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REGISTERED RESIDENTS
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL COOKOUT AND MORE 
From August 1 through August 16, neighbors are invited to donate new school supplies to help stock the Crayons2Calculators Teacher Store, which provides free classroom supplies to every Durham Public Schools'teacher. Donations can be dropped in the collection bin at the Dunbarton Clubhouse beginningAugust 1 through August 16 of the drive, with a final collection at the Dunbarton Back-to-School Cookout on Saturday, August 16, at 6:00 p.m. 
 
LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
 Long-Range Planning Update: Long-Range Planning is crucial to the future of the Dunbarton Community.  
Where are we and what have we been up to?
Ralph McCaughan and Sue McCaughan, Co-Chairs Long-Range Planning Committee
Moderator, Louise Rollins, Chair Communications Committee 
Monday, August 31, 6:30 pm  at the Clubhouse
Please RSVP at Link below:
Dunbarton Community Conversation RSVP For 8.31.26
 
HOA ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, September 27 at 3 pm
Hill Learning Center

DUNBARTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY

CAS-Community Association Services, Inc.
 
 
 Community Manager, Bryan Casale
bryan@casnc.com 

Maintenance requests, proposed grounds or architectural changes

After hours emergencies

INTERESTED IN LIVING IN DUNBARTON?

Learn more about this unique community hidden in the midst of Durham. Reference the Welcome section in the left-hand side bar. There you will find information about Dunbarton in the link ABOUT US. To learn more about how our HOA is governed, please open the link GUIDELINES TO LIVING IN DUNBARTON which includes our Rules and Regulations and our governing documents.
 
Our community website was developed to serve as an informative resource for both our neighborhood and our local community. If you are interested in Dunbarton and have any questions, please contact Dunbarton Community Manager Bryan Casale  bryan@casnc.com  

DUNBARTON CLUBHOUSE

The Dunbarton Clubhouse is available for residents’ use for meetings and gatherings.
 
Check the Clubhouse Calendar to see if the date/time you want is open. Review the Clubhouse Reservations and Rules, and contact webmaster Carol Pinkasavage.  

FOOD COLLECTION EVERY MONTH

Please consider helping your Durbarton neighbors in supporting PORCH food collection for those most food insecure in Durham. Collections in Dunbarton are once a month on a Monday morning; generally a reminder email goes out the week before. 

Carol & Mike Pinkasavage are currently doing the Dunbarton collections. If you will have a donation, reply to the reminder message.  


PORCH needs nonperishable food items which have not expired: 

Canned Fruit (no soft tops)
Peanut Butter (small/medium jars)
Dry pasta
Canned Beans
Canned/pouch Tuna or Chicken
Whole Grain Cereal, Oatmeal, Grits
Canned Vegetables with low/no salt/sodium
Rice (microwavable or small boxes/pouches)
Macaroni and cheese
Canned Pasta with Meat

Simply leave the donation in a bag on your porch by 8:30am on the morning of the collection Monday.

DUNBARTON BOOK EXCHANGE

You may have noticed the bookcases in the clubhouse, filled with books on many different topics, themes, issues—and mostly fiction. The Dunbarton Book Exchange was created so residents could exchange reading material, conveniently and economically, creating a community benefit for all. It was originally set up with the premise that you “donate a book, take a book.” And it has been very successful! So successful in fact, that now we need to manage the donations to keep the Book Exchange working effectively while continuing to provide recent and interesting books for you to read.
 
In order for the Book Exchange to work effectively, we request that you consider the following:
 
How to Borrow from the Dunbarton Book Exchange…
• Take one or two books to read and enjoy at home.
• After reading, return the borrowed books or pass along to a friend.
• When donating books or returning borrowed books, please place them in the orange crate provided. Dunbarton Book Exchange volunteers will shelve the books for you.
• The books are separated into Non-fiction (one bookcase) in no particular order and fiction (5 bookcases) organized by the author’s last name.

How to Donate Books to the Dunbarton Book Exchange…
• Donate recent, gently-used, interesting books.
• Donate books you have enjoyed lately and think others would too.
• Audio books on CD.
• Although some books may not be current fiction, readers love the old standards too. Many well-known authors, Erik Larson, Donna Leon, Louise Penny, Margaret Atwood, just to name a few, are still read and enjoyed by many.

Jigsaw Puzzles
• Jigsaw puzzles have recently been added to the Dunbarton Book Exchange.  The same borrowing and donating guidelines apply.  
• Please tape the puzzle boxes so puzzle pieces do not escape.

What NOT to Donate to the Dunbarton Book Exchange…
• Outdated travel books (more than two years old)
• Outdated financial tomes (more than a year old)
• Harlequin romance novels
• Books on tape (literally) or discs
• Old textbooks
• Magazines

How NOT to Use the Dunbarton Book Exchange…
The Book Exchange is not a repository for old, moldy, smelly, outdated books. Take those works to the Friends of the Library, TROSA or any worthy charity and receive a tax donation or dispose of them at the Dunbarton recycling/trash location. Do not expect the Dunbarton Book Exchange volunteers to do this for you.
 
The Book Exchange is designed for all Dunbarton residents to enjoy and to contribute to. Please follow these few simple guidelines to keep it an interesting resource for all.

DUNBARTON RECYCLING

Dunbarton Recycling Bins use the guidelines below put together by the City of Durham. Please download and print this graphic for reference.
Recycle plastic bags at your local grocery store.
Do not use them to drop off your recycled items to the bins.
 
 
DURHAM SCRAP EXCHANGE
Downsizing? Moving? Simply need more space? This is a fabulous place to donate almost anything you don't want to take with you or keep. 
Find all the necessary information at http://scrapexchange.org/donate

LOCK YOUR CAR!

Are you guilty of not locking your car in the driveway? Take heed from this great graphic from the Port Washington, NY police department...

Lock your car, even in your driveway.

Do not leave your electronic devices, pocketbook, wallet, keys, cash, or valuables in your car!

Be a good neighbor – If you See Something, Say Something!

Call 911 for suspicious activity!

RECYCLE THE RIGHT WAY

DOGS IN DUNBARTON

Dunbarton is a great community for walking dogs...but your dog must be kept on a leash at all times and you must pick up after your pooch when it poops! We provide disposal bags. Do not leave these on your neighbors' lawns! Please refer to the Dunbarton Rules & Regulations page 5 for more details about pet ownership in Dunbarton. Thank you!
 
 

MOVING TRUCKS AND DUNBARTON

18-WHEEL TRUCKS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN DUNBARTON
 
The Dunbarton Board of Directors would like to remind residents of the following: Under "Rules and Regulations, Policies and Procedures"  

VI. VEHICLES & PARKING, SECTION G

Large moving vans (i.e. 18-wheel trucks) cannot safely negotiate our streets and are not allowed in Dunbarton. Trucks of this size may be parked on alpine road with smaller trucks used to deliver goods directly to a residence.

USEFUL LINKS

Click on the newspaper of your choice to catch up on local news stories, sports or obits.
 
The Durham Herald Sun
 
The Raleigh N&O
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