Cheverly Day 2016: Personal Donations & Neighbor Messages

To celebrate our 85th year, Cheverly Day invites you to make an individual contribution. As our way of saying thanks for your support for your minimum donation of $10, we’ll post your one-sentence message on our website and social media. Send a friendly message to your neighbors, tell your spouse or partner how much you care, prod your children to clean their rooms, propose marriage…the possibilities are open (see the website for complete details!)

Add your message today! Complete the form online and pay via Paypal, and we'll add your message to the permanent roll of neighbor messages on our main page. 

First News About Our 2nd Annual Cheverly Day Photo Contest

Remember last year’s Wild Cheverly photo contest? We had so much fun doing the contest last year that we are doing a repeat performance for Cheverly Day 2016. The Cheverly Green Infrastructure Committee invites you to use your camera and your creativity to celebrate the richness of Cheverly’s natural areas and help inspire their protection and conservation.

This year there the emphasis will be on trees. Think about how you would portray our native trees in photos -- from closeups of bark, leaves, fruits and nuts, to interactions of trees and insects, to forest treescapes … it’s up to you.

• Take a walk in any of Cheverly’s natural areas or even in your own back yard.

• Take photos of the nature you see around you.

Native Flora: Trees, shrubs, vines, fungi, lichens, mosses, etc. Please focus on our natives. 

Fauna, microscopic to mega: Birds, mammals, insects, in their natural habitats (No pets, please) 

Landscapes: Vistas, streams, rocks, soil

Photos will be judged on composition, technical excellence, and subject: How well does the photo tell a visual story about the natural world of Cheverly? The contest judges will as before include Mayor Callahan. Watch for the contest rules and tips when they are posted on the Green Cheverly website, or on our website. For more information, contact the photo contest organizer, Dave Kneipp.

Know someone who should enter? Share our flyer with them! This should be a weekend full of interesting weather...and terrific opportunities to capture great photos!

CHVProm 2016...we can't wait for the biggest party of the year!

The Cheverly Community Center Gym goes from this...

Every year, through the tireless work of the terrific CHVProm Committee and the Department of Public Works, our nondescript gym gets transformed into Cheverly's big dance: it's CHVProm 2016! 

CHVProm kicks off Cheverly Day's 85th Anniversary celebration weekend with music, dancing, great food, drinks, and prizes! This year’s theme is "Timeless."  CHVProm begins at 8:00pm on Friday, May 20, and doesn't run out of gas until midnight.

...to this for CHVProm!

Start brainstorming with your friends now to win the “Best Decorated Table” contest! Competition for the best decorated table is always fierce, and over the years, we've been impressed by Cheverly Metro, Feral Foxes, Gilligan and friends, 007 and Goldfinger... What ever happened to the gold mannequin that decorated that table? Last time we saw her, she was crowd surfing, then riding in the 80th Anniversary Parade the next morning...who knows what will turn up in the parade THIS year? Anyhow, CHVProm is always a wild night. We can't wait to see the results!

While the decor and fashions are always great fun, dancing and food are big draws! Cheverly has a wealth of great cooks, and the potluck buffet served up at CHVProm is fantastic.

Tickets will go on sale Wednesday, April 20 and sell out quickly every year! Individual tickets are $15 per person or you can buy a full table of 12 for $180.  Individual tickets and tables of 12 will be sold at Town Hall during normal business hours, CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY, made out to Cheverly Day Inc., memo line "CHVProm tickets".  Alternatively, you can purchase a table directly from committee member Robin Kaye.  Please note: THERE ARE NO ADVANCED TICKET SALES OR RESERVATIONS.

Want to help? Please contact committee chair Lane Thompson if you have any questions or would like to volunteer for planning, set-up, or cleanup.

Community Groups, Local Businesses, and Yes, Even Politicians

Be part of the big event: Get involved and share your support for Cheverly Day by sharing information about your organization. Cheverly Day 2016 is pleased to offer tables to our community groups, not-for-profits, local businesses and politicians this May 21! 

We'd love to see EVERY community group out in force for this big event. Host a table (we’ll provide a table and two chairs – we recommend you bring a tent) and invite community members to learn more about your organization with a fun activity or publicity materials. 

Guidelines and applications are here. The deadline is May 1.

We're 70 days away...time to get to work on those parade entries!

Join in our parade – we want your floats, your marchers, your musicians…let’s make this year’s parade the biggest and best yet. Are you a member of a community group? A marching band? A theatrical troupe? We want YOU! The parade application is available on our website, so get your marching shoes polished, your costumes sewn, and your floats ready to go!

Every five years, we celebrate Cheverly Day with a big parade! We're planning the biggest parade yet for our 85th anniversary and we need every community group to participate to make it a success!

The parade route is right through the heart of town -- Cheverly Avenue -- and will begin at 10am on May 21.

Click here for the online application or download it here -- we're looking for floats, marching bands, marchers, clowns...you name it. Interested? Contact us.

Looking for ideas for floats, giant puppets, or other parade entries? Here are a few resources to start:

How to Build a Float

Make Paper Flowers for a Parade Float

Build a Giant Puppet

Build a Giant Pageant Puppet

Parade Floats on Pinterest

Creating Parade Banner Ideas on Pinterest

Parade Ideas on Pinterest

More Parade Ideas on Pinterest

Now...get to work!

Food Vendors: We're looking for YOU!

Join us on May 21 from 2pm to 9pm and serve your very best to a large, enthusiastic crowd in Cheverly, Maryland (just over the DC-MD border on Route 50). Over 1,000 people will attend our annual all-town celebration, with music and games all day and fireworks at night. Our friends and neighbors are hungry...and we want to enjoy YOUR food! Know someone who would be a great addition to our vendor lineup? Print and share our flyer with them!

Join us on May 21 from 2pm to 9pm and serve your very best to a large, enthusiastic crowd in Cheverly, Maryland (just over the DC-MD border on Route 50). Over 1,000 people will attend our annual all-town celebration, with music and games all day and fireworks at night. Our friends and neighbors are hungry...and we want to enjoy YOUR food!

We have six food vendor and two dessert vendor slots available between 2pm and 9pm. In addition to completing our application, you will need to obtain a temporary event permit from Prince George’s County. Visit us at www.cheverlyday.com for our application and complete information.

The application deadline is April 21.