The MVBA Children’s Park Committee is looking for more volunteer members. The committee, which is also registered as a “Friends of” volunteer group with Baltimore City’s Recreation and Parks department, handles the stewardship of the Mount Vernon Children’s Park. Some … Continue reading
The Mount Vernon Children’s Park was lucky enough to be a host site for Johns Hopkins President’s Day of Service, on 9/23. We had a great group of volunteers and they helped us accomplish a lot on our “to do” … Continue reading
We had a great time at our Spring Book Exchange on Sunday – thanks to everyone who volunteered and everyone who joined us!
We’re doing a quick evening cleaning at the park this Friday to clear out some of the weeds, trim the shrubbery, sweep up the leaf debris and clean the sandbox. We’ll do anything we can manage in an hour so stop by for any time that you can (even if it is only 15 minutes) from 6:00pm to 7:00pm on Friday evening.
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The Mt. Vernon Children’s Park recently won $3500 in grant funding from the Parks & People Foundation Partnership for Parks and Neighborhood Greening programs to undertake some exciting improvements including expanded plantings and new equipment for younger children. We’re also planning some fun family events for this spring and summer. Please join us for our first volunteer meeting of the year!
Volunteer Meeting & Neighborhood Playdate at the Mt. Vernon Children’s Park
Sunday, April 7, 9:30am to 11:00am
Meet at the Mt. Vernon Children’s Park – 801 North Calvert Street at Madison
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Join us for our first volunteer meeting of 2013 to discuss our recent Partnership for Parks Grant to install toddler friendly playground equipment, our 2nd Annual Children’s Book Exchange on May 5 and volunteer maintenance plans for the spring and summer. Children are welcome – we’ll have a balls and boxes of sidewalk chalk! Coffee will be provided.
Mount Vernon Children's Park 