Month: November 2020

AROUND THE PARK AGAIN By Sharon Lee Tegler

Last weekend was sunny, the temperatures mild, and everywhere you looked at Kinder Farm Park, some sort of activity was taking place. The Visitor’s Center, barns and buildings were closed because of the Coronavirus, but 288 acres of wide open spaces remained open to the public. There were so many things to do and observe.

All across the park’s vast sports fields, improvised games were underway. On one field, players were gathering for an impromptu soccer game. Nearby, two young fellows were doing stretches prior to a run.

On the basketball court, three teens were shooting hoops while a fourth exercised on a set of rings.

As the sun moved lower in the afternoon sky, visitors entering or leaving the farm complex could hear a gentle rustling from various pastures.

In the field nearest Kinder Farm Park’s tractor barn, sheep’s ears perked up as a familiar family showed up and bustled about. It was clear that feeding time was near.

The sheep quickly waded through a field of geese toward a small barn where a Farm Education Program Livestock Group family appeared with buckets of feed.

In a pasture across the way, goats and cows looked westward toward the sound of Roy Fielder’s truck as it approached bearing “dinner”. They crowded the truck as several children helped Fielder unload bales of hay.

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Cows hustled up to one of the pasture fences mooing and looking hopeful. Unfortunately, they’d have a bit longer to wait.

Fielder, who heads the Friends of Kinder Farm Park’s Farm Education Livestock Group, explained to visitors observing them how the animals are cared for.

“At the moment we have 49 families with 300 people caring for 42 animals that include four dairy cows, four beef cows, six Nigerian goats, three full-sized dairy goats, one breeding sow and her piglets, two alpacas and five rabbits,” he said. “We also work with the farm’s organic gardening division on back acreage where we keep seventeen chickens for pest control (they eat bugs) and fertilizer.”

None of the children with Fielder were part of his family. They were Farm Education Program kids who love helping with chores any way they can.

“Where else can kids ride on the back of a truck these days,” he said. “It’s completely safe and so much fun for them.”

He noted that Kinder Farm Park’s 40-member 4H Livestock Club is a separate and completely different program that only involves children whereas the Farm Education Program is comprised of families and requires that parents be actively involved.

Animals that the 4H Club raises go to market.

As of late August, 4H members were raising seven market pigs, two breeding meat goats, three market goats, two dairy goats, 25 chickens and 19 turkeys.

Last weekend, visitors marveled over various breeds of chickens and 17 of 19 turkeys. Visitors – especially children – were fascinated by the turkeys. Four were Toms (males) who strutted among the hens puffing their chests out and fanning their tail feathers. By Monday all the turkeys were gone and on their way to market, They’d end up on some family’s Thanksgiving table – a reality of farm life that’s important for 4H members to learn and experience.

According to Friends of Kinder Farm Park board member Mike Lowman, park attendance has never been higher and there is still plenty to see. It was tremendous fun, for instance, to observe a pair of alpacas as they nibbled grass in the shelter of the farm’s grain silos. They’re relatively new additions to the park and, according to Fielder, it’s hoped draft horses will be joining the other animals in the spring.

Watching the antics of Peppa the Pig’s playful piglets was a definite delight……

……but watching people watch the animals and photograph them was interesting too.

Kinder Farm Park superintendent Brad Hunt said he loves overseeing the acreage. Like Lowman and Fielder, he believes the county-owned property captures the essence of what a “working farm” is all about with its 1940’s era farmhouse, outbuildings, saw mill, blacksmith shop, and vintage tractor collection. But it also offers the recreational facilities, walking trails, and gardens locals long for. He’s happy to see the public enjoying it all.

“We were disappointed the virus forced us to cancel our annual harvest festival this year and we’ve also had to cancel our traditional Jingle Bell Hayrides,” Hunt said. “However, in keeping with the spirit of the holidays, we’re replacing the event with a Jingle Bell Food Drive on December 5 and 6 from noon to 3 pm. Visitors are invited to bring non-perishable food donations to our Visitors Center to fill our Santa Sleigh. All donations will be given to SPAN’s food pantry.”

He added that already purchased hayride tickets will be good through December of 2022.

Meanwhile, there’s lots to do. Buildings and barns are kept closed with the exception of the Comfort Station,but everything else is available.. Some “safe” park programs are now back on the KFP schedule. Park Ranger Jessica Furr is leading programs that include a Heart Smart Nature Hike, a Ride With a Ranger outing, Paint in the Park opportunities and Pollinator Walks. For a Program Guide visit: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/recreation-parks/recreation/program-guide/index.html

For Kinder Farm Park news, visit https://kinderfarmpark.org/.

Christmas is a-coming and some events are still on

Severna Park Community Center’s “Jolly Holiday Jubilee”

Severna Park Community Center invites the public to join them for free on Sunday, December 6 from 1 to 6 pm for an afternoon of fun at their “Jolly Holiday Jubilee”. A strolling Santa will be on hand for selfies, there will be holiday music, and the Girls Scouts will have crafts for children. There will also be a craft fair with local products like soaps or homemade jewelry that would make lovely gifts. There will also be a Christmas giving tree from which to pick a tag to help a family in need. Free mini-dance classes will be available in the Dance Center but you must make an appointment beforehand. There will also be free Fitness Center visits provided you make an appointment beforehand. To do so….or for information, visit https://www.spcommunitycenter.org/ or call 410-647-7851.

Trick or Tree at The Chamber

The Greater Severna Park and Arnold Chamber of Commerce will be holding a “Trick or Tree” event this year in front of its offices at 1 Holly Avenue on Friday, December 11 from 5 to 6:30 pm. Unlike previous years’ open houses, the event will be held outside with social distancing. The Chamber Christmas tree will be lit and both Santa and The Grinch will be on hand. There will be Kiddie Goodie Bags and Adult Goodie Bags containing coupons for local restaurants and retailers. For information, visit https://www.gspacc.com/.

AROUND THE PARK AGAIN by Sharon Lee Tegler

A bit disappointed that Park Plaza will not be holding it’s annual holiday celebration this year, Park Home owners Heather and Scott Summers went all out with beautiful decorations to make their store as warm and welcoming as possible.

From the moment Tuesday’s mask-wearing shoppers caught sight of the antique sleigh filled with Merry Christmas pillows, the modernistic tree decorated with collectible Christmas balls or the gorgeous grapevine wreaths surrounded by baskets of grape and eucalyptus stems, their spirits were lifted and their imaginations fully engaged.

Owner Sue Gautier was on hand Tuesday to personally greet and chat with customers. She’s pleased that her business is doing well going into the Christmas season.

“We’re hangin’ in there,” she said. “We’re very thankful for our loyal local customers. They’ve supported us all along on our website and now they’re coming by to shop in person. We didn’t even have a website before COVID but its been good for us. To follow current guidelines, we must be careful about how many people can be inside at one time, By having the website, we can still offer online service…especially for those who most need to stay safe.”

Ceramic angels bade welcome to shoppers at Side Street Framers & Gift Gallery along with co-owner Dawn Wilson who was on hand to welcome them personally.

Wilson loved showing off the work of local artisans like pretty sea glass earrings by Cathy Kelly, clever wire jewelry by Jessica Graves, or amazing glass ornaments by Terri Hechler that featured miniaturized images of vintage trucks, seashells or blue crabs. Long involved with Park Plaza Christmas celebrations and with Severna Park’s #ShopLocal efforts, she believes purchasing an item from a local artist or crafter is, in essence, helping a neighbor.

Wilson said Side Street Framers took special pains this year to stock multiple shipments of refillable “lifetime candles”. They’re always popular at holiday time and seem to sell out year after year.

Next door to Side Street Framers, Franklin Toys was pleased to be doing well. Business picked up considerably since the lock-down ended and sales were brisk. They’d even sold out of 2020’s most popular toy – a robotic hand. From holiday ornaments to plush Santas or penguins, crafts and games of all kinds, fanciful dress-up togs for budding princes or princesses, and 1,000-piece puzzles, there is something to please “kids of all ages”.

Leaving Park Plaza by car, shoppers had to go merely a block to enter the Christmas wonderland at Homestead Gardens Severna Park at the corner of Ritchie Highway and Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard. There is so much to do, see and buy that shoppers can easily spend an hour shopping.

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From forests of sparkly trees, red and white poinsettias and deeply green hollies to…..

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……photo ops with reindeer and elves and a very lifelike Santa, there is something for everyone.

According to general manager Heidi Tyler and hardgoods manager Steph Stowell, when Homestead Gardens learned they couldn’t have a live Santa due to virus restrictions, they brought in a dozen elves and a reindeer they posed in front of Santa’s workshop and are inviting customers to use the Christmas village as a backdrop for individual or family photos. They also brought in a lifelike model of the jolly old elf complete with reindeer and Christmas tree – again, the perfect setting for a photo.

Just around the corner, Kirsten’s Cakery was still preparing Thanksgiving orders but was already thinking about the cakes, cookies and pies they’ll be making for the holiday season boom. Among new dessert items Kirsten and her talented staff of bakers recently added are mini-cheesecake tarts with red and white striped toppings that are both delicious and festive enough for the Christmas table.

Neighbor Savvy Consignment was particularly busy Tuesday. In fact, they’d just sold two sofas according to owner Stacey Cassidy. People were shopping for gifts but also for clothing and items to spruce up their homes for the holidays. They were also shopping for gift certificates. A sign in Savvy’s window says it all.

Almost all local retailers are offering gift certificates including Savvy’s neighbors across B&A Boulevard – The Big Bean with its special blends of coffee and Blended Essentials with candle making classes, soaps, scented oils, candles and more.

There are several additional retail shops favored by Severna Park shoppers that are beyond the town’s borders. Though a little out of the way, Whimsicality – an upscale gift shop and destination store for Scout bags and coolers – is located at 1350 Cape St. Claire Road.

Whimsicality owner Tricia Hylind notes that the shop carries Nordic Beach fashions, jewelry, scarves and, for the holiday season, lots of whimsical ornaments, greeting cards, gift bags and even candy.

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Can’t leave out Cakes & Confections at 342 Ritchie Highway. Locals just love Chef Michael Brown’s marvelous holiday yule logs, Christmas cookies and homemade pies. These are just some of the businesses doing their best to spread Christmas cheer. They hope you’ll keep the small business community healthy by #ShoppingLocal.

AROUND THE PARK AGAIN by Sharon Lee Tegler

Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many small businesses were struggling and some were forced to close their doors. Though it may be difficult to imagine anyone wanting to risk starting a new business, two were launched during October.

j.lolly

Friends Tammi Molavi and Michelle Hickman started the first – an online business called j.lolly that creates beautiful table settings for at-home entertaining that customers can “rent”. They offer complete tablescapes for gatherings of from two to 24 diners and guarantee no-contact delivery and pick-up.

The partners have created several different tablescapes to choose from, the most popular of which has been “All Out Autumn” pictured here. Each place setting includes a muted green charger, round white china dinner plate, squared salad plate in the same hue, an antique butter pat plate, cloth napkin in napkin ring, and a copper mug. Special touches include a lovely bouquet of sunflowers in a white mason jar.

Occupying the far end of the table are selections of tarts and cookies and appetizers from a Severna Park catering company Molavi and Hickman have teamed with called April’s Table which can supply a sumptuous take-out menu if requested.

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Hickman explained that the idea for their company was generated by their common interests and the fact that they’d long wanted to do something together. Having met volunteering for a Severna Park Middle School drama department show their kids were in and further bonded as “costume moms” for Severna Park High’s Rock ‘N Roll Revivals, they found they both had a passion for party and event planning and a penchant for collecting china, glassware, linens and decorative items.

Restricted to their homes with time on their hands during the COVID-19 lock down, the pair tackled housekeeping chores and rediscovered treasures from their collections.

“During our daily phone calls, we’d detail what we came across – like my collection of antique butter pat plates and Michelle’s rustic candle holders,” Molavi said. “We were wondering how we could put these lovely pieces to use when we came up with the idea of renting out ready-to-use table settings.”

They realized that, even during a pandemic, people need to celebrate the little things. Providing an easy, no-contact way of entertaining could be a valuable service.

By pooling their collections, they had enough items to create six different tablescapes. “All Out Autumn” came together easily.

Special touches like Molavi’s individual butter pat plates were easy to come up but it was more challenging finding napkin rings in the shape of leaves. Calling on their creativity, they added cleverly designed background decorations.

j.lolly’s equally lovely tablescapes include “Bespoke Blush”, a positively “pretty in pink” setting, while “Envious Emerald” mixes dark green elements with bright whites that even St. Patrick would admire. “Woodsy Chic” combines sky blue china and blue and white checked napkins with lush greenery. “Amazing Greys” impresses with subtle elegance that relies on graphic patterns in china and linens. “Coastal Cool” captures a waterside vibe with vintage sea glass and matching blue table linens. All six tablescapes come with easy to follow set-up directions.

According to Hickman, the name j.lolly was chosen for the business to commemorate the beginning of their friendship when their children were in the show “Schoolhouse Rock”.

“The ‘J’ is for Tammi’s daughter Josee who played Interplanet Janet and ‘Lolly’ is for the song my son Sam sang during his first musical appearance.”

Both women have solid experience behind them. Molavi owned the Paper Trousseau in Olde Severna Park which handled wedding and event invitations and related materials while Hickman, a former teacher, had a home staging business. An added advantage is having Josee, now a teacher at St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal School, as their unofficial social media advisor.

The partners say they’re starting small while people are still sticking close to home. But they believe the possibilities for expansion once the virus runs its course are endless. There are excellent opportunities to work with local businesses like April’s Table. Prospective customers run the gamut from young couples without storage space for china or glassware to busy professionals pressed for time… or older adults looking for an easier way to host a holiday family dinner.

A website is in the works which will be www.jlolly.com. Meantime, visit @setbyjlolly on Instagram or https://www.facebook.com/setbyjlolly on Facebook.

Atalie Day Photography

The second business to launch in October was Atalie Day Payne’s Atalie Day Photography.

Well-known to area residents as Atalie Day Brown through her work for The Capital and Maryland Gazette newspapers, Payne first submitted images as a free-lance photographer in 2012, became the paper’s West County columnist in 2013, and took over as the Around Pasadena columnist in 2015.

She spent five years covering Pasadena before leaving The Capital in April of 2019 when son Jasper was born. Even while taking a breather to spend more time with Jasper, daughter Elise, 4, and son Ezra, 15, she missed the artistic outlet that working for the newspaper provided.

“I’m someone who loves art. I enjoy drawing and painting and I have a degree in photojournalism from George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design” said Payne. “I’ve always loved photography since my dad brought me my first film camera when I was 14 and I learned darkroom techniques and development. It’s part of me.”

Not being able to exercise her artistic muscle proved difficult for Payne and she’d long nurtured a dream of being a portrait photographer. With Jasper reaching the toddler stage and family members eager to babysit, she found she now had enough time to pursue that dream.

As a first step, she sought a mentor-ship with a photographer she greatly admired and had previously hired for Payne family portraits. The two met at length and discussed portraiture processes and the ways in which taking portraits is a unique discipline.

“Portraiture and photojournalism are quite different,” Payne said. “As a photojournalist, you move yourself wherever necessary to capture the action.. The posing aspect of a photo shoot was new to me.”

Building on skills she gained through her newspaper work and through a business she and husband Jared had recreating tintypes, she moved ahead and sought her first clients.

The budding portraitist has already completed a variety of Atlaie Day Photography assignments. Thus far, all have taken place in the natural settings she prefers. She’s done maternity photo shoots, taken engagement pictures and most recently photographed a wedding. But she’s mostly done family portraits which she seems to have a real knack for. She is particularly good working with children.

A recent photo session took place on the Shiloh family’s three acre working farm in Pasadena. Photographing C. J. and Jim Shiloh and their 3-year-old daughter Carol Sue against a backdrop of newly mowed fields and autumn leaves was a joy. The fact that chickens and sheep appeared from time to time simply added to the fun.

Choosing locations is always a challenge for Payne, even more so if she has acres at her disposal. And she likes to schedule her sessions for evening during the “golden hour” when the light is magical and is something that can’t be replicated indoors. She aims for a mix of images. Some shots are posed and formal. For others, she uses her photojournalist background to capture a family’s interactions, be it playing with a child, sharing a laugh or simply enjoying each other’s company.

Processing the digital photos she takes involves editing using an Adobe Lightroom software program, sometimes employing filters. Then she uploads them for the clients. At that point, clients can take the photos to whichever printer they prefer. There are now companies that specialize in portrait photographs that Payne can recommend.

The most challenging part of starting her portrait photography business has, thus far, been attracting clients. As word of Payne’s new endeavor spread, several families contacted her including friends from her church. But other clients discovered her through social media. She’s in the process of building an Atalie Day Photography website. For now, you can check out her work and contact her through her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Atalie-Day-Photography.

Doing sessions for several happy couples who discovered Atalie Day Photography through Facebook was both enjoyable and inspiring. She particularly liked working with newly engaged couple Trenda and Will Davidson.

“The love they felt for each other was palpable during the entire session and I know they’ll be very happy together,” she said.

To further her experience and exposure, Payne’s arranged to work as a second shooter for a friend who is a well established wedding photographer.

And, she’s already put plans for her next step into action.

“I’ll be hosting Christmas photo sessions November 21, 28 and Dec 5 from 2-4 p.m. The cost is $100 but 25% of my profit will be donated to a good cause, like historic Hancock’s Resolution farm in Pasadena.,” she said.

To that end, she recently purchased a new full frame high quality digital camera. She also bought a vintage velveteen sofa for those holiday mini-sessions – a whimsical prop that will add to the fun.

She’ll be doing the mini-sessions in half hour blocks by appointment. They may be arranged through Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Atalie-Day-Photography or by calling 301-697-1307.

AROUND THE PARK AGAIN by Sharon Lee Tegler

Conducting a Floating Classroom aboard a 20-ft. maritime skiff called Sea Girl on a beautiful late October morning was fun for Emi McGeady. She enjoyed teaching students how oxygen and salinity levels – which the kids measured – affected oyster habitat, oyster restoration efforts, dead zones and wildlife dependent on the river.

“Back in the field” at Jonas and Anne Catherine Green Park at Greenbury Point, McGeady reverted to her role as the Severn River Association’s new field investigator.

Her primary task is running the organization’s water quality monitoring program. Owing to above-average rainfall, algae blooms, and fish kills this year, the testing program took on added importance.

“Every week, I go out with volunteers on our skiff from Back Creek to 44 monitoring stations – 11 along the mainstem of the river and 33 in the Severn’s creeks and coves. We monitor all the way from headwaters at Indian Landing down to Whitehall Bay and Lake Ogleton,” she said.

The monitoring stations are spread across approximately 3,650 acres so it’s impossible to monitor them all in one trip. Thus, they split them into four manageable tours. Because of COVID regulations, only four volunteers go out at a time and everyone must wear a mask. SRA continues to need volunteers of all ages – who needn’t be members – to perform this important task.

“Each tour takes us two to three hours. The shortest tour is six stations and the lengthiest 11 sations,” said McGeady. “At each station, we lower a YSI probe with computerized instrumentation over the side of the boat on a long cord…. as much as eight meters down to just above the bottom though each station is different. The instruments provide a profile of conditions from the bottom to the surface.”

What SRA is most interested in are readings taken from just above the bottom of the river where the oxygen is lowest. It’s also the area where oysters, crabs and other aquatic lifeforms live.

The instrument readings include water temperature, salinity, PH and percentage of dissolved oxygen. A Secchi disk, a 12-inch disk lowered into the water until no longer visible, is used to determine water clarity. Weather conditions, including wind, are also recorded. McGeady uploads all the data they collect to the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative.

This summer’s heavy rains resulted in a lot of runoff with bacteria and nutrients entering the water resulting in algae blooms and a mahogany tide when the algae died, decomposed and depleted oxygen levels. This caused dead zones near the river’s bottom.

There was also a large-scale fish kill resulting from Tropical Storm Isaiah churning up the waters and depleting oxygen before the fish could swim away. Approximately 2,000 to 3,000 menhaden died at Sullivan’s Cove in Round Bay and another 7,500 near the mouth of the Severn at Lake Ogelton.

Based on her daily research, McGeady feels SRA’s oyster restoration project is invaluable. Every week, she and several volunteers visit each of five oyster reefs inspected by SRA to make sure oxygen levels, salinity, PH, and temperature readings are sufficient to allow the oysters to grow.

Standing at the park’s shoreline, she explained that all of the oyster reefs SRA monitors in partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Oyster Restoration Project are located between the two Severn River Bridges.

“There were four historic places on the Severn River, dating back to 1911, that had naturally occurring populations of oysters,” she said. “Unfortunately, they were over harvested and completely disappeared. In 2008, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers came in and prepped all four of those sites using concrete slabs to create artificial structures protruding from the mud on the bottom that oysters could cling to. (Oysters can’t live in mud.)

Two of the four sites were Weems Creek and Weems Upper on the southern shore near the Rt. 50 Severn River Bridge. Another was directly in front of Manressa. The fourth was opposite the hilly area above Manressa known as Peach Orchard.

In 2018, SRA’s “Operation Build A Reef” program partnered with the Oyster Recovery Partnership to raise $50,000 in private donations and plant three of the four sites with 47 million oyster spat-on-shell from the University of Maryland’s Horn Point Hatchery off the Choptank River near Cambridge. (Spat are seed-sized oyster larvae that have metamorphosed onto a hard shell. )

In 2019, a salinity collapse in all Maryland rivers due to high rainfall meant there was too much fresh water and too little salinity off Horn Point to produce and provide enough spat for another reef to be filled.

Miraculously, the previously planted oysters survived the collapse and donations kept coming toward a 2020 planting. In July, SRA used those donations to plant 16.9 million baby oysters on the Weems Creek Reef.

Through a program begun in 2009 called Marylanders for Oysters (whereby volunteers grow oysters in cages off their piers) SRA planted oysters on their reef downriver from the Rt. 50 Bridge at Trace’s Hollow which it’s maintained for 11 years.

SRA also partners with DNR and ORP to plant oysters on Wade reef. Now the organization is looking for additional clear water areas suitable for reefs. One possibility is a part of Round Bay called Eagle’s Nest which, though shallow, has clear water and high oxygen levels.

According to McGeady, the Severn River is designated a “sanctuary river for oysters” and none can be harvested.

Some spat die off before maturing, but many oysters live for years. A mature oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water daily. It would take 10 billion living oysters to sufficiently clean the river and make it healthy.

Oyster reefs provide a great habitat for other marine life including worms, crabs, fish and underwater grasses. Submerged grasses also filter water and dampen wave energy. McGeady monitors aquatic vegetation along with trees and plants onshore that prevent runoff and erosion.

In fact, a clump of earth dislodged from the riverbank caught her eye. Examining it, she found the clump contained phragmites, a non-native invasive species of reeds that crowds out native species animals depend on. She further investigated, spotting phragmite reeds among the native grasses .

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Emi McGeady loves her job as a field investigator. She’s always enjoyed being outdoors. especially at her grandfathers house in the woods of North Carolina. Having grown up in Chartwell, she attended Severna Park High School where she found teacher Sue Hannah’s AP environmental science class fascinating.

After graduating, she attended the University of North Carolina with the idea of becoming a veterinarian. She, instead, fell in love with the school’s environmental science classes, switched her major and had lots of great hands-on experience.

“I went shark tagging, did a reforestation research project in Kentucky, and did research using drones, “she said. “I really enjoyed marine biology, so I thought the best place to apply my knowledge and talents was the Chesapeake Bay.”

She subsequently joined the Chesapeake Conservation Corp of the Chesapeake Bay Trust. The conservation corp provides grants for its members to work on a restoration or ecological program. SRA’s Executive Director Tom Guay had applied for the program on behalf of the organization. The two seemed a perfect match and McGeady’s Chesapeake Conservation Corps grant enabled her to join Guay at SRA in August.

SRA recently elected Erik Kreifeldt as its new president and acquired a new development director Suzanne Martin to lead its fundraising, event and development efforts. For information on the Severn River Association, visit https://severnriver.org/.

Severn River Lions traditional fruit sales are back

The Severn River Lions are holding their first fruit benefit sale. But this year they are having customers pick up their orders at Cypress Creek Park off Cypress Creek Road on Saturday, November 21.

Florida Navel Oranges, Ruby Red Grapefruit and Mandarin Oranges are being featured. Prices and quantities are listed and orders may be placed online and pre-paid by credit card at SRLCFruit.com, https://shop.floridaindianrivergroves.com/ecommerce/1014813.

Orders must be placed by Friday, Nov. 13. Pick-up on Saturday, November 21 is between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Fruit purchased may be delivered direct to the customer but there is a delivery charge of $6.95 per box ordered.

Customers are asked to wear a mask for pickup and should bring their email receipt. For questions, please email fruitorders@severnriverlions.org or call 410-518-9863.

Your purchase helps the Lions support: hearing and vision programs, youth programs, Meals on Wheels, SPAN, Cub and Boy Scouts, the Severna Park Middle School LEO club, Teen Court, children’s eye screenings at elementary schools and other projects.