St. Johns Neighborhood Association

01/08/2026

Join us this coming Monday evening, January 12th starting at 7pm at James John Elementary or via Zoom. Special guest will be City Councilor Member Sameer Kanal.

12/17/2025

11/04/2025

Hi neighbors! Come join us next Monday, November 10th at Sitton Elementary for our next general meeting at 7pm! If the rain keeps you away, join us via zoom found on the events calendar on our website. Hope to see you there!

10/12/2025

Join us on Monday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. for the SJNA General Meeting! Members in attendance will elect the 2025/26 SJNA Board!

06/20/2025

Check out tomorrow's passport activities!

The Safer Together St. Johns Block Party kicks off tomorrow at 8 a.m. We’re not letting the weather get in the way (though clearly, we have bad luck), and neither should you!

While we’ll be in the plaza all day, there are some really cool places (more than 20) in town running some really fun activities that you should check out.

Every 5 stamps on your passport get you a raffle ticket. Turn in your passport by 8:00 p.m. for your tickets and chance(s) to win a $100 gift card to the St. Johns small business of your choice!

Download and print yours at home or the temporary library if you can. Otherwise, we’ll have copies in the plaza, which you can pick up anytime during the party tomorrow.

Due to the weather, we’ve had to make one update to the plaza schedule. St. Johns-based Blues artist Waxwing John will replace the youth orchestra.

We’ll have a 20’x10’ canopy in the plaza for cover all day, plus other pop-ups around. If you’re coming down and have a pop-up tent, bring it!

All activities are free and open to all. Except for the kid-friendly CrossFit class at 10:30 a.m., let's keep that for the little ones and their people.

Thanks to everyone who has already reached out with what they’re bringing. We're still looking for everyone to pitch in and bring a food dish, drinks, games, chairs, and more.

Let us know what you can bring so we can plan the block party space. https://forms.gle/srQfaJpqGBAdXG1d9

Additionally, shutting down the roads and organizing an event like this takes a lot of work. Please sign up for a two-hour volunteer shift. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A054AAEAE2BA13-57193844-sjna #/

Finally, we're running a SOLVE cleanup Sunday morning to ensure the plaza and the surrounding area are back better than how we found them. If you can spare an hour, please join us! Coffee and pastries will be provided. https://volunteer.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0CVL00002AiLgx2AF/solve-at-johns

06/18/2025

Plaza Schedule Unveiled! Plan Your Saturday!

The Safer Together St. Johns Block Party kicks off at 8 a.m. with a Greet the Day Movement Session led by Greacian G., who regularly teaches at the St. Johns Community Center.

After that, Bhakti Foster from Shanti Om Yoga will lead everyone through a yoga class beginning at 9:30 a.m. You’re encouraged to bring your own mat or towel to participate.

Madi from Blue House Fitness is kind enough to lead a kid-friendly CrossFit class starting at 10:30 a.m., which will round out our morning programming.

Once the class ends, things will look very much like a regular block party in the plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. We’re talking music, games, food, and more.

At 4:30 p.m., the St. Johns Neighborhood Emergency Team will take the stage for a quick intro lesson to disaster preparedness and the threats unique to St. Johns.

We’ll cap it all off at 5:30 p.m. with a performance by a group of BRAVO Youth Orchestras Ambassadors.

After their serenade, we transition back to block party mode from 6:30 p.m. until we have to open Lombard back up at 9 p.m.

All activities are free and open to all. Except for the kid-friendly CrossFit class at 10:30 a.m., let's keep that for the little ones and their people.

We’ll release the passport activities on Thursday! Be on the lookout for that, and print yours at home or the temporary library if you can. Otherwise, we’ll have copies in the plaza you can pick up anytime during the party on Saturday.

We're still looking for everyone to pitch in and bring a food dish, drinks, games, chairs, a pop-up tent and more. It’s looking like it’ll be an Oregon block party with a decent chance of rain in the forecast, so prepare accordingly!

Again, we’ll unveil the passport activities on Thursday.

See you Saturday!

06/04/2025

We hope to see you on June 21st! Be sure to spread the word!

Want to learn more about hosting a passport activity? Click here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/101f54xdZZihJugBKZCbK87fqC61yuogO5jwxe4GVLvg/edit?usp=sharing

Interested in running an activity or a booth? Let us know via the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdr9sh8cXSxc6hH3RKUkfv1hn9mGtQ5vzH_VticiZn0HQ1sRg/viewform?pli=1&pli=1

05/19/2025

SAVE THE DATE!

We’re shutting down Lombard between Leavitt & Alta, plus Philadelphia, to host a giant neighborhood block party!

There will be fun activities all around the neighborhood as well, so make sure to stop by and grab an activities passport.

More details to come very soon!

05/17/2025

Today is opening day for the St. Johns Holds Pickup location! Details below ⬇️

The address is 8191 N Lombard St. Unit 110. Check out the arrow on the map to help orient you.

The schedule will be as follows:

- Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday: 10am-6pm
- Tuesday & Wednesday: 12pm-8pm
- Sunday: 12pm-6pm

Services available:

- Book drop
- Copier(s)
- Faxing
- Holds pickup
- Lucky Day collection
- Printing
- Scanner
- Wi-fi at the library

This location will be in place until the St. Johns Library renovation is complete in about a year.

Thank you to everyone who advocated for this necessary service! It worked!