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Crofton Salon Hosts Cut-A-Thon for Community Center
May 5th, 2010 Categories: Businesses, Organizations
Mark your calendar now for Sunday, June 6. That’s when The Hair Experience will host a “cut-a-thon” at 2411 Crofton Lane (#18 Chelsea House) to benefit the Crofton Regional Community Center (CRCC).
The salon will offer cuts and blow-dries from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with half of the proceeds going to CRCC. Walk-ins are welcomed, but a call to 410–721–1313 for an appointment could save you time. If you do have to wait, you’ll enjoy the snacks and drinks which will be available.
“I believe it’s important to give back to the community that’s been so good to me,” said Sherene Collins, owner and hair stylist. “I fully support the building of the Crofton Regional Community Center,” she said, urging others in the greater Crofton community to “support a great cause…”
The CRCC is in its infancy, with many volunteers and businesses involved in early planning of the facility, the fundraising, and the programming. For more information, visit www.croftonregionalcommunitycenter.net.
Thank you, Donna Doyle, for providing this information to Focus On Crofton.
If your community organization or business would like to share information with the community, please use the contact tab at the top of this page.
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FocusOnCrofton.com is your one-stop source for information about Crofton, Maryland, and the surrounding area. It’s my way of keeping current residents informed about their community and real estate matters while also attracting relocating home buyers to the Crofton area (including Bowie, Crownsville, Davidsonville, Fort Meade, Gambrills, Millersville and Odenton). Please feel free to contact me any time for more information about these communities.
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Thank You to Crofton Businesses
May 2nd, 2010 Categories: News, Organizations
Well, LOTS of Crofton businesses are good neighbors… but they won’t all make this list.
These are the local (and a few not-so-local) businesses which generously donated gift certificates or services to the Crofton Village Garden Club in support of this weekend’s fashion show and high tea. The event benefited Susan G Komen for the Cure and beautification projects in our own Crofton community.
American Laser Center- Auntie’s Sweet Chocolates
- Avant Garden
- Blue Dolphin Seafood Bar & Grill
- Brighton Collectibles
- Damon’s Grill
- Elements Therapeutic Massage
- Four Seasons Grille
- Fusia Pan-Asian Cuisine
- Gambrills Flower Farm
- Greenstreet Gardens
- Harmony Gardens
- Homestead Gardens
- Irish Channel Restaurant & Pub
- Kir Devries
- Long & Foster Real Estate
- Mary Kay Cosmetics
- Mixed Elements Spa
- Nautilus Diner
- Pamper Yourself
- Robert Andrews Salon & Spa
- Star Nails & Spa
- The Big Fish Grille
Gifts range from $25 to $1000, but you’ll have to attend the event to win. and many of the gift certificates were grouped together (see photo) or with other donations for a “Tombola” (raffle).
The show featured fashions by Nordstrom, Ahni, Land’s End, Kohl’s, Crofton Country Club Pro Shop, and Coldwater Creek. Vendors included Aunt Annie’s Chocolates, Avant Garden, and Gambrills Flower Garden.
Tickets were sold out for weeks ahead, and attendees enjoyed a beautiful sunny day of fun, fashions, philanthropy and tea with friends.
Many, many thanks to the businesses who were so generous in supporting this event.
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Crofton Village Garden Club Meets Today
September 2nd, 2009 Categories: Organizations
The Crofton Village Garden Club meets today, after a two-month summer hiatus.
The club’s theme this year is “Together We Can Make a Difference” and they have several projects lined up to do just that:
You’re probably familiar with the club’s 40–year tradition of decorating the front gates of “Old” Crofton and the Crofton Village Green for the holidays, and you may have seen the garden they planted last Spring at the Crofton Village Green with proceeds of an earlier Crofton Home and Garden Tour.
But they do a lot of things the community doesn’t see:
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Make holiday wreathes with decorative bows for donation to the Crofton Library, CCA Town Hall and Crofton Schools.
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Create over 100 floral arrangements at our November meeting for wounded veterans at the VA Rehabilitation and Extended Care Facility in Baltimore.
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Collaborate with other garden clubs to decorate State Circle and Hammond Harwood House in Annapolis for the holidays.
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Share their talents with residents of Crofton Convalescent Center by helping them make seasonal floral arrangements.
Helping local Girl Scouts earn the Native Plants Patch will be one of the club’s new projects this year. The other is promoting “Plant it Pink” – a partnership between National Garden Clubs, Inc. and Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Watch for more information from Crofton Village Garden Club, including a Spring Fashion Show and High Tea at Crofton Country Club (open to the public), as they unfold throughout the year.
If you have an interest in gardening – as a beginner or master gardener or anywhere in between – there are two garden clubs in Crofton for you to join. Crofton Greenery Garden Club meets in the evening and Crofton Village Garden Club meets on the 1st Wednesday of every month at 9:30 a.m. For more information, contact me and I’ll pass along your contact information to the appropriate club president.
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Your organization is invited to submit information for timely publishing in this blog. I’ll make an effort to publish any information you provide about your club or civic organization in the Greater Crofton Area, including Annapolis, Bowie, Crofton, Crownsville, Davidsonville, Fort Meade, Gambrills, Millersville and Odenton. Just give me a few days notice.
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What Changes Are on the Horizon for Crofton Area?
July 13th, 2009 Categories: Organizations
A little birdie told me that Crofton… Wait. Stop!. Scrap the little birdie!
No need to rely on hearsay and gossip, when it comes to changes in the Crofton area. That’s because the Greater Crofton Council (GCC) is a lot more reliable source of what’s going on in this area than a little birdie or any other source of information, including local print media and blogs.
GCC has developed a reputation among politicians, developers, service providers and advocacy groups as the eyes, ears, and mouth for Crofton area residents, including those in Odenton, Gambrills, Davidsonville and other nearby neighborhoods. What do I mean by that? Very simply…
GCC takes the time to look at proposals and hear the perspective of presenters, and then they communicate the information to others throughout the area.
Just take a look at the agenda for tomorrow night’s meeting (June 14):
- Critical environmental issues in the local area, including the spread of ground water from two large sources. Guest panel includes Dick Lahn (Founder, String of Pearls Project), Dawn Thomas (Watershed Steward for Crofton and Patuxent River), Jennifer Bevan-Dangel (Deputy Director, 1000 Friends of Maryland), and Tim Berkoff (NASA research engineer and environmental activist).
- Crofton Regional Community Center Project – Senator Janet Greenip
- GDP testimony to the Anne Arundel County Council and the Waugh Chapel South development being built on the Gambrills fly ash pits.
- Recent changes in police-community communications.
- Preview of the August 2009 teen event and the September 8 community safety meeting co-hosted by the GCC and Anne Arundel County Police Department.
You’ll find photos and notes from the June 9 meeting of GCC on the Greater Crofton Council website, in addition to concept graphics about the impending Route 3 changes, and other issues affecting the quality of life for local residents. GCC meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Village Commons Community Center. That’s located in the Village at Waugh Chapel – Rt. 3 and Waugh Chapel Rd.
NOTE: Ask and you shall receive. If you provide announcements for your community organization, every effort will be made to publish them at Focus on Crofton in a timely manner.
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What Changes Are on the Horizon for Crofton Area?
July 13th, 2009 Categories: Organizations
A little birdie told me that Crofton… Wait. Stop!. Scrap the little birdie!
No need to rely on hearsay and gossip, when it comes to changes in the Crofton area. That’s because the Greater Crofton Council (GCC) is a lot more reliable source of what’s going on in this area than a little birdie or any other source of information, including local print media and blogs.
GCC has developed a reputation among politicians, developers, service providers and advocacy groups as the eyes, ears, and mouth for Crofton area residents, including those in Odenton, Gambrills, Davidsonville and other nearby neighborhoods. What do I mean by that? Very simply…
GCC takes the time to look at proposals and hear the perspective of presenters, and then they communicate the information to others throughout the area.
Just take a look at the agenda for tomorrow night’s meeting (June 14):
- Critical environmental issues in the local area, including the spread of ground water from two large sources. Guest panel includes Dick Lahn (Founder, String of Pearls Project), Dawn Thomas (Watershed Steward for Crofton and Patuxent River), Jennifer Bevan-Dangel (Deputy Director, 1000 Friends of Maryland), and Tim Berkoff (NASA research engineer and environmental activist).
- Crofton Regional Community Center Project – Senator Janet Greenip
- GDP testimony to the Anne Arundel County Council and the Waugh Chapel South development being built on the Gambrills fly ash pits.
- Recent changes in police-community communications.
- Preview of the August 2009 teen event and the September 8 community safety meeting co-hosted by the GCC and Anne Arundel County Police Department.
You’ll find photos and notes from the June 9 meeting of GCC on the Greater Crofton Council website, in addition to concept graphics about the impending Route 3 changes, and other issues affecting the quality of life for local residents. GCC meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Village Commons Community Center. That’s located in the Village at Waugh Chapel – Rt. 3 and Waugh Chapel Rd.
NOTE: Ask and you shall receive. If you provide announcements for your community organization, every effort will be made to publish them at Focus on Crofton in a timely manner.
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