2009 Point of Rocks Community Calendar of Events

As of 03-2-09: The following activities are open to the public and can be subject to change

 

March:
Mar 12th - 7 pm - POR Ruritan and Garden Club Meeting - “Talkin’ Trash with the Alice Ferguson Foundation” presented by Ginny R. Harris, Potomac River Watershed Cleanup Coordinator
Mar 28 - Pancake and Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt - 8-11am at the POR Community Center
Mar 31 - Bell & History art register deadline - Artists and Photographers who want to display their own POR Station art on April 4th.

April:

Apr 4th - Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup- at 8am Can accommodate up to 30 volunteers. Limited parking for 25 cars. No restrooms available. Site not suitable for disabled volunteers. Wet and muddy conditions. Please dress accordingly. Will clean upstream and downstream along towpath and river.

Directions to C&O Canal NHP - Point of Rocks: Rt 15 south to Point of Rocks exit (MD Rt.28). Last exit before Potomac River. Take Clay Street (Rt.28) east through town. Immediately after railroad tracks, turn right on Rock Hall Road. Follow to end of road, and enter driveway to Camp Kanawha.

Apr 4th - 10 am-4 pm - BELL & HISTORY DAY - Tourism Council of Frederick Co.MD
Point of Rocks one of featured southern county locations. Theme here at The Point:
“The Many Images of the Point of Rocks Train Station”
Apr 4th - 5 pm - PORCHS Annual Meeting
Apr 21st - 7pm "Grow it-Eat it"- Come join the Garden Club for a lecture and discussion on:
the basics of Veggie Gardening & Gardening with Children at the POR Community Center.
Apr 25th - Big Sweep Community Park Cleanup