The Bushy Park Elementary School Leo Club members have completed another project designed to help the community. The students collected new stuffed animals, each small enough to be placed in a plastic zip-lock bag, which they presented to the Glenwood Fire Station. The stuffed animals will be carried on the emergency vehicles so they can be given to a child who is being transported to the hospital or who needs to be distracted during a stressful situation. The Bushy Park students were so generous with stuffed animals that the Glenwood Station has enough to share with other Howard County fire stations.
David Kreiner, lieutenant at the station, talked to the Leo members about the Glenwood Fire Station while he showed them around. The students enjoyed the tour and asked lots of questions about the station and the work performed by the firefighters.
Thanks to Leo Club advisor Angela Cole and her assistants, Michelle Little, Beth Bengermino and Debbie Carroll, the members of the Leo Club were able to help the community while demonstrating the Lions Club motto "We Serve".
Jazz Under The Stars is an annual celebration of the extraordinary music program at Glenelg High School. This catered picnic dinner and performance by the jazz ensemble has been entertaining the community for 16 years. The jazz ensemble, under the direction of Christopher Winters, will perform along with former band director Barry Enzman and other talented alumni and friends of the Glenelg music program. Jazz Under The Stars will be Saturday, May 28, from 5 to 9 p.m. The event will be held at Chapel View Farm in Woodbine. If it rains, the exhibition hall at Howard County Fairgrounds becomes the venue location. You can purchase tickets from a band member, or online. Go to jazzunderthestars.com if you need more information.
The annual Flower, Herb and Vegetable Plant Sale at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Glenwood will be Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to noon. Annuals, hanging plants, vegetables and herbs will be available. Proceeds from the flower sale will go toward funding the youth pilgrimage trip. This is a great opportunity to pick up a beautiful plant as a gift for someone special on Mother's Day.
Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8, our community will host the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, one of the largest festivals anywhere dedicated to wool and meat from sheep. Look for the members of the West Friendship Livestock 4-H Club, who will be selling raffle tickets for a Majacraft spinning wheel, as they have done for the past 20 years. Remember, dogs are not allowed at the fairgrounds during this event. Also, because so many people will be driving to the festival, there will be massive traffic jams along Route 144 and Route 32 during the entire weekend. Expect to be stuck in traffic.
According to George Mech, the annual community clean-up of the Dayton area of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission watershed was the best attended in the 20 years that he has been organizing the event. Despite the fact that it rained the whole morning, 26 volunteers worked hard cleaning the two areas. At Pigtail Branch the volunteers were Marianne Bailey, Jonathan Gordon, Randal Koster, John Maley, Terry McDaniel, Eric Smith, Katherine Smith, Nadia Shebaw, Sebastian Smoot, Susan Wilensky and Matthew Williams, all working with site manager Ann Mech. The volunteers at Big Branch, working under the guidance of George Mech, were William Bird, Katharine Bird, Tyki Costan, James Darmody, James Dio, Peter Heimlicher, Mat Heimlicher, Holly Helmick, Timothy Lee, Joaquin Roman and Daniel Tanguilig. George is grateful to the enthusiastic volunteers who helped make the area much better for everyone.
Teacher Appreciation Week will be celebrated Monday, May 2 through Friday, May 6. This is the perfect time to thank a teacher who made a difference in your life, or in the life of your child.