-newsletter, and are using the VOMO platform for larger events, when, of course, we are able to have them once again, Schmidt says. She adds that a member of the Fremont Presbyterian Church recommended the platform after using it successfully at the church this winter. Fremont employs hundreds of volunteers each week, both on campus and at work in the community. READ MORE https://insidesacramento.com/flower-friends/ See more

Our favorite time of year! Beginning this Friday, February 21 - Girl Scouts will be on the patio at the Clunie Community Center selling cookies. The schedule varies but come by get cookies and support a great cause.

Paid Garden Positions Available!

Thanks to the Sacramento Ballet and the McKinley Library for bringing Swan Lake to the Grand Hall at the Clunie Community Center. This free performance was beautiful and enjoyed by our guests of all ages.

FREE Yoga In The Park McKinley Park, Inside The Clunie Center Saturday 1-25-2020, 9:00am... This Saturday we are so excited to have Michelle Green as our teacher. Clear your Saturday morning and make some time to come practice with us! This is an all-levels class and everyone is welcome! Do what you can, and take rest when you need to. Show up as you are! We meet inside The Clunie Center, at McKinley Park (Alhambra Blvd & F St) Please arrive early because the Clunie Center gets packed. No admission after 9:10 am. #ymu #yogainthepark #yoga #meditation #yogi #sacramentoproud #thisisyoga #inspiredyogis #yogaeverywhere #yogaeveryday #yogaeverydamnday #yogalove #advanceyourpractice #yogaflow #yogisofinstagram #freeyoga #practiceandalliscoming

Thank you to the East Sacramento Women's Club for your service. Our neighborhood is lucky to have you.

A great way to start off the new year. Saturday Morning from 9 am to 10:15 am - inside the Clunie Center. No charge to attend.

Just another Saturday morning in the Clunie Center. Class begins at 9 am and there is no charge.

Tomorrow morning - at the Clunie Center