Volunteers Needed for Doll Club's War of 1812 Observances

A whirlwind of War of 1812 observations, celebrations and events will soon sweep the immediate area. Locally based regional organizations such as the Anacostia Trails Heritage Association and the Anacostia Watershed Society have begun marking the 200th anniversary of Britain’s two-year-long effort to take back the United States as an English entity. Nearly two-dozen children, members of the Doll Club, which is sponsored by the Riverdale Park Arts Council, have been busily sewing period doll clothes and accessories and making their own costumes to wear at upcoming reenactment events. Adults are needed to teach sewing techniques, and to assist youth teachers.

Sewing classes are held Mondays, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Aunt Emily’s Doll Hospital/Doll Shop, 6220 Rhode Island Avenue, Riverdale Park; Thursdays 5 to 7 pm at the adjacent Riverdale Park Farmer’s Market in Town Center; and Wednesdays, 5 to 7 pm at Park Tanglewood Apartments, 5309 Riverdale Road.

Adults, insured and licensed to drive in Maryland are also needed to carpool the youngsters to and from classes, and roundtrip to events and to occasionally serve as chaperones. If you have time to make an important, and welcomed investment in the community, please contact RPAC president Emily Fanning at 301-864-5561, or email her at OurDollMom@aol.com.