9 september gv

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH September is National Preparedness Month. Would you know what to do in the event of a major emergency?

This month is a great month to visit www.ready.gov/september for information about how to make sure that you and your family are prepared should disaster strike. This website will help you learn more about putting together a family communication plan, constructing a preparedness plan, and how to get involved in your community.

The Center for Disease Control also offers great information about putting together a preparedness plan at http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/npm/index.htm.

September is a great month to read up on ways to plan ahead, put together a great plan in case a disaster should strike, and help you to be prepared.

FILL UP BREAKFAST MUFFINS Some days it can be hard to get everyone to grab some breakfast in the morning before they have to hurry to catch the bus or get to work on time. This make ahead recipe will fill everyone’s tummy and give them a great start on their day .Ingredients:

2 carrots, shredded 2 bananas, mashed 1 zucchini, shredded ¼ cup vegetable oil ¼ cup Greek yogurt 2 eggs 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 ½ tsp. baking soda

½ cup packed brown sugar ½ cup rolled oats ½ cup shredded coconut ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts ½ cup dried cherries or blueberries ¾ tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. salt ¼ tsp. ground ginger

Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease 12 muffin cups.

Mix carrots, banana, zucchini, vegetable oil, yogurt, and eggs together until well blended.

In a separate bowl, blend flour and baking soda. Add the brown sugar, oats, coconut, pecans, cherries, cinnamon, salt and ginger into the flour mixture and mix well. Combine the flour mixture with the egg mixture and mix until fully incorporated. Scoop the batter into the muffin cups.

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean and the edges are slightly brown (15-22 minutes). Cool for 15 minutes before removing from the muffin tins and moving to a wire rack to continue cooling.

Recipe modified from AllRecipes.com and KatieTries2Cook

Reminder!

Patios and balconies are an extension of your living space. They are not to be used for storage or trash of any kind. No items are to be hung from any part of the patio or balcony. Animals are not to be left unattended on the patio or balcony area or anywhere outside of your apartment.

Kid’s Corner!

School is back in, which means homework! While most homework is a review of what’s already been taught in class, sometimes there’s just that problem or questions that comes up and how to come by the answer has just slipped your mind (because we know you were paying attention, right). Here are a few of the top free websites that are available to help with that troublesome assignment: www.khanacademy.com – Assistance for all grade levels for math. www.studygeek.org – Math help for all grade levels. www.factmonster.com – Elementary and middle school help in all subjects. www.parenttoolkit.com – Information for all grade levels in Math and English. www.hippocampus.org – Assistance in all subject areas and all grade levels provided. www.commoncoreworks.org – All grade level assistance with specific help in English and Math. www.wonderopolis.com – Science and social studies assistance for K-8. www.mathforum/dr.math.com – Math help for all grade levels.

Gramercy Villas September Newsletter Manager Sue Dominiak Maintenance Calen Erwin Office Hours Monday – Friday 12 pm to 6 pm For after-hours emergencies, please call our office phone and follow the instructions below: -Press 0 for an emergency -Press 9 to repeat the menu

IS IT AN EMERGENCY? The after-hours emergency line is available if you are to experience an afterhours maintenance emergency. Here at Gramercy Villas we don’t receive many calls after-hours but want our residents to be reminded that if a maintenance emergency were to happen, we want you to know we are available to help. So what constitutes a maintenance emergency? Some examples are:     

Water leaking uncontrollably anywhere in the apartment No hot water Toilet stopped up – only if you have one bathroom. If you have two bathrooms, this is not an emergency.

A window or door damaged in such a way as to not allow you to secure your apartment The heater is not working (in the cold weather).

If you do call the after-hours emergency line and maintenance is called out to find that there is not a valid maintenance emergency, residents can be charged the maintenance fee.

Please remember in the event of a fire, medical emergency, or active criminal activity to dial 911!

MAINTENANCE CHARGES

The leasing office will be closed September 5, 2016 for the Labor Day holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, September 6 at 9 am.

On a property the size of Gramercy Villas, our maintenance crew has quite a bit to take care of. In the course of their day it can be anything from replacing a broken garbage disposal to unclogging a stopped up toilet. Many of these repairs are done at no cost to our residents; however, there are many repairs done that will be charged back to the resident. The repairs that take place at no charge to our residents are repairs that are made due to normal wear and tear of the equipment or apartments, such as water heaters not heating water, an air conditioner not cooling, or an appliance not doing its job correctly. There are repairs however, that do come at a resident charge. These are repairs that take place because of negligence by the residents. Examples of this may be:  Tub or sink drain clogged up with hair or other items.  Toilets that are clogged.  A garbage disposal that is not working because it has been overfilled, or has an items in it which should not be, such as bottle caps, pieces of utensils, a nail.  Items within the apartment which have been broken by the resident such as blinds, doors or light bulbs.

If you have a question as to whether something is a resident charge, be sure to ask when you place your maintenance request. If you do have a resident charge for maintenance, please remember that when you come in to pay rent, any money received by the leasing office will first go to any outstanding charges, such as maintenance charges.