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Master Watershed Stewards
Needed in Eastport
Update on Fire Department Ladder Truck
Volunteer to Serve
on the ECA Board
We will have three Board vacancies this year. Our Association is strong and we are looking for a few good men and women!!
Do you have something to offer the community?? Give back to the community by serving on the Board or on a committee. Being on the Board requires one meeting a month that lasts about two hours. Board positions begin in January 2011.
If you are interested in a Board position or a committee position, please contact Vic Pascoe at ecapresident@eastportcivic.org or click on the Volunteer link above.
Police Citizens Academy
Set to begin Oct. 4, continuing each Monday evening from 6-8 p.m. for seven weeks.
This provides an opportunity for members of the community to become closely acquainted with the roles and responsibilities of the Police Department. The Academy brings the police and the community together in a setting that offers a sample of police training to each participant. Read more.
Mayor Invites Support for Nationally Recognized City Flower Program
Help fill up backpacks for needy kids
See the Eastport Girls Club Video
Help Annapolis Continue to Bloom
Adopt a Pot
Eastport Elementary Principal Lynne Evans Receives Distinguished Educational Leadership Award
Sponsor Kids in the EYC’s Learn to Sail Program
Eastport kids thank ECA for summer camp
Report a burned out street light
Police are walking the beat in Eastport
Help the Eastport Girls Club From Your Computer
Analysis of Comprehensive Plan
testimony before the Planning Commission
Clip your Box Tops & Help Our Local School
Get your ECA reusable shopping bag
Stay up to date with Maryland DNR
Test Your Knowledge of Annapolis City Government
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Ten Reasons to Buy Local
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Do you have a new neighbor?
Tell us by clicking here so we can send them an ECA welcome basket.
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Don't Throw it Away! Freecycle it!
Check out Annapolis Freecycle, the website that allows residents in the Annapolis area to pass items they no longer use on to neighbors who can--all for free! You'll get handy emails with what's offered, what's taken. It's fun! Click to subscribe to Freecycle.
ECA Donates $1400
Annapolis Drum & Bugle Corps
ECA has made a $1400 donation to the Annapolis Drum and Bugle Corps. The money was put toward purchase of equipment from a defunct bugle corps in Baltimore.
ECA is supportive because this group touches children in our community and involves many of the parents of the children.By providing this equipment, we hope to allow the Annapolis Drum and Bugle Corp to attract even more kids and parents into their program.
About the Corps, from the Corps
The mission of the Annapolis Drum and Bugle Corps is to enlighten, challenge and lead our youth to the highest levels of performance, professionalism, and musical competence. Every effort will be made to facilitate the knowledge, skills and awareness of the responsibilities and work ethic needed to improve personal achievement, self-esteem, social competence and positive behaviors.
The Annapolis Drum and Bugle Corps made its first appearance in the city's July 4th Parade in 2008 with seven members carrying a banner that read "NOW FORMING... ANNAPOLIS DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS."
Membership has now grown to 70. There is no age requirement to participate - current members range in age from 4 to 82. But the main goal is to reach at-risk youth.
The majority who participate can't afford the activities offered at some of the city's recreation centers. Young people are encouraged to work together, and one of the best ways to do that is through music. In order for that to occur, everybody has to be on the same key.
This year, the Annapolis Drum & Bugle Corps has participated in numerous parades, bringing first place trophies home from competitive performances. Articles about the Corps have been published in The Capital and Annapolis Times. Also, slide shows were posted at Hometownannapolis.com and bgcaa.com with Kids Walk photos.
With the help and encouragement of the Annapolis communities, we will accomplish our mission. "It takes a village to raise a child...see one, help one."
How you can help
This group of enthusiastic kids needs another $1400 to purchase the rest of the needed equipment. ECA is asking for direct donations from its members to make this a reality.
Donations can be made by check payable to ECA and mailed to: ECA, PO Box 3539, Annapolis, MD 21403. Please indicate Drum and Bugle Corps in the memo line. Or, you can easily donate right now, while you are thinking of it, using PayPal or your credit card by clicking on the button below.
On behalf of the kids, thank you!
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Read the Capital story about the Eastport Girls Club
Tutoring and/or mentoring provide great ways
to make meaningful differences in our community
Reasons to love Eastport.... ahhhhh.... there are many, especially
the people and the passion for local involvement.
Here's your chance to make a difference!
Eastport Girls Club (ECG) Needs Volunteer Mentors and Tutors!
Mentoring
The EGC is actively seeking women interested in making a commitment of 6-8 hours per month to become a mentor to one of our girls.
We ask for no less than a one-year commitment as there is so much for you to learn from our girls and for them to learn from you. Most time requirements can be accomplished during afternoons, evenings or weekends and will adjust to your parenting/work schedules. Plus, EGC will provide training and support for mentors.
Think it over. You could begin a relationship to last a lifetime! If interested, please contact Jessica Snell-Johns at 410 212-2522 or send Jess an email: snelljohns@yahoo.com.
Tutoring
Time stressed but want to get involved? The Eastport Girls' Club EGC needs a few more tutors. As a tutor, you can make a big difference in a child's reading performance, i.e., most of our girls rose 1.5 grade levels in reading words this year. Another reward of being a tutor is seeing a child gain the self-confidence needed to become an independent learner.
Time commitment is minimal and requires only one hour per week from the tutor. All materials will be provided and updated weekly.
Tutoring will be held on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m., starting September 8th at the Eastport Community Center. To register, call Valerie Drozd, Tutor Coordinator, at 410 919-3347 or e-mail valdrozd@hotmail.com.
Our tutor/mentor training is set for August 24.
Summer arts academy plunges kids into creativity
Annapolis artist asks at-risk youth to shed some inhibitions,
perform with others and find a voice
