What QVNA Does for YOU

from Queen Village Residents ARE QVNA

by Queen Village Neighbors Association

QVNA addresses issues of importance to neighbors

Our mission is to help improve quality of life for residents. We’re a nonprofit organization led by residents who love Queen Village and volunteer their time and effort to help protect and preserve what makes our community so special.

After all, who knows better than residents about our community’s needs?

Keeping Neighbors in the Know

One of the most important services QVNA delivers is fact-based information on topics of interest to residents. That’s why thousands of Queen Villagers receive our free eNews. Each week, its contents vary to reflect what’s happening now, what’s coming up soon, and important deadlines ahead.

Want to meet your neighbors? Interested in volunteer activities? Looking for hyper-local events? Whether you're a hipster, historian, neighborhood newbie, or lifer, we’ve got something for you in News You Can Use. (https://bit.ly/Subscribe2eNews)

Facing the Issues

QVNA community meetings tackle issues of concern. We are your advocate. QVNA helps neighbors’ voices be heard by city and state elected officials, departmental leaders, and law enforcers. In 2022 for example, we brought neighbors together for an in-person meeting with Police Commissioner Outlaw and District Attorney Krasner to discuss crime and safety. Watch the recordings of QVNA community meetings at www.YouTube.com/queenvillage (and be sure to subscribe to our channel).

To address the issues surrounding four new, multi-housing developments in Queen Village and the complexity of by-right construction, QVNA brought neighbors together with the City Planning Commission to have questions answered. In addition, the association published informative articles about by-right development in the spring and summer issues of the Queen Village Quarterly Crier (https://qvneighbor.info/Qtrly-Crier-Magazine).

Getting Cleaner

In 2022, QVNA:

> Hired vendors to remove 12 tons of litter from curbs and erase dozens of graffiti tags from public spaces.

> Organized and supported volunteer cleanups of our parks and playgrounds.

> Provided free yard bags to support residents’ cleaning of their sidewalks and tree pits.

Being Greener

Each year, QVNA hosts electronic recycling and document shredding events that keep hundreds of pounds of e-waste from becoming toxic waste and also save about 18 trees’ worth of paper.

**Neighbors bring hundreds of unwanted electronics to QVNA's eCycling events.**

Our neighborhood’s tree canopy has grown by more than 600 curbside trees in the past seven years. QVNA helps fund the urban tree program of the Philadelphia Horticultural Society, which provides our trees. We also support the efforts of our volunteer tree tenders.

To beautify our parks with flowers and plants, we partner with the Southwark/ Queen Village Community Garden to obtain organic perennials for our Friends Group volunteers. We also promote volunteer opportunities for planting flowers.

Making an Impact

One of the hallmarks of QVNA is our community grants program. We provide funding to help organized volunteer groups, schools, and community organizations make a positive impact.

QVNA believes in supporting neighbors whose actions contribute to our collective quality of life, and our community grants program proves it.

Our Sources of Funding

QVNA is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit. For more than 50 years, our programs and services have been paid for through fundraising. Our current funding sources include parking lot rentals, advertising, sponsorships, donations, and our most important—association memberships.

Please Renew Your Membership or Join QVNA

We depend on neighbors like you, not only as volunteers, but also as QVNA members.

Your membership is a charitable donation. Love living in Queen Village? There’s no better way to show your love than by renewing your membership or joining QVNA at www.QVNA.org/join.

As a member you are investing in our community. Collectively, QVNA memberships help support what's meaningful and tangible:

Examples of what your QVNA membership supports:

$40: Yard bags for one park clean-up

$60: One month of QVNA’s eNews

$120: Two truckloads of tree mulch

$250: One week of graffiti removal

$500: 25 blocks of litter removal

$1,000: One modest community grant

Please renew your membership or join QVNA at www.QVNA.org/join.

Community Service: The Heart of Our Mission

Queen Village Neighbors Association cares about and for our community. Neighbors like you decide everything we do.

As volunteers, our Board of Directors determines the programs and services we provide. QVNA’s committee members volunteer their skills and experience in important areas of community service. And QVNA’s Friends Group volunteers clean and green our parks and maintain Weccacoe Playground.

As volunteers working together, QVNA lives our mission:

QVNA provides community stewardship, advocacy and service to help improve quality of life for Queen Village residents.

Your membership in QVNA is a charitable donation

We depend on neighbors like you for everything we do. Please renew your membership or join us at www.QVNA.org/join.