South Four Corners Citizens Association

Our upcoming bi-monthly community meeting promises to be a very interesting one.  Woodside Park resident and historian Dr. Robert Oshel will discuss his latest book, Silver Spring and the Civil War, Monday, July 20, at 7:00 PM at the Schweinhaut Senior Center.

Dr. Oshel’s illustrated presentation, complete with photos and maps, will draw upon contemporary accounts and memoirs. He will recount for us the tumultuous period culminating in July 1864 when Confederate troops, under the command of General Jubal Early, spread across the fields and orchards of Silver Spring on their way to invade Washington, DC.

It’s a rich historical perspective of our community’s past you won’t want to miss. And, not to neglect our community’s present, updates and Association business will follow the presentation.

Support the community and become a member of the South Four Corners Citizens Association. It’s $15.00 per year and we offer a number of ways to pay! Join now and support the events we host throughout the year such as the community yard sale, ice cream social, National Night Out, Halloween Parade, Tree lighting and SO much more!

Click here for details: http://southfourcorners.com/membership/

South Four Corners will be hosting it’s annual community yard sale on Sat., April 25 from 8-11a.m. Click here for details.

Come learn about Silver Spring Village and ‘aging in place’!

Join your neighbors on Monday, March 16, 2015 at 7pm for the next SFCCA Community Meeting. The meetings take place at the Schweinhaut Senior Center located at 1000 Forest Glen Road.

Silver Spring Village, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that offers needed services and programs for older adults who wish to “age in place” — to remain as long as possible in their own homes, amid familiar people and surroundings. Like other Villages throughout the U.S. — it is one of approximately 36 villages either established or under development in the Washington D.C. area — its network of “neighbors helping neighbors” aims to support individuals and to strengthen the local community. Help includes things like transportation, minor home repairs, and grocery shopping, plus a program of social and educational events. Participation by a diverse mix of residents within the Village’s defined geographic area enhances the quality of life for the entire community. This is not just for folks who are getting up there in years — people of all ages can be involved.

Mae Novak, past vice-president and current chair of Silver Spring Village’s volunteers committee, will be the featured speaker at our March 16 meeting. Come to the meeting learn more about Silver Spring Village and about other activities and opportunities in our neighborhood. Click here to visit the Village’s site.

Happy New Year! Support the community and become a member of the South Four Corners Citizens Association. It’s $15.00 per year. Click here to visit the membership page.

Join your neighbors on Monday, January 19, 2015 at 7pm for the next SFCCA Community Meeting. The meetings take place at the Schweinhaut Senior Center located at 1000 Forest Glen Road.

Jerry McCoy, author and founder of the Silver Spring Historical Society, will be the featured presenter at our Association’s next community meeting. For the past 16 years, Mr. McCoy has been Instrumental in preserving and documenting our community’s past.

Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating presentation as he
shares his deep knowledge of our local history, including items from his
extensive photographic archives.

At the meeting, we will also consider the proposed 2015 SFCCA budget printed in the Jan/Feb 2015 newsletter.

If you have not yet received a printed newsletter, you can find an electronic copy at http://southfourcorners.com/newsletter/printed-newsletters/ .

Join your neighbors and bring your families on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 at 10 a.m., for a clean-up of Forest Glen Rd.  (Meet at Argyle Park tennis courts.  One area of focus will likely be South Four Corners Park, in preparation for National Night Out on August 5.)  If you would like to bring gardening and/or litter clean-up gloves and/or supplies, that would be great as well.  Hope to see you Saturday!

Join us for the South Four Corners Annual Halloween Parade to be held on Oct. 26th at 4p.m.

The parade will leave a few minutes after 4p.m. from the South Four Corners Park (Dallas and Forest Glen) walk up Portland make a right at Lanark Way and back down Dallas Avenue

After the parade we’ll return to the park and enjoy some sweet treats. We had such a great turn out last year.

We hope to see lots of ghosts, pirates, princesses, witches and super hero’s again this year.