Pack up your lunch and invite all your favorite people to Beach Day 2017. Just meet at Sandy Point State Park on Saturday, August 26 from noon to 3 PM at the Osprey Shelter, 1100 E College Pkwy, Annapolis, MD 21409. The event is free. Just pay your park admission. Rain or shine.

On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 7:15 AM LCHP will host a fundraising outing to Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, PA. The bus will leave from Washington Brazilian Seventh Day Adventist Church (former location of Lakeland Elementary School) 8108 54th Avenue, College Park, MD 20740. Limited parking is available at your own risk.

Lakeland Community Heritage Project is now accepting nominations of sports heroes to be honored with their own sports cards. Just send a short biographical statement featuring the individual’s sports activities along with an image by email to LakelandHistory@yahoo.com by August 1, 2017. For more information please call Pamela Randall Boardley at 301-520-1405

Remember the days when all the families in Lakeland and surrounding communities packed a big lunch and met at the beach? Here is your chance to relive those days and share a good time with family and friends. Come to Beach Day 2017 on Saturday, August 26 from noon to 3 PM at Sandy Point State Park, Osprey Shelter, 1100 E College Pkwy, Annapolis, MD 21409. The event is free. Just pay your park admission.

Friday, September 15, 2017 at 7 PM –  Heritage Basketball Classic with the CP Dream Team

Saturday, September 16, 2017 – Food, Celebrations and Community: Sharing Food Traditions of Lakeland and Our African American Roots

• 1 PM –  Join a conversation – Learn about food in culture and share your knowledge about traditions of Lakeland. You can even bring stories, recipes and pictures to become part of a new project on food, the Lakeland Cooking Collection.
• 1 PM – Enter your specialty dish to be a part of the Lakeland Cooking Collection and for a chance to win a great prize. Enter today Lakeland Cooking Collection at https://goo.gl/forms/bbeYxolGs2KyqxEk
• 2:30 PM – Let’s Eat, share a meal with friends old and new. All are welcome

If you don’t want to enter the contest you can still add your recipe to the collection at https://goo.gl/forms/bbeYxolGs2KyqxEk1  . You may also send it by email to Lakelandhistory@yahoo.com.

Here is a sample submission

LCHP Fundraiser
Trip to Knobles Amusement Park

The Fifth Annual College Park Community Library’s Book Festival will take place on Saturday, March 25, 2017, 2 to 4 PM at College Park Community Center, College Park, MD.  Come meet local authors including LCHP.  You can purchase Lakeland: African Americans in College Park and other books. This is a family festival with activities including crafts, children’s story time and a used book sale. This event helps to support the College Park Lions Club and College Park Recreation Board.