Meet Marlie Smith, Richmond's New Parks Operations Manager

The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association Newsletter Forest Hill Neighborhood Association meetings Summer 2014 are held every third Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Forest Hill Presbyterian Church. See you there!

We are always looking for stories Published by the Forest Hill about our neighborhood and the Neighborhood Association people who live here. Please send ideas and comments to Linda Mills, For Ad Sales please contact David Lynch at Flyer foresthillﬂ[email protected]. adsalesforesthillﬂ[email protected] Meet Marlie Smith, Richmond’s New Parks Operations Manager

If you’re struggling to keep up with your yard work during these sunny days, consider this: the City of Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities oversees more than 40 parks; 92 athletic fields; 136 tennis courts; 49 playground areas; 41 horseshoe pits; 24 walking, nature, bike/and or exercise trails totaling approximately 27 miles; 35 park or playground houses, as well as 13 picnic shelters; 73 basketball courts; two disc golf courses; two boat outputs, and one BMX bike trail. Plus there’s Dogwood Dell, the Carillon, and a number of department-supported special events. That’s a lot of grass, trees, trails, dogs, kids and people to keep Marlie and her Gol den Retriever Allie enjoy Richmond’s happy. parks system! Marlaine K. Smith, the city’s new Parks Operations Manager takes it all in stride. Marlie joined the city’s staff in August 2013. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Parks and Recreation from Old Dominion University and is currently enrolled in Virginia Tech’s protecting, building and advocating for the trail system is directly Executive Masters of Natural Resources program, which she’ll be reflected in its unique technical features, lines and daily use.” finishing up in May 2015. Marlie came to Richmond from James “I’m honored to come into such a mindful and forward- City County where she was Parks Coordinator for Freedom Park, thinking group of citizens, park users, and staff. I look forward to a 600-acre forested facility with more than 20 miles of bike trails offering support and contributions to further enhance our and home to the Williamsburg Botanical Garden. Prior to that, unique park assets.” she worked with Virginia Cooperative Extension and 4-H. If you’d like to welcome Marlie to her new position as Parks Marlie doesn’t just oversee the care and activities of Operations Manager, lend a hand and help improve Forest Hill Richmond’s many parks—she enjoys them, too! As a welcome Park. Join the Friends of Forest Hill Park, learn how to remove break from her daily work grind and studies, she can be found invasive species, carry a plastic bag on your walks to pick up riding or running the local trails, including and most often, Forest litter, and always pick up after your dog! The Department of Hill Park. Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities has a number of “As an avid mountain biker, I’ve experienced numerous trail volunteer opportunities. Check out Richmondgov.com/parks/ systems,” she says. “I’d have to say the trails within the City of VolunteerOpportunities for more information. Richmond are top-notch. The pride Richmonders have shown in

What’s Inside! Westover Hills Library—Page 5 Sunday in the Park with Friends!—Page 7 Critter Stories—Page 11 Run For the Hills—Page 13

www.foresthillneighborhood.com Community Caretakers Forest Hill Neighborhood Association By Shannon D. Taylor 2013-2014

Mother’s Day is fast approaching as I www.foresthillneighborhood.com write this article, which makes me think of all the contributions my mother has OFFICERS made to help shape the person I am Shannon D. Taylor, President today. But children aren’t raised by Luke McCall, Vice President mothers alone—fathers, family, and Ramon Puzon, Treasurer friends also take credit for positively Robley Jones, Secretary influencing children. Even folks in our extended circle of contacts have a hand in shaping the EXECUTIVE BOARD development of healthy kids. Teachers, principals, librarians, Janet Bowers and even lunch ladies and custodians all play important roles. Dorna Braswell Other role models such as police officers, firefighters and Whit Clements athletic coaches contribute as well. As adults, we remember Sue Cline these caregivers, the ones who had a significant impact on who Linda Mills we were to become. I know I do. Carolyn Paulette This same nurturing quality, the way residents have loved Bo Williams and cared for our neighborhood over the years, has built Forest Hill into the kind of place where people look out for each other FLYER and want to make it the best it can be. For example, do you Linda Mills, Editor enjoy reading this newsletter and look forward to its quarterly Bo Williams, Design and Production delivery? Do you brag about neighborhood events to friends David Lynch, Ad Manager and family? Does the sight of the vibrant green Forest Hill Luke McCall, Distribution Coordinator house flag waving on the front porch of your friend’s house make you smile? Do you look forward to bike rides on the trails or skipping stones in the lake? Or have you taken advantage of historic tax credits now available to us? All these little perks are a direct result of our friends’ and neighbors’ hard work and loving care to make this place so charming. Lest I leave someone out (I won’t mention specific names, but you know who you are!), thank you so very much to people past and present who volunteered their time to make this area a little bit better for all of us. Thank you for '' > >> > Z Zz caring about Forest Hill like it is an extension of your family. You ϭϰϭϮt^d ϰϯZ ^d͘ ͻ Z/,DKE͕ s ϮϯϮϮϱ ͻ ϴϬϰͻϮϯϯͻϭϳϱϴ could have chosen to do countless other activities with your time and money, but you chose to invest it here at home. We YYourourour Local SourcSource for Fine Crafts can learn from your example. StopStop by after shopping at the South of the James Market! All of us are the caretakers of Forest Hill. Through our Open Early on Saturday collective commitment, we can accept the torch from caretakers past and present and continue nurturing the growth of this neighborhood. And just like countless mothers and Come See fathers before us, we can feel enormous love and pride in What’s New: raising our creation. )ORZHU &RQWDLQHUV %LUG +RXVHV )LQH *ODVV Shannon D. Taylor spends as much time as possible in the -HZHOU\ neighborhood enjoying her family, friends, and all the bits of wonderful that Forest Hill has to offer. YLVLWXV RQ ))DDFHERRN IIRRUQHZ DUULYDOV

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Page 2 Forest Hill Flyer A Message from Our Council Representative

I hope all is well! For golfers and aspiring golfers, The First Tee of Richmond Well, that sure was a winter! It and Chesterfield’s Elson Redmond Memorial Golf Facility (400 looks like spring is coming in like a School Street), along with the Department of Parks, Recreation lion. I realize many of your leaf and Community Facilities, operates a golf driving range, a six- collections were delayed because of hole par three golf course, as well as golf lessons. The range is the many snow events we had. While open from mid-February to mid-December. Please go to it’s frustrating, I appreciate your www.thefirstteerichmondchesterfield.org for more patience. I do think the city did a information. great job dealing with the snow, ice, Don’t forget about the South of the James Market on and cold temperatures and is now Saturdays from 8 a.m. until noon at Forest Hill Park. The market working hard to catch up with the leaves. is open now until December 6, 2014. Please go to growrva.com I’m very excited to announce, especially after the tough for more information. winter, Forest Hill Avenue (from the Powhite Parkway east to I invite you to call or stop by my district office at 6948 Forest Semmes) and Westover Hills Boulevard (from Riverside Drive Hill Avenue to share your ideas, concerns, and discuss issues. south to Forest Hill Avenue) will be paved. The completion date It’s probably a good idea to call before you stop over. Your for Forest Hill Avenue will be delayed while the city’s involvement with my office has and will continue to be vital to Department of Public Utilities replaces a meter and pipeline setting policy and providing services that improve our between Powhite Parkway and Jahnke Road. I’m glad they are community and quality of life. I value your input. By the way, doing the repairs before paving. you can now follow me on Twitter (@kathygraziano) . Bear with One of the city’s biggest secrets is the Westover Hills Tennis me as I get acclimated! Complex behind Westover Hills Elementary (accessed from Westover Hills Boulevard or Clarence Street). The complex includes tennis courts that were resurfaced last year, designed The Honorable Kathy Graziano is councilwoman for the for adults and children alike. The Department of Parks, Southwest 4th District in Richmond. You can reach her at Recreation and Community Facilities offers lessons throughout [email protected] or 804-320-2454. the year. Please call Victor Rizzi at 804-646-1208 for more information.

Treasure Hunting in the Neighborhood!

Have you been saving up your spare change and “fun” money for Saturday, June 7? If you have, you are all set for the annual Forest Hill Yard Sale which runs from 8 a.m. until noon. More than 20 families from all over Forest Hill have signed up to sell their goods. You will be able to pick up a map of the locations at any of the sales. Signs will also help you find that perfect treasure! For more info, go to the Forest Hill Neighborhood Association website at foresthillneighborhood.com.

Summer 2014 Page 3 NEW BACKYARD TASTE

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We are excited to announce our new grilled flavor this spring. The Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich, Chargrilled Chicken Club Sandwich, Chick-fil-A ® Grilled Nuggets, Grilled Market Salad and Grilled Chicken Cool Wrap ® will have a new backyard taste.

Page 4 Forest Hill Flyer At the Westover Hills Library Fizz, Boom, Read! It’s Time for Summer Reading and More at Westover Hills Library

Westover Hills Library’s Summer Reading Program Kick-off Monday Movies at 11 a.m. with “Mad Science” will be Saturday, June 14 at 10:30 a.m. Who June 16— “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” knew science could be so exciting? Join us as Mad Science Inventor Flint Lockwood is horrified to learn that his water-to- presents, “Spin, Pop, Boom!” combining a little bit of magic with food machine is cross-breeding animals with food. Can he and a lot to science to generate a whole bunch of fun! his friends stop the army of “foodanimals” from taking over the You can also sign up for the Summer Reading Program at town? richmondpubliclibrary.org beginning June 14. If you read 15 June 23— “Monster House” minutes per day (or 30 books for children younger than five Why does every toy that touches the property of the cavernous years old) and log your reading, you will be eligible for weekly house next door to DJ Walters disappear? And what has drawings. Complete the program and win a prize! For more happened to his neighbor’s wife? details, go the Richmond Public Library’s website (above). June 30—“Despicable Me” Can three adorable little girls melt the cold heart of Gru, the evil And Mark Your Calendar for Other Events This Summer! genius? July 7— “City of Ember” Make a fairy jar that glows in the dark! For centuries, the residents of the underground City of Ember Wednesday, June 18 at 2 p.m. have lived in an amazing world of glittering lights and quiet Bring a clean mayonnaise or spaghetti sauce jar with a top. contentment. But now, their power generator is beginning to Please call 804-646-8833 by June 16 to register because fail. Is there any hope left for the townspeople of Ember? participation is limited to 20. July 14— “The Rocketeer” A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him Rainbow Puppets presents “Creatures Big and Small” ! to become a high flying masked hero. Monday, June 23 at 2 p.m. July 21— “The Goonies” The Rainbow Puppets combine puppetry and reading to create A group of misfit kids search for buried treasure in the caverns explosive fun! beneath their neighborhood as they attempt to save their homes from evil land developers. Bats of Virginia! Saturday, July 12 at 11 a.m. July 28— “Tron Legacy” Join bat expert Denise Tomlinson to learn how bats help our A brilliant computer programmer disappears, leading his son to environment, and then meet a few of them up close and search for him inside and outside of the computer world. personal! Please call 804-646-8833 beginning June 30 to register. Registration limited to 30. Appropriate for first grade Toddler Story Time and older. Interactive story, music, and play time for 18-36 month olds and their parents/caregivers. Make a Friendship Bracelet. Wednesday, July 16 at 2 p.m. Tuesday June 24, July 1, July 15, July 22, July 29, August 5 and Make a friendship bracelet for yourself and a friend using August 12 at 11 a.m. embroidery floss and simple knots. Ages 7 and up. Book Babies Deborah Alsko, the Backpack Storyteller. Interactive story, music, and play time for babies up to 17 Tuesday, July 22 at 2 p.m. months and their parents/caregivers. Come listen to stories that will add some FIZZ to your summer! Thursday June 26, July 3, July 17, July 24, July 31, August 7 and August 14 at 10 a.m. Summer Reading Grand Finale at the Main Library, 101 E. Franklin Street Saturday, Aug 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Preschool Story Time Summer Reading Club participants are invited downtown to Interactive story, music, and play time for 3-5 year olds and their enjoy crafts, activities, snow-cones, popcorn, and the antics of parents/caregivers. Jesse the Juggler. Thursday June 26, July 3, July 17, July 24, July 31, August 7 and August 14 at 11 a.m.

Summer 2014 Page 5 Forest Hill Neighborhood Association Community Service Scholarship Deadline July 1 Are you a graduating high school senior who has put your the August 2014 membership meeting. mark on the neighborhood with your volunteer efforts? If you If you are interested in the Forest Hill Neighborhood have been serving your community, your efforts have made you Association Community Service Scholarship, you can find all the eligible for the second annual Forest Hill Neighborhood details and the application on the FHNA website: Association Community Service Scholarship. foresthillneighborhood.com . A full article about the scholarship Last year’s recipient of the scholarship, Kaleigh Thomas, says, is in the Spring 2014 issue of the Flyer, also available on the “I spent my scholarship money on textbooks and an external website. If you would like to receive a printed copy of the hard drive for my laptop so I could back up all my files regularly application in the mail, please send a self-addressed stamped at school. I also spent some of it on dorm decor.” And that’s envelope to: FHNA Community Service Scholarship Committee, exactly what the scholarship was designed for! 4206 Riverside Drive, Richmond, VA 23225 . We will send an The scholarship deadline this year is July 1, 2014. All application back to you. For any other questions, contact materials must be postmarked by that date. The $500 [email protected] . scholarship will be awarded to the recipient by the FHNA during

At the March meeting, retiring Forest Hill Park supervisor Linwood Seward received congratulations and a gift from the Forest Hill Neighborhood Association presented by Dorna Braswell.

Victory Farms Urban Farmstand is Back!

In our new location on the southeast corner of Westover Hills Boulevard and Dunston (the old Christmas tree lot, by the Valero)

Saturdays 9am-1 pm and Wednesdays 4-7 pm

All the best Certified Naturally Grown produce from your neighbors, Charlie & Gina Collins!

Find our veggies at taZa Coffee 'n Creme!

Page 6 Forest Hill Flyer Sunday in the Park with Friends!

This year’s celebration in the neighborhood couldn’t have asked for a more gorgeous spring day. The activities, vendors, and educators drew hundreds of people. Thank you to Friends of Forest Hill Park and their many volunteers who helped make this day such a success. At the Project Clean Stream booth, Balloon animals, sponsored by th created by Deborah e Alliance for the Fellman, were the hit Chesapeake Bay of the day! , people learned what can happen when our water is polluted.

Super heros with super powers….?

Friends of the James River Park were happy to meet and greet!

What could be more fun than giant Lil Ronnie's bubbles!? Lonesome Threesome played blues to the delight of the crowd.

The children loved tours of this armored tactical vehicle, part Riverside Outfitters of the SWAT division of graciously provided Richmond Police Department. free tree-climbing This formidable vehicle rolls adventures again out whenever the SWAT team is this year to the called to hostage situations, delight of young armed conﬂict situations, or and old. bomb calls.

Jonathan the Juggler, a Forest Hill resident, entertained the crowd wi th his death-defying tricks. There was ﬁre!

Summer 2014 Page 7 Celebrity Pet—Sage’s Story

As told to Terry Curry activity in the world. You can catch me any day chasing and What is your name and the names of your humans? fetching the ball in the park, Hello. My name is Sage and I am the canine daughter of two my front yard or down at the wonderful human daddies, Steve Martin and Terry Curry. Since river. adopting my daddies 10 years ago, I have truly lived the life of a princess. I’m given two square meals a day, treats on demand, a What is your best trick? bed in almost every room of the house and a day at the doggie One of my favorite tricks is to spa to get my nails and hair done every two weeks. Life is good catch an outright fly ball—no bounce—and dutifully for me on West 42nd Street and I would not trade it for anything bring it back to my daddy for another throw. in the world. What are your best traits? Where and when did you find your home? I love making friends. I often go strolling through the I was born in Dinwiddie on March 31, 2004. At 12 weeks old, and neighborhood hoping to run into my doggie buddies. Some may being somewhat precocious, I longed for a life in the city. My have an attitude at first, but I always manage to sweeten them birth human mentioned my situation to her then co-worker, up (Yes, Willow, I’m talking about you!). Here is a shout out to all Steve, who agreed to a meeting and a site inspection of the my good friends Griffin, Maxine, Django, Dexter, Buddy, Matilda home. It was love at first sight! The close proximity to the park, and Freddie. Of course, I cannot forget my adopted canine and river, and Pet Smart drew me in immediately and I knew within feline siblings Rascal, Suzie Q and Timber….Love you. my heart I had found my permanent home. What else would you like your admirers to know? What’s your heritage? I’ve lived in the Forest Hill area just about my whole life and I come from a long line of Virginia Labrador Retrievers. I know really cannot say enough about how great my experience has this because my entire bloodline is still in Dinwiddie. My siblings been. The homey feeling of a neighbor’s wave, the delicious have all left the nest and are safe in their new homes, but many squirrel population, and the countless discreet hideaways and of my cousins and relatives still reside on the family farm. Having nooks for bio breaks just makes my heart sing with joy. somewhat of a sedentary farm lifestyle, I’ve heard through the Sometimes I feel so at home with my neighbors that I just go grapevine that many of them are huge—approaching 90 to 100 right into the open door of a house without an invitation. I know pounds. I’m so grateful that I have maintained by girlish figure at they would not have it any other way (Am I right Django?!). So if a mere 49 pounds—the same weight I was at one year old, thank you are new to neighborhood, invite me over and let’s be you very much! besties!

What is your favorite toy and/or activity? Terry and Steve have lived in Forest Hill for 15 years and feel the My greatest accomplishment was the completion of my first year best thing about the neighborhood is the eclectic charm with the of charm school (aka doggie boot training camp). It was there variety of architectural styles. that I honed my ball-fetching skills which became my favorite

k's funding, the Virginia Bluebird Thanks to Friends of Forest Hill Par nest boxes in Forest Hill Park for a Society was able to add three new tt Dysart, Jake Dysart, Sam Kemp, total of 10! Pictured (l to r) are Sco . Other volunteers (not pictured) Brandon Dysart and Mick Hastings are Viv Bruzzese, Vincent Revene, who monitor the blue bird houses d Jerry Wyatt. Sarah McClellan, Alicia St. John, an

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Page 8 Forest Hill Flyer x Forest Hill Expert x 18 Years of Experience x Hills & Heeightights Resident for 30+ Years x 23 Sales in 2013 x Integrity and Proven Track Record x Friendly, Personal Service

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Summer 2014 Page 9 Page 10 Forest Hill Flyer Critter Stories!

In the spring issue of Forest Hill Flyer, we asked you to Varina…far, far away from our yard. (See Author’s Note regale us with your fabulous critter stories. Of the people below!) who responded, these two folks were chosen to win a Forest It was fortunate that we had a large hamster cage in the Hill tee shirt! Congrats to them, and if you have a critter attic, because within an hour, baby possum number two was story, please send it along to [email protected] . found! We named the pair Laurel and Hardy. The next day There may be more tee shirts in the offing…. the neighbor across the alley gingerly brought us baby possum number three. So they became Manny, Moe and From Mary McNeil on Riverside Drive Jack. The following day, baby possum number four arrived at our backdoor, courtesy of another neighbor. At which time As I was having breakfast one morning, my dog Farley and we stopped giving them names and simply referred to them I jumped because something hit an upstairs window—very, as “the wild bunch.” We were careful not to be too friendly, very hard. We looked out onto the deck and there was a just to feed and maintain them. mallard duck staggering. He sat down very deliberately. I had While not exactly attractive animals, on a small scale they to place Farley in his crate in order to check on the duck. The are kind of cute. And we gained a new appreciation of duck made his way up onto the deck railing and sat for a possums. Each one had his (or her) own personality. When while before flying off. Strange sight—staggering mallard on we approached the cage to feed them, one would the deck! Love our city house in the country of our Forest immediately strike the classic “play dead” pose. Another Hill neighborhood! would hiss. The third would open his mouth and show us his fierce array of tiny teeth. The fourth simply glared at us with From E. Mason Adams on Springhill Avenue his beady black eyes. It was quite a humorous display! In a little over a week, the babies’ coats had filled out, Nobody seems to like possums, and that’s too bad, they were becoming experienced climbers, and it was time because we have a lot of them in our neighborhood. This is to say goodbye to Forest Hill. We took them to Varina, where the story of four former marsupial residents of Forest Hill. at the edge of the woods we opened the cage and the four One afternoon in early spring the dog had proudly—and babies scrambled off, without so much as a thank you or a loudly—cornered something in the backyard. Man of the look back. Frankly, we were glad to see them go. House brought the dog inside, went to check on the There’s plenty of wildlife in our neighborhood, so if you’re situation and soon returned with a tiny, wobbly, baby ever faced with a passel of homeless possums or injured possum. A few days earlier our neighbor had moved his wildlife, help is available. Contact Animal Services of woodpile and this baby joey must have been one of the Richmond-Richmond Wildlife Center in Midlothian at displaced residents! Richmondwildlife.org or 804-378-2000. If left on his own, this little critter was destined to become a dog or cat toy, so we decided that we could not Author’s Note: According to the Virginia Department of wait for the possible return of Mom. Since we were not able Game and Inland Fisheries, it is illegal in the Commonwealth to locate a wildlife rehabilitation person in the area (this was of Virginia to trap and relocate a wild animal to another pre-internet), we considered it was our duty to keep the location. If you turn me in, you’ll have to find one of the baby safe until he could fend for himself. After that, the plan possums to testify against me. Otherwise, consider this a was to release the possum on a friend’s wooded farm in work of fiction. E.M.A.

The Friends of Forest Hill Park Junior decorated and then installed the newest Little Free Library in Forest Hill at the tot lot in Forest Hill Park. These gentlemen are obviously eager to read!

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Page 12 Forest Hill Flyer Neighborhood 5K a Success!

The 2014 Run for the Hills 5K race on March 22, 2014 drew more than 200 runners, walkers, and strollers who wanted to spend a spring morning running for a good cause…our neighborhood! As volunteers marked the course, cheered on the runners and offered cold drinks at the finish line, the participants enjoyed the scenery as they ran through the streets of Forest Hill and Forest Hill Park. The Forest Hill Neighborhood Association raised $4,000 from this year’s run to help finance neighborhood projects. Thanks to all who made this day a success!

Celebrating t he accomplishm Two- and ent! four-legged runners alike loved the race.

Owen Eklund was winner in the Kid’s category. Yay, Owen!

Hey sisters, go sisters! On your mark, get set, go!

Suzette Lyon Earns Community Service Award

Suzette Lyon, Forest Hill resident and and park habitats. In March 2014, she partnered with Alliance for a member of Reedy Creek Coalition and the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, James River Richmond Tree Stewards, goes above Association, Middle James Roundtable and the City of Richmond to and beyond in her dedication to conduct two trainings on how to remove invasive species. She has improving the environment. Her work also produced several popular Native Plant Workshops held in the with Reedy Creek Coalition has helped neighborhood to help home owners protect the environment with the Forest Hill neighborhood be more their voice and hands. aware of stormwater best For these community efforts and others, Suzette earned a management practices (BMPs) like Community Partnership Award through the James River Advisory rain gardens, rain barrels, and Council. conservation landscaping. The BMPs “This award shows the good things Richmond Tree Stewards and installed so far have kept one million Reedy Creek Coalition are doing,” Suzette says. “I am just a part of gallons of stormwater from entering the Reedy Creek and the the effort.” James River. Congratulations and thanks for all you and your organizations do Through her "Get the Ivy Out of Richmond" movement, she has for the neighborhood and the community, Suzette! helped the effort to remove invasive species and protect our river

Summer 2014 Page 13 Order Your Plaque! Look for the Forest Hill Historic District plaques as neighbors install them. They are visible from the street and add a touch of class and distinction to the homes they adorn. Show off our historic district by displaying a plaque on your house.

FOREST HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT PLAQUE ORDER FORM PLEASE PRINT

NAME:______

ADDRESS:______

PHONE:______

EMAIL:______BRONZE PLAQUES:______cost is $200.00 including delivery and the construction date for the individual house.

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Page 14 Forest Hill Flyer Community Service Opportunity for Neighborhood Youth Friends of Forest Hill Park Junior is a group of middle and high school students who are interested in promoting Forest Hill Park and keeping it clean. The members of the group participate in a variety of activities including:

• Helping with Forest Hill Park clean ups • Running the Halloween Howl • Hosting a craft table at Sunday in the Park with Friends • Maintaining the Little Free Library near the tot lot • Helping children with crafts at Victorian Christmas • Monitoring the Blue Bird Trails

Most schools allow the Friends of Forest Hill Park Junior activities to count toward community service. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in becoming involved with this community youth group that is administer by the Friends of Forest Hill Park Board.

Summer 2014 Page 15 Your Neighborhood Wants You! ly and active group that Please join the FHNA and become part of a friend works for the good of the neighborhood.