Summer/Fall Happenings:
AFRO Clean Green Blocks Competion
Neighborhood Appreciation Day in
Better Waverly is Saturday, August 30
on the 600 blk Gorsuch Avenue at 10am
Mayor Sheila Dixon will stop by our block party
to recognize our Finalist award-winning blocks:
700 blk Belle Terre
3200 blk Frisby
900 blk Gorsuch
600 blk Gorsuch
BWCO ANNUAL MEETING
6 pm, Tues, Sept. 23, 2008
JHU @ Eastern, 1101 E. 33rd
Auditorium # B-102
Voter Registration by BRIDGE at 5:30
BG&E on Energy Saving Tips & Gift Bags
YMCA on Activities/Programs/Scholarships
Mary Pat Clarke on General Election
Northern District on Safety & Truancy
Election: 2008-2009 BWCO Board of Directors
Free Refreshments & Child Care
7:00 pm Thursday October 2
932 Gorsuch Avenue
Quality of Life Special Focus:
Healthy Eating & Better Food Choices!
Can Gorsuch Deli offer better choices?
Can community members be better connected
to Waverly Farmers Market/Homestead Harvest?
Can BWCO help improve residents' eating habits?
Do volunteers want to partner with JHU, UMH,
Marian House, others on a Healthy Foods Project?
Expected to participate/be represented:
Anne M. Palmer, Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Center for Human Nutrition, Baltimore Healthy Stores Project
Lucas Seipp-Williams, Certified Holistic Health Counselor,
Stadium School staff organizer of Food for Life Program
Peggy De Carlis, Baltimore City Family League
Shannon Cosgrove & Maggie Dietrich, Baltimore City Health Department
Maryland Healthy Eating & Active Lifestyle Coalition
Union Memorial Hospital
Pat Shaw, Montpelier Orchard
Marian Avins, Homestead Harvest
Beth Strommen, Waverly Farmers Market
Friends of Waverly Branch BOOKFEST
10 am - 3pm, Sat., Sept. 13,2008
Waverly Branch, 400 E. 33rd Street
Contact Ann Giroux 410-889-6484 or
see details on our webpage at About;
Click on Learning, then on BookFesr
Walking Waverly
Join Walking Waverly 7pm Wednesdays
August 20, September 3, September 24,
October 8, October 22, November 5
Just show up to walk any of those dates!
Meet at Marian House Courtyard 949 Gorsuch
Walk through Better Waverly for an hour
Get exercise, be outside, spend time with neighbors
Add eyes and ears to our street corners
A BWCO Quality of Life activity with support from
Northern District Police who will join us when they can
to get to know our neighborhood residents better
Neighborhood Safety Team Quarterly Meeting
6pm Tuesday September 16th, 3009 Greenmount
St. Johns in the Village Parish Hall
For residents with public safety, housing, lighting
and other neighborhood concerns who RSVP:
BobBrinkman 443.925.5598
bbrinkman@greaterhomewood.org
Report illegal dumping in progress to 911
Report illegal dumping after the fact to 311
Contact the following with any information helpful
in identifying illegal dumpers in our neighborhood:
Celeste Amato celeste.amato@baltimorecity.gov
443.984.3961 Initiative for a Cleaner Baltimore
Robert Guye - Enviro Crimes robert.guye@baltimorecity.gov
Eric Booker - Code Enforcement eric.booker@baltimorecity.gov
BWCO Co-Chairs Welcome You to Better Waverly
Dear New Neighbor:
We welcome you to Better Waverly. What a wonderful village to live in with tree-lined lanes and so many places we can easily walk to!!
We invite you to join our community organization, attend our quarterly meetings and participate in activities of our Finance, Green Team, Hospitality, Membership, Newsletter, Quality of Life and Youth Committees.
Our Board of Directors meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month, 7pm -9pm, at the Waverly Family Center, 829 Montpelier. You are welcome at any of these meetings. The Quality of Life Committee meets the first Thursday of the month, 7pm at Serenity Place, 932 Gorsuch Avenue.
Thank you for choosing to make your home with us here in Better Waverly! Please feel free to call us with any neighborhood questions or concerns. We can also connect you to any of our committee chairs.
Sincerely Yours,
Karen Robinson & Sonja Merchant-Jones
BWCO Co-Chairs
410-243-7108 edrob71@yahoo.com
410-366-1338 smerchantj@aol.com
