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WHAT: In celebration of the Fall season Melwood’s Recreation Center will host its annual Fall Fest celebration on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at the Melwood Recreation Center in Nanjemoy, Maryland, where we will have festive activities for the young and the young at heart. General admission is free with a small fee for select activities including hay rides, pumpkin carving, pony rides, climbing wall, face painting, moon bounce, games and more. Concessions will be available and Fall plants from our Melwood Horticulture Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, will be for sale. All proceeds from the event help Melwood continue to provide camp programs and community services for people with differing abilities.
WHEN: Saturday, October 11th 2014
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Melwood – The Recreation Center
9035 Ironsides Road
Nanjemoy, MD 20662
CONTACT: jamorris@melwood.org or call 301.599.4550
About the Melwood Recreation Center
The Melwood Recreation Center is a beautiful 108-acre facility located on the Nanjemoy Peninsula in rural Charles County, Md. With a diverse offering of lodge-style cabins, challenge courses, nearly 10 miles of hiking and riding trails, aquatic and equestrian facilities, and a variety of meeting spaces all set in a serene natural environment, it is a versatile location that can accommodate a wide range of events and activities. The Melwood Recreation Center is located approximately one hour south of Washington, D.C., and is a short, 12-mile drive west of La Plata, Md.
About Melwood
Melwood is a 501(c)3 organization that advocates for and empowers individuals of differing abilities to transform their own lives through unique opportunities to work and play in the community. The organization provides employment, job training, life skill improvement, supportive and recreational services for more than 1900 people with differing abilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region and serves as an international model that has been duplicated around the world. Melwood employs more than 700 people with differing abilities through 34 federal contracts at 43 sites as a result of the organization’s partnerships with community employers and the AbilityOne Program, providing total facility management, custodial, grounds keeping and recycling services in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. For more information, visit Melwood on Facebook or www.melwood.org.
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