WHCCA Events

This takes place on the Saturday before Easter. We hide 500 treat-filled plastic eggs in the park for kids to find. The park is divided into three age-group sections, so the little kids have their own area and the big kids don’t get all of the eggs first. Even in the mild rain which we sometimes (often?) have in the early spring, this is a fun event that is always well-attended

Every spring (usually in April) our neighborhood joins forces with the city of Bellevue to clean up several of the common areas.  Clean up tasks including weeding, picking up trash, planting, and spreading mulch.  Target areas include Lattawood Park. Collingwood Minipark, the ravine on 46th Way, and the steep woods trail connecting 46th Way to “The Heights.”  The City of Bellevue says we are a model community for this event and wishes other neighborhoods were as involved as ours. Historically the city has provided plants, mulch and trash bags; we provide the tools, labor and donuts.

This is always great fun for the kids in our neighborhood. Starting in 2005, picnic lunch and popsicles have been provided after the parade in Collingwood Park. Children of all ages are invited to ride their bikes on the parade route.  The city of Bellevue provides a fire engine; children can climb aboard and have their pictures taken.  Watch the annual June issue of the Whispers for details off of the upcoming event.

A block party is a way to enjoy some food while connecting with your neighbors (who you may need to rely upon if we have an earthquake or major disaster with your house being damaged, and you need somewhere to go for lodging).

This is organized by each block. The Block Captain can plan the party or someone else in the Block can plan it. Talk to your Block Captain.

WHCCA provides funding of up to $250 per block to purchase food, etc.

Got old things you never use around your house? Some years the WHCCA holds an all-neighborhood garage sale. This is the time to turn your “junk” into cash instead of trash. The “all-neighborhood garage sale” has been held at various times of the year, from early Summer to early Fall. Rather than having a scattering of personal garage sales every week throughout the year, we encourage everyone to participate in this annual neighborhood event. We advertise the sale in the local newspapers and always get a big turnout from local neighborhoods and well as garage sale fans from as far as Seattle. The event typically starts at 9 AM sharp, but hard core “junkers” have been known to start patrolling much earlier.

Check the whcca.org home page to see if there is a garage sale this year, and let us know if you plan to host a sale. In some years we have marked participating homes on a map that will be passed out at neighborhood entrances.  If you don’t have a lot to sell, consider joining forces with your neighbors. 

A weekday evening around the time of back to school, the WHCCA provided ice cream bars. Kids played, adults chatting and met new neighbors, and a new tradition was born!