Visit our new home!

We're very excited to share our shiny new website with you! There's still a lot of information to come, but we wanted you to be the first to see our new home. And for the first time, we have a mobile site, so t'll be easy to keep up with all things Cheverly Day this May 21!

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Coming to Cheverly Day 2016: The World We Want

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We are THRILLED to announce a very special addition to Cheverly Day 2016...The World We Want Project!

The World We Want is a global community art installation that is opening the conversation in communities across the planet about the world we all want to live in and what we need to do to get us there. The large black wall will consist of multiple squares that prompt the public to write on them with chalk – what world they want to live in, and how they will create this world. Read more about past projects here and here.
Led Cheverly's very own Nicole Garder, this is a great follow-up to our yarn bomb garden installation from last year, and another great way to celebrate creativity and community.  Incidentally, Nicole is also a new Cheverly Day Committee member! Want to bring your ideas to Cheverly Day? Join us!

Follow The World We Want on Instagram, and tag your photos of our wall this Cheverly Day with #theworldwewant and #cheverlyday.

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Who do YOU want to see in the Dunk Tank?

Over the past few years, we've enjoyed dunking the Mayor, several Council members, the odd teen and tween, and heads of quite a few Cheverly community groups. We're asking you this this: who would YOU like to see in the tank? Let us know, and we'll do everything we can to make your dreams come true!

Pardon our dust...

Our website is undergoing a complete transformation...we can't wait to share a beautiful completely new site with you very soon! In the meantime, please enjoy a little bit of Cheverly Day history...

Have any photos or memories that you'd like to share? We'd love to have them! Contact our webmaster!

We're just about 100 days away!

It’s coming! It’s coming! Cheverly Day 2016 is on the horizon!

We have a lot to celebrate on May 21 – the 85^th anniversary of the town we call home, the new stage at Town Park, the beginning of fun summer activities, and the wonderful friends and neighbors that make Cheverly great. Join us and celebrate Cheverly…It’s Where You Want to Be!

For the first time this year, you can make a tax-deductible donation to Cheverly Day. Your donation makes a real difference in defraying the costs of bringing this major community event to life every year. To celebrate, we’ll thank our neighbor donors with a personalized message on our website and blog. For a donation of just $10, we’ll post your one-sentence message (non-commercial/non-political, please) on our website and social media. See our website for details and guidelines, and get your message in today! We’re also looking for corporate sponsors, community donations, and advertisers – all are much needed to sustain the great activities that await you at Cheverly Day. Community groups receive a 50% discount on advertising, so it’s a great way to reach the whole town with your news and attract new members. Visit our website today to learn how you can lend your financial support…and thanks!

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!

We need volunteers to plan and carry out the many tasks that make up the big event. Have ideas for new activities? Want to help us with community groups, musicians, food, publicity, or any other aspect? Join the Cheverly Day Committee – we meet monthly and we’re always looking for fresh ideas.

We can’t wait to share Cheverly’s great annual party with the entire community. Email cheverlyday@gmail.com to get involved, and visit our website www.cheverlyday.org for all the latest news on all things Cheverly Day 2016!

Help us make this year's party even nicer!

Celebrated cook, food writer, and editor Ruth Reichl said, “Ask people to pitch in – hand them a spoon and ask them to stir. Doing things together, having everyone help, makes for a nicer party.” She’s right: the more people get involved, the better the party. During this season of gatherings, we’re asking you to get involved with Cheverly Day 2016. On May 21, we’re celebrating the 85^th anniversary of our community, and we need you!

Are you a member of a community group? A marching band? A theatrical troupe? Join in our parade – we want your floats, your marchers, your musicians…let’s make this year’s parade the best yet. The parade application will be available on our website after the first of the year. We’re also looking for corporate sponsors, community donations, and advertisers – all make a huge difference in defraying the costs of bringing this major community event to life every year. Visit our website to learn how you can lend your financial support…and thanks!

Finally, we always need volunteers to plan and carry out this big event. Have ideas for new activities? Want to help us with community groups, musicians, food, publicity, or any other aspect? We want you! Join the Cheverly Day Committee – we meet monthly and we’re always looking for fresh ideas.

Join the Cheverly Day party and lend a hand – we’re looking forward to sharing this great celebration with the entire community. Email cheverlyday@gmail.com to get involved, and visit our website www.cheverlyday.org for links to our Facebook, blog and Twitter, and all the latest news on all things Cheverly Day 2016!

Only six months away!

Cheverly Day 2016 is just a little over six months away! Join your friends, family, and neighbors on Saturday, May 21, to celebrate 85 years of life in Cheverly. We’ll have a parade, great music, food and drink, fireworks, and loads of activities and attractions sure to please!

We’ve come a long way from 1931 – an era of tremendous challenge and sacrifice, but also a time of people working together in communities. We enjoyed the music of Cab Calloway, Kate Smith, and Guy Lombardo, and movies by Charlie Chaplin and Bela Lugosi. Did you know that The Star Spangled Banner became the official National Anthem of the United States in 1931? The first Donald Duck cartoon and Dick Tracy comic launched that same year, and the Empire State Building and George Washington Bridge in New York opened. Lou Gehrig played his 1,000^th baseball game. Babe Ruth hit his 600^th home run. And Cheverly, Maryland, was incorporated on April 18, 1931.

We’re looking forward to sharing Cheverly’s 85^th anniversary with the entire community, and we need your help. Start planning those parade floats and entries now! Want to get involved in planning the big event? We’d love to have your input. Email cheverlyday@gmail.com to lend your support. Of course, visit our website www.cheverlyday.org for the latest news on all things Cheverly Day 2016!