Help support Montgomery Blair Athletics by buying shredded hardwood mulch. Free delivery for orders of ten (10) bags or more. Last year your donations helped us to purchase new equipment for teams, support the new concussion testing program, and purchase the new score board for Blair stadium. We have many more projects for all sports which need help. Your purchase of mulch bags will go directly to help our athletic programs. Deadline to order is March 28, 2014. Attached as a PDF file is our order form. Montgomery Blair Athletic Association Inc. is a approved 501(c)(3) Maryland non-profit. Richard O’Connor, MBAA Co-President
Click “Blair Mulch Sale Flyer 2014” to open the order form.
SFCCA President David Meininger is pleased to announce that Greg St. James will be the guest speaker for the Association’s January 13th, 2014 meeting.
Greg St. James has been the program manager of Montgomery County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) since 2007. In that time Montgomery County CERT has become a recognized leader in program innovations including regional CERT conferences, training with military units, and outreach events like Storm Camp.
In addition, Mr. St. James has been an EMT with the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department since 2003. He has a background in broadcasting and advertising, and can be heard on air at CSPAN television. Greg moved to Montgomery County from Detroit, Michigan in 2000.
Mr. St. James will speak about Emergency Preparedness for families. Thanks to Jim Janssen for making the arrangements for our speaker.
Mark your calendars, South Four Corners Community Day is scheduled for Sunday, May 18, 2014 at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center from 3 to 7 p.m. Volunteers will be needed to make this event a reality, so please consider helping out. Check back here in the new year to find out how you can help out.
Join your neighbors and friends on Saturday, December 7 at 5 p.m. for cookies, hot cocoa and lots of holiday cheer. We will gather around the tree at Rogart Rd. & Lanark Way for the third annual tree lighting. Happy Holidays!
Join us for the South Four Corners Annual Halloween Parade 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.
Community Day Manager Jeanne Berman and SFCCA President David Meininger have decided to postpone the Community Day event from October 19, 2013 to May, 2014 in order to have more time and opportunity to gather more volunteers and plan for this event.
SFCCA is thankful for those volunteers that have agreed to take various coordinator/manager roles. Still needed are more volunteers to assist in this project. Keep your eyes open for more information about volunteer opportunities to be posted closer to the May, 2014 date.
Save the date for the South Four Corners’ Community Day, October 19, 2013 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Margaret Schweinhaught Center.
SFCCA needs volunteers for this event that will feature a potluck meal, games, music, and fun. In fact, if there are not enough volunteers signed up to help by Sept. 11, the event may have to be cancelled.
The Community Day planners are still looking to fill jobs in the following areas:
– Advertising Manager (in charge of signs, flyers, and emailing info to SFCCA webmaster),
– Set-up and Clean-up Helpers,
– Music Coordinator and Helpers (line up musical talent to perform and supervise P.A. system),
– Children’s Activities Coordinator and helpers,
– Donation Solicitors (approaching and coordinating the donation of food, beverages, and prizes for the event) and
– Prize Coordinator for children’s activities and raffle.
If you have skills such as face painting, making balloon animals, performing magic tricks, or other skills that would be fun for Community Day, please consider volunteering to help with the children activities.
Please email David Meininger at jdavidm@juno.com or Jeanne Berman at jzberman8@gmail.com if you’d like to volunteer or help out. Your contribution to this event will make it a success and you’ll be part of what makes our neighborhood so special.
Put it on your calendar now to join your neighbors at a back-to-school ice cream social Saturday, August 24th from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Lanark Way between Portland Rd and Portland Place.
SFCCA is sponsoring the event as a treat for kids as they return to school. Kids can bring bikes and trikes to ride in the street as the block of Lanark Way (Portland Road to Portland Place) will be closed to traffic for the event. Adults, feel free to bring a chair, kick back, and catch up with neighbors.
South Four Corners Citizens Association 