Friends of
16th Street Heights
Parks

Set your sails for the most awesome pirate adventure this side of the Potomac River. Captain Silly Bones will be at the Hamilton Playground on December 19^th to share a special pirate adventure with all of us land lovers! He will have special pirate tattoos for the kids and even lead the crew in a fun limbo dance!

please rsvp to Tiffany Ricci at TRicci@afscme.org

Saturday, December 19, 2009

10:30 – 12:00

Hamilton Recreation Center
Hosted by the Friends of the 16^th Street Parks

We will have holiday cookies to lots of cheer — feel free to bring a baked good to share
$5 suggested donation to Friends of 16th Street Heights Parks

Special thanks to Pirate Magic for donating the time and energy to make this event great! Please visit PirateMagic.net to learn more about Captain Silly Bones’ fantastic, high energy interactive show!

Come on out and help clean up Hamilton Park.  Please brings rakes, trowels, gloves etc.  We will have food and drinks thanks to OFFICE CATERING and coffee from HIGHLANDS!  Bring the kids and bring them in costume!  We will have a Halloween Costume Parade and Party in the park.  The clean up starts at 10 AM.  Parade at 11:30.

UPSHUR PARK CLEAN UP – SUNDAY OCTOBER 11TH 10 AM-12 PM
Friends and neighbors large and small are invited to help clean-up Upshur Park this Sunday from 10:00am -12:00pm

AS A SPECIAL TREAT THERE WILL BE A CONCERT FROM 10:30-12:00 WITH ABBASUBI:
Abbasubi are Brooklyn, NY parents who were inspired by their children’s love of music and dance to start a sing-along in Spanish that has grown into a CD called, El Baile del Sombrero.  The dances, hats, puppets and sponges in the show will get families moving and laughing together!

So bring the whole family [and your gloves] to the park, Sunday the 11th.

The Friends of the Parks will supply the coffee, donuts, bagels, juice and bags.  Help us clear the brush, pick up trash and plant some bulbs to get the park ready for the winter.

No better way to end a beautiful weekend than with friends and neighbors at your local park!   If you have any questions, please contact Jason Fix at j491love@gmail.com or Paige Lee at Paigesmithlee@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

A Very Big Thank You to
Our Sponsors and Volunteers

With much gratitude and appreciation to Sandra Gartrell, owner of The Intown Uptown Inn for opening her doors for our annual event; to Moe Garay, chef at Highlands Café and Grill for preparing the wonderful food; and to Charlie Saxon of Office Catering for always supporting us with his time & treasure.

Park Partners ($500+):
David Cox & Therese Cox, Cox & Cox Homes Team,
Long & Foster Realtors

Lee Murphy, Realtor, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Park Sponsors ($250+):
Stacie Turner, Realtor, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty
Crystal and Brendan Fitzsimons
Isabel Manalo and Jeffrey Kwaterski

Park Donors ($100+):
Erin McCleary, Realtor, Randall Hagner
Sean Wieland and Chris Rybicki

Event Co-Chairs
Jean Badalamenti, Maria Barry, Carrie Beaudreau, Paige Smith Lee

Event Committee and Volunteers Extraordinaire
Alison Appel, creative muse
Dan Barry, auctioneer
Sean Wieland, our “go to” guy
Carene Clark, graphic design
Monica Hammock, spreadsheet genius
Kaffie Milikin, The Wine Lady

Auction Donations Committee
Maggie Biscarr
Homeyra Mokhtarzada
Audrey Nwanze
Brenda Oliver
Rosemary Reed
Tiffany Ricci
Michele Thiec

Wine Donated by: Lisa Barnes & Kaffie Milikin
Craig Lustig & Peter Carter
Charlie Saxon, Office Catering

Beer Donated by: Charlie Saxon, Office Catering & YES! Organic Market

Thanks to you, our community, for using our parks and for helping us to improve them for all!

friends-of-the-park-auction-booklet

http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=ZFKGAMUXKGCIKZSCIAMN&li=iq&src=email&trk=aei6

Hope you will join us!  If you are unable to attend we welcome your donation!

Thanks to everyone who came out for Family Fun Day!  What a blast it was, and perfect weather!  A very BIG thank you to Charlie Saxton of Office Caterers and his wife Kim, Channce Allen   (Hamilton Site Manager), Dan and Maria Barry, Audrey Nwanse, Brendan Fitzsimmons, Sean Wieland and ANC Commissioner Janet Myers and the entire Friends of 16th Street Heights Board for all the donations and help you contributed to make the day a success.  We look forward to hosting another  fun day in the park and remember to come on out and PLAY! 

We are also gearing up for DPR Beautification Day on June 13 from 9-12 in both Upshur and Hamilton Parks.  Hope to see you there!

APRIL 18 HAMILTON TOT LOT DESIGN MEETING–GWU, Alexandria. VA
11:00 am, Old Town Alexandria at the GW Center
As many of you may know the Friends of 16th Street Heights Parks group has raised $40,000 in private funds to build a new tot-lot at Hamilton Park (build date for this August!)  The group reached out to the GW School of Landscape Architecture and their students have agreed to take this on as a class project–designing the new tot lot.  We need interested community members, green gurus, landscapers and parents (especially those with 2-5 year olds) to come on out!  
 
This client meeting with the Friends of 16th Street Heights Parks folks (that is us!), DPR and the graduate students will be THIS Saturday, April 18 at 11:15 am in the GW Center in Old Town Alexandria.  Please RSVP to mariabarry@gmail.com if you would like to attend and or if you have any questions or need more information. 

This past Sunday the Friends of 16th Street Heights Parks and the 16th Street Heights Neighborhood Association sponsored a very successful Easter Egg Hunt for neighborhood families.  The weather didn’t cooperate on Saturday, but Sunday was a beautiful day to spend at the park.  We had over 50 kids hunting for eggs, many in their Easter finery.   A special thanks goes out to Charlie Saxon of Office Catering who provided muffins, bagels, fruit, coffee, and hot dogs for the event.  Thanks so much Charlie, you are too generous. 

We would also like to thank all the parents/grandparents and other adults who pitched in to make it all happen.  It is wonderful to see such community spirit.  Can’t wait until next year!