Mentelle Neighborhood Association

Our annual Easter Egg Hunt is right around the corner! If you wish to donate plastic eggs — preferably filled with a piece of wrapped candy — for the Mentelle Easter Egg Hunt on April 16, please bring them to the porch of 29 Mentelle Park. Donations will be accepted this weekend and all next week, but no later than Friday, April 15.  We would love to have at least 400 eggs to make this a fun and memorable event for our neighborhood’s children.

The hunt will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, on the Mentelle Park medians near Cramer Avenue. There will be two hunts — one for little kids through age 4 and one for bigger kids between ages 5-10.  Bigger kids will hunt on the median closest to Cramer and the little ones will hunt on the second median.

No small children in your household? No problem! We hope that all Mentelle Neighborhood residents will come out to socialize with your neighbors and celebrate the beginning of spring. Complimentary coffee will be available courtesy of Nate’s Coffee as well as delicious donuts from Spalding’s Bakery. We will also have temporary tattoos for both the kids and those just young at heart.

We hope to see all Mentelle Neighborhood residents there!

A citywide conversation April 10-16 will provide public input into Lexington’s next 20-year growth plan and other priorities for our city and neighborhood.

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association will host an On The Table gathering at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass, 162 North Ashland Ave. The meeting room is at the back of the building, where we held our last MNA annual meeting.

If there’s enough interest, we can schedule additional On The Table sessions, including via Zoom or, weather permitting, in the median.

Please contact Jamie Lucke at jamiedlucke@gmail.com if you plan to attend or with any questions or concerns. We need a count of attendees to arrange the room.

Here’s more information: https://www.lexingtonky.gov/news/02-01-2022/table-set-april-10-16.

Please join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16, at 10 a.m. on the Mentelle Park medians near Cramer Avenue. The egg hunts — one for little kids up to age 4 and one for bigger kids between ages 5 and 10  — begin at 10 a.m. Bigger kids will hunt on the median closest to Cramer and the little ones will hunt on the second median.

No small children in your household? No problem! We hope that all Mentelle Neighborhood residents will come out to socialize with your neighbors and celebrate the beginning of spring. Complimentary coffee will be available courtesy of Nate’s Coffee as well as some delicious donuts. We also will have temporary tattoos for both the kids and those just young at heart.

Donations of eggs are gladly accepted! If you would like to contribute to the event, please bring plastic eggs (preferably filled with a piece of wrapped candy) in a bag to the porch of 29 Mentelle Park no later than Friday, April 15. We would love to have at least 400 eggs to make this a truly fun and special event for the children of the neighborhood.

We hope to see all Mentelle Neighborhood residents there!

The annual Mentelle Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 16, the day before Easter.  Kim Naujokas will send out details about the event and how you can donate filled plastic eggs for our neighborhood children to find that morning.

To get ready for the egg hunt, the Mentelle Median Committee leaders have planned two cleanup days for our  neighborhood’s public park. These will be mainly to clean up sticks and other tree debris and get the flower beds ready for summer. The cleanup sessions will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, and at 2 p.m. Friday, April 15. Everyone’s help is appreciated.

One more suggestion: Add some bending and stretching exercises to your daily walk around the neighborhood. Take along a plastic bag and pick up trash that has accumulated over the winter.

Thanks to everyone who came out today for the Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s Mardi Gras Celebration! Special thanks to organizer Kim Naujokas (with help from Justin); Selma’s Catering/Liberty Road Cafe for donating the king cake; Kenwick Table for donating hot chocolate and coffee; and hay wagon driver extraordinaire Gil Dunn. Also, thanks to everyone who donated to help make this event possible.

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The Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration is today! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of the Big Blue Pedaler, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you. Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted. We look forward to seeing you this afternoon!

The Mentelle Mardi Gras celebration is Saturday! Please join us from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Mentelle Park at Cramer Avenue. A Mardi Gras celebration made up of the Big Blue Pedaler, sweet treats, music and fun for the whole family awaits you. Come out in your best Mardi Gras attire and catch some beads!

Adults and kids can capture the fun of Mardi Gras at the photo booth and complete your Mardi Gras “look” with some (temporary) tattoos!

Donations to the neighborhood association will be gratefully accepted. We look forward to seeing you Saturday!

The Mentelle Neighborhood Association’s board of directors has its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. tonight via Zoom. Any MNA member is welcome to attend. If you would like to attend, please email Tom Eblen for the link.