Please join the Merle Hay Neighborhood Association for its next quarterly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, at the Northwest Community Center, 5110 Franklin Ave. Here are the guest speakers we plan to have join us:

We’ll have neighborhood news, public safety updates, and information on how you can become more involved in supporting the neighborhood.

Refreshments will be provided. Please join us and invite your neighbors!

MHNA is renewing its efforts to reduce hunger with a food-drive for the less fortunate. We understand that too many of our neighbors struggle to put enough food on the table, and we want to help. Our drive will support the Food Bank of Iowa, DMARC Food Pantry, the two Little Free Pantries in our neighborhood, and the Reach Church’s food pantry.

If donating by check, please make it out to MHNA. Food or monetary donations can be dropped off to Kathy Battles (2729 62nd St), April Wyss (2800 62nd St), or Kathy Roarty (1340 62nd St). April and Kathy R. can also pick up donations if you call/text April Wyss at 515-707-6386, or Kathy R. at 402-657-9905. We will be taking donations at our April quarterly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Northwest Community Center, 5110 Franklin Ave. If mailing a check, send it to MHNA at P.O. Box 31036, Des Moines, IA, 50310. 

You can also donate via PayPal using MHNA’s email address: merlehayneighborhood@gmail.com. If you donate via PayPal, you might consider adding 50-cents or $1 to help offset PayPal’s processing fees.

MHNA members are some of the most generous neighbors in our city. Thank you for helping us make this fundraiser a success!

Please join the Merle Hay Neighborhood Association for its next quarterly meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, at the Northwest Community Center, 5110 Franklin Ave. A representative of Anawim Housing will be on hand to provide an update on the Monarch Apartments project. A guest speaker from Primary Health Care will also join us.

We’ll have neighborhood news, public safety updates, and information on how you can become more involved in supporting the neighborhood.

Refreshments will be provided. Please join us and invite your neighbors!

The Merle Hay Neighborhood Association will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 16, at the Northwest Community Center, located at 5110 Franklin Ave. We will have our annual report, neighborhood news, public safety updates, Des Moines Parks & Recreation news, refreshments, and more. We also expect to hear from Anawim Housing with an update on their Monarch Apartments project. The meeting will conclude with the election of officers and board members for 2025.

Looking ahead, please note that MHNA ALWAYS meets on the third Thursday in January, April, July, and October at the Northwest Community Center, 5110 Franklin Ave. In 2025, MHNA will host its quarterly membership meetings on January 16, April 17, July 17, and October 16.

Unless otherwise noted, the meetings start at 6:30 p.m. Our October gathering includes our annual supper, which starts at 6 p.m., followed by the membership meeting at 6:30.

Please save the dates! Our ability to send out paper newsletters depends on annual revenue and grant support, which varies from year to year.