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News & Events December 30, 2011: American Way of Life Magazine Features Kingman and Heritage Islands Did you know that Kingman and Heritage Islands was once planned to be an amusement park attracting 6,000 visitors daily? Now, the islands boast over 150 species of birds and Living Classrooms has restoration plans to house an environmental education center there! Read about Kingman and Heritage Islands’ history, clean-up and future in Gustav Cappaert’s article, “Reversing a Century of Neglect on the Anacostia,” now published in the American Way of Life Magazine (AWOL). December 10, 2011 6:00pm - 9:00pm Winter's Eve Holiday Crafts Glen Echo Park 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Glen Echo, MD 20812
Admission is free. For more information give us a call at 202-488-0627, ext. 242
Previous Events: October 14, 2011:
Click here to download this flyer and share with your friends! Featuring our musical main act: Greensky Bluegrass & The Cris Jacobs Band as the opening act.
Check out Greensky Bluegrass' website HERE and FREE Music downloads! We are looking for sponsors, restaurants, and guests now! Please contact us for more information or to get an invite. Thank you to those that have signed on to SPONSOR this year's event including: TITLE SPONSOR Daryl Owen Associates, Inc. VICE ADMIRALS Forest City Washington The Lukens Company Pepco CAPTAINS Nancy Chasen & Donald Spero Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District Ed Cohen & Charlene Barshefsky Entergy GenOn Harris Lithographics King & Spalding McKissack & McKissack Morgan Stanley smartCEO Magazine TABLE SPONSORS Association of Global Automakers Inc. BB& T Bank Capital Community News DC Rental Edison Chouset Offshore Gangplank Marina Jim & Laura Gould Doug Greenhaus/National Automobile Dealers Assoc. Phil & Lisa Herget David & Priscilla Huffman/Bank of America Ann K. Luskey Mahogany Interiors, Inc. Meridian Construction Marty Poretsky George Quarles William C. Smith & Co. STUDIOS Architecture If you would like to sponsor this year's event, please email Mari Lou Livingood or call: 202-488-0627 x222. 2011 Vendors Confirmed: The Argonaut BB Amore Blackwater Distilling Calvert Woodley Cantina Marina Cava Chipotle The Coca-Cola Company DC-3 District Chophouse Harry's Reserve Fine Wine and Spirits Jordan's 8 Kobrand Wine and Spirits Martini's Matchbox Food Group McCormick & Schmick's Micha's Sorbet Phillips Seafood Shangri-La Sierra Nevada Starbucks Sweetwater Tavern Ted's Bulletin Whole Foods Zest American Bistro If you would like to be one of our restaurants highlighted, please email Mike Macrina or call: 202-488-0627 x247 Hope to see you at what is quickly becoming DC's hottest party! Check out pictures from last year's event HERE Check out a summary of last year's event HERE 4th Annual Get Outdoors Day and 2nd Annual Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival June 11, 2011-11 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Check out pictures from the 2010 event Click here for the Bluegrass & Folk Festival Website Click here for National Get Outdoors Day WHAT: Get Outdoors Day is a FREE event that encourages healthy, active outdoor fun! The action-packed day will feature food (6 food trucks), Mountain bike trails, fishing, golfing, boating, hands-on science, geocaching, face painting and more!
In addition, a FREE Bluegrass music festival will take place on Kingman Island. The Washington, DC area has a long and illustrious bluegrass history dating back to the early 1940’s when thousands of people arrived in the nation’s capital to work for the Second World War effort. They came from rural areas and points south and many brought their banjos,fiddles and guitars with them.
The DC area remains a hotbed of bluegrass music today. Scores of local groups play the town fair, club and festival circuit and the region is still home to some of the best bluegrass musicians in the world. WHY: National Get Outdoors Day , which promotes the fun and value of time outdoors, is a signature event of “Great Outdoors Month,” the designation given annually to June by the White House and governors across the United States. For the last two decades, Americans have turned indoors and to less active recreational and leisure pursuits. Visits to national parks and other public recreation sites have declined and obesity has increased rapidly among the American people, with significant health consequences, including projections of life expectancy declines of 2-5 years for today’s youth. WHEN:Saturday, June 11, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Bluegrass Festival takes place from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Six Bluegrass bands and ten food vendors WHERE: Kingman & Heritage Islands- Parking available in RFK lot #6, Northeast, DC For Directions go to www.kingmanisland.org To learn more on how you can get involved in the 2012 event, please contact Matt English at 202-488-0627 x232 ********************************************************************** June 2-3, 2011 4th Annual Nation's River Bass Tournament National Harbor, Maryland
This year's student winner Jayliah Sanders from South County Secondary in Fairfax, Virginia pictured with Clint Miller from Walmart (left) who donated 300 rods and reels for all of the students in addition to lunches for all in attendance. Press: Living Classrooms' Facebook photo album U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service article/video Fox 5 story on Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH) Flickr page of Congressman Latta (R-OH)
What: Friday, June 3, 2011, Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, FLW Outdoors and supported by the White House and First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative, brought 300 underserved local students by the busloads to fish at National Harbor for the 4th Annual Nation’s River Bass Tournament. Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, FLW Outdoors and National Harbor in paratnership with one of the four 2011 FLW Tour Opens was held for the first time at National Harbor on the Potomac River in conjunction with the Nation’s River Bass Tournament that annually provides underserved youth with a hands-on fishing and boating experience to increase their exposure to, and appreciation for, our nation’s natural resources. This unique and lively competition hosted urban students, federal natural resource agencies, corporate sponsors, and other public and private organizations with the primary goal to connect our youth to the outdoors and teach them about sustainable catch, conservation and recreational fishing and safe boating. Where: The Piers at National Harbor click here for info on National Harbor This year's winners: Grand Prize: Student-Jayliah Sanders Sponsor- Clint Miller Captain/Angler- Ryan Abey Weight: 6 lbs. (woweeeee)! 1st place: Student-Kyle Hoeth Sponsor- Bryan Arroyo Captain/Angler- George Loope Weight: 2 lbs, 14 oz. 2nd place: Student-Jason Cho Captain/Angler- Mike Branham Weight: 2 lbs, 13 oz. 3rd place: Student-Haley May Sponsor- Dan Ashe Captain/Angler- Roger Trageser Weight: 2 lbs, 12 oz. 4th place (tie): Student-Katie Stombres Sponsor- Joe Humphrey Captain/Angler- Danny Moffat Weight: 2 lbs, 6 oz. 4th place (tie): Student-Tyler Bowens Sponsor- Joel Bader Captain/Angler- Rich Welden Weight: 2 lbs, 6 oz. 5th place: Student-Matthew Coyne Sponsor-Kelly Hepler Captain/Angler-Mark Leone Weight: 2lbs, 5 oz.
A special thanks to our 2011 sponsors: US Fish and Wildlife Service FLW Outdoors National Harbor/ The Peterson Co. Pepco American Sportfishing Association Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation Walmart GenOn Energy Boater Exam Gaylord National Hotel and Resort National Marine Manufacturers Association Float-Tech Whistles for Life
To learn more on how you can get involved in the 2012 event please contact Mari Lou Livingood at 202-488-0627 x222 SAVE THE DATE: May 18, 2012!
********************************************************************** October 15, 2010: A Night at the Yards=SUCCESS Check out more pictures on our facebook page
With close to 500 in attendance, guests dined on delicious crab cakes and soup from Phillips Seafood, lobster bisque from McCormick & Schmicks, sushi from Sticky Rice, tasty cupcakes by Georgetown Cupcake, mouth-watering lamb chops by Cava, sliders from the energetic Matchbox staff, tasty drinks from Martini's, Flying Dog, District Chophouse and Sweetwater Tavern (their Pumpkin Ale was the huge hit of the night), and much more.
Big Sam's Funky Nation kicked off the party in true New Orleans style, while The Radiators kept us dancing late into the night while the Trapeze School of New York performed by the entrance/exit all night. Thank you to emcee and special guest, Scott Thuman from ABC 7/WJLA TV as well.
This was a tremendous team effort! Thanks to everyone for soliciting donors, buying tickets and tables, recruiting food and drinks, donating auction items, setting up for the event in the wind, cleaning up after the event in the cold, and bringing your friends and family. A huge THANK YOU goes out to our sponsors: Title Sponsor: Daryl Owen Associates, Inc. Vice Admiral Sponsor: PEPCO Captain Sponsors: Nancy Chasen & Don Spero, Ed Cohen & Charlene Barshefsky, Forest City Washington, Harris LithoGraphics, The Lukens Company, Meridian Construction, McKissack & McKissack, Mirant Mid-Atlantic,Wick Sollers/King & Spalding Table Sponsors: Arent Fox, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, BB& T Bank, Bill & Heidi Bumpers/Fidelity Charitable, Calvert Woodley Liquors, CornerDish, DC Rental, David & Priscilla Huffman/Bank of America, Peter & Alison Fenn, Peter & Elizabeth Forster, Lisa and Phil Herget, Ikon Office Solutions, Inc., Ann Luskey, Randy & Nicole Luskey, Morgan Stanley, Steve & Stuart Mutschler, National Automobile Dealers Association, Old Town Crier, Neil & Amy Patel, Martin Poretsky, George Quarles, Jay & Marnie Rouse, STUDIOS Architecture, US Trust, Shelton Zuckerman/Zuckerman-Gravely, Walmart Restaurants: Please stop by and grab a meal, grab a drink and thank them for their support of this year's event! Food: The Argonaut BB Amore Cabot Creamery Cantina Marina Cava Chipotle Farmers & Fishers Georgetown Cupcake Hank’s Oyster Bar Jordan’s 8 Matchbox McCormick & Schmick's Micha's Sorbert Morton’s The Steakhouse Phillips Seafood Route 11 Chips Shangri-La Sticky Rice Starbucks Sweet Green Ted’s Bulletin Whole Foods Zest American Bistro Drink Calvert Woodley The Coca-Cola Company District Chophouse Honest Tea Martini’s Flying Dog Ales Sweet Water Tavern
For more information, contact: Mari Lou Livingood Find us with this map here> *********************************************************************
A Night with the Nats on August 12, 2010 was a success!
On August 12th, friends and family members of LC-NCR, and community members braved the rain delay and participated in the first A Night with the Nats event. Over 220 tickets were sold to the event and folks gathered ahead of time for a tailgate with FREE beer, snacks, hats donated by PEPCO and tons of raindrops! Despite the weather, those that showed enjoyed themselves and had a great time in our fantastic left field seats at the game.
Thumbs up from Executive Director, John Dillow for a great night! ********************************************************************** 2010 National Get Outdoors Day and Bluegrass Festival at Kingman Island June 12, 2010 SUCCESS!
Who: Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, The American Recreation Coalition, the U.S. Forest Service, title sponsor Washington Convention and Sports Authority, and sponsor Akridge Co. , DC Councilman Tommy Wells' office with more than a dozen other public and private partner organizations worked to get over a hundred families to Kingman Island
What: FREE food, music, a climb wall, fish casting, hiking, canoeing, mt. biking, face painting and much, much more! Background: This was the third annual National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day), an event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun while also providing entertainment and the first Bluegrass Festival at Kingman Island on the Anacostia River. Eight bluegrass bands performed at a festival to celebrate this impressive music history and vitality in the nation’s capital into the evening hours.
At over 50 sites across the country, participating partners offered opportunities for American families to experience traditional and non-traditional types of outdoor activities. Primary goals of the day were reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors. Go to: www.nationalgetoutdoors.org or more info on Kingman Island: www.kingmanisland.org
********************************************************************** 2010 Nation's River Bass Tournament at National Harbor-May 25-26, 2010 A HUGE SUCCESS!
The student winner from John Hanson Montessori in Prince George's County, MD with (from left) USFWS Asst. Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation-Bryan Arroyo, Bass Captain-Peter Yanni and Board Member-Wes McNealy from PEPCO, the title sponsor of this year's event The 2010 Nation’s River Bass Tournament
hosted by Living Classrooms of the National
Capital Region in partnership with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service brought 20 bass
boats, anglers, adult volunteers and exhibitors
to connect over 200 regional students to the
great outdoors with fishing, boating and
Thank you everyone for making this year such a success! This year's winners: (wow, John Hanson Montessori swept the leaderboard!) Grand Prize Student: Tyra Hudson, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Peter Yanni Fish: 3.46lbs 1st runner up Student: Aaron Brown, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Randy Elliot Fish: 3.29lbs 2nd runner up Student: Cyrus Hawkins, John Hanson Montessori Captain: George Loope Fish: 3.10lbs 3rd runner up Student: Mimi Kim, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Marc Leone Fish: 2.92lbs 4th runner up Student: Steven Williams, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Brandon Piles Fish: 2.72lbs Link to US Fish and Wildife Service Video from the event
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Family Fun Night at Glen Echo Park-December 12, 2009 Children can have a chance to be a scientist and learn about arctic animals, search for polar bears in an Arctic tundra and make ice crafts at Snow Kidding on Saturday, December 12, 6-9 p.m. at the Stables at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland. This family event will include a WETA Kids meet-and-greet with Sid from the popular PBS children’s series, Sid the Science Kid, hands-on science activities and much more. For details, email Stacia Young. The event is part of Glen Echo’s annual Winter’s Eve celebration. ********************************************************************** October 16, 2009
Check out the one page synopsis on the event Check out pictures here on our FACEBOOK page Thank you to those that joined us for our 2nd annual, “A Night At The Yards,” held on October 16, 2009 on Washington, DC’s Southeast Waterfront at The Yards. This year's event highlighted over 25 local restaurants and food with entertainment from "Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue " out of New Orleans and Members of George Clinton's P-Funk Band as our opening act. A special thanks to all of our food and drink vendors including: 18th Amendment, BBAmore, Cabot Creamery, Calvert Woodley Fine Wine & Spirits, Cantina Marina, Chipotle Mexican Grill, The Coca-Cola Company, District Chophouse & Brewery, Farmers and Fishers, Flying Dog Brewery, Harris Teeter, Hogates, Honest Tea, Jordan's 8, Matchbox, McCormick & Schmicks, Morton's The Steakhouse, Philadelphia Water Ice, Philips Seafood, Starbucks, Sticky Rice, Sweetwater Tavern, among others. Sweetwater Tavern Wins Two Medals at the Great American Beer Festival! Hope to see you at next year's event, quickly being called "The Best Party in DC!" ********************************************************************** May 20, 2009
2009 Nation's River Bass Tournament Washington Post article by Angus Phillips
The Nation’s River Bass Tournament is an annual celebration that benefits Living Classroom’s of the National Capital Region’s youth and conservation programs to connect underserved and urban youth to their natural resources. Funds raised through sponsorships will be used by Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region to support and expand existing educational programs using hands-on academic enrichment and workforce development programming on the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service brought Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC local students by the bus loads to fish at National Harbor in the second annual Nation’s River Bass Tournament. More than 300 students participated in fishing on land and in bass boats, hands-on activities, exhibits, a FLW bass boat simulator, and boat rides on the Potomac River. One class worked with the Gaylord to create a pollinator garden . Acting Service Director Rowan Gould and Assistant Director Hannibal Bolton, the Honorary Chairman, fished in the competition with the youth and volunteer boat anglers. ********************************************************************** April 25, 2009 Kingman Island Day! also at: www.kingmanisland.org
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton addresses the crowd alongside Councilwoman Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) & Councilman Tommy Wells (Ward 6) Living Classrooms hosted Kingman Island Day 2009, a special event to celebrate Kingman and Heritage Islands Park and the surrounding communities and to promote "No Child Left Inside Days". Visitors to the event were able to join in the excitement of enjoying this wonderful natural area in their neighborhood, and explore the new features of the park. Guestsalso were able to interact with local organizations involved in enhancing the lives of the surrounding communities. Kingman Island Day included restoration events, environmental education, interactive displays, live entertainment, and fun for the whole family! Thanks to our very generous sponsors including: Parsons Brinckerhoff American Federation of Teachers Dutko Worldwide Lee + Papa and Associates Management Systems International Monument Realty-Half Street
CONTACT: For additional information on Kingman Island, please contact Matt English at menglish@livingclassroomsdc.org or (202) 488-0627 ext. 232. Living Classrooms also wants to thank all of the partners that made the day such a huge success!
Check out other happenings on the Anacostia River through the Anacostia Waterfront Civic Engagement Program
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