Saturday, April 2nd from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm
Weather permitting, BloomBars will be participating in this year’s “Great Day of Service” organized by the North Columbia Heights Civic Association. Get active in your community with one of the many volunteer opportunities below! We know the perfect place to volunteer…
9:30 am to 11:30 am: Neighborhood Clean-Up.
Meet and pick-up supplies on 11th between Park and Monroe. Please bring your own gloves if you have them!- 10:00 am to 4:00 pm: Live mural painting at Giant with BloomBars
BloomBars artists, working with local youth they are mentoring, will be painting a community mural at the Giant Grocery. Drop by and watch, and create your own art with chalk on the sidewalk in front of Giant. - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm: Community Service Fair at the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza.
Organizations present include, among others, LIFT-DC, BloomBars, Columbia Heights Community Marketplace, Columbia Heights Great Day of Service, The Family Place, Thrive DC, Greater DC Cares, Community of Hope, NWCHCA, NCHCA, For Love of Children, local churches that emphasize service projects. - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm: 826DC has two events at the Civic Plaza:
(1) Poets of every age, beginner and expert, are invited to add a limerick, haiku, iambic pentameter, or modern rhythms to the branches of the hallowed Poetree. Be inspired by your surroundings! All poems are welcome.
(2) Aspiring cartoonists! Come wield your pens, markers and crayons, and let 826DC volunteers guide your cartooning talents into comic strip templates. Think outside the box, but draw inside the lines! - 11:00 am to 4:00 pm: Donate home goods at the Civic Plaza to benefit Community of Hope.
Please bring the following goods: http://www.communityofhopedc.org/kind-donations. There may be clothing collected as well, if so, this post will be revised accordingly. - UPDATE: Unfortunately due to the weather, the bands will not be able to play because they risk damage to their equipment. We will be asking them to perform again during upcoming Community Marketplaces.
Local bands will be performing at the Civic Plaza at the following times:
10:00 am to 12:30 pm: West Market Trio
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm: Christylez Bacon
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm: Lady Pcoq & the Plumes
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm: Gringo - Don’t forget to drop by the neighborhood community yard sales all around Columbia Heights, sponsored by Columbia Heights Day from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm.
