The BICO Monthly Outings Summary

December, 2004

OUTING #1 DATE: December 4, 2004

TEAM: Digital Harbor High School

ACTIVITIES: Community Service and Ice Skating

DESTINATION: Patterson Park

GETTING IN:

Public Skating General Admission: $4

Skate Rental: $2

DIRECTIONS:

From the North

Take 83 south until it ends and becomes President Street. Continue on President Street until you reach Pratt Street. Turn left. Take Pratt Street until it ends at South Patterson Park Avenue. Patterson Park is directly ahead.

OR

Take 95 south towards Baltimore City. Take exit 59, Eastern Avenue. At the end of the ramp bear to the right, going towards Highlandtown. Continue west on Eastern Avenue for 2.5 miles. Patterson Park will be on the right hand side.

From the South

From 95 North, take 295 towards Baltimore. Pass Raven's Stadium and Camden Yards. Turn right onto Pratt Street. Stay on Pratt Street until it ends at Patterson Park Avenue. The park will be directly in front of you.

OR

Take 395 to Downtown Baltimore. Turn right on Pratt Street until it ends at Patterson Park Avenue. The park will be directly in front of you.

Patterson Park is bordered by 2300 - 3100 blocks of Baltimore Street on the North; 2300-3100 blocks of Eastern Avenue on the south; 00-400 blocks of South Linwood Avenue on the east; and the 00-400 blocks of South Patterson Park Avenue on the west

NEAREST HEALTH FACILITY:

Johns Hopkins Hospital

601 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
410-955-5000

OUTING ITINERARY:

This outing has been an annual outing for us in December. We met at 9:30 am at the Pagoda in Patterson Park. Jennifer Morgan from the Dept. of Recs. and Parks met with us to go over a community service outing that we would be doing for the next couple of hours. Until noon, we broke up into groups and raked and edged neglected walking paths. Everyone worked hard. We then walked to a pizza joint in Canton and enjoyed lunch there.

OUTING HIGHLIGHTS:

Several students expressed interest in doing more park clean-up service and talked about starting their own group over the summer.

OUTING SUGGESTIONS:

Order few pizzas with mushrooms

OUTING #2 DATE: December 2004

TEAM: College Gardens

ACTIVITIES: Environmental Education

DESTINATION: Audubon Center in Patterson Park and College Gardens

GETTING IN:

Audubon excursions: registration required

DIRECTIONS:

From the North

Take 83 south until it ends and becomes President Street. Continue on President Street until you reach Pratt Street. Turn left. Take Pratt Street until it ends at South Patterson Park Avenue. Patterson Park is directly ahead.

OR

Take 95 south towards Baltimore City. Take exit 59, Eastern Avenue. At the end of the ramp bear to the right, going towards Highlandtown. Continue west on Eastern Avenue for 2.5 miles. Patterson Park will be on the right hand side.

From the South

From 95 North, take 295 towards Baltimore. Pass Raven's Stadium and Camden Yards. Turn right onto Pratt Street. Stay on Pratt Street until it ends at Patterson Park Avenue. The park will be directly in front of you.

OR

Take 395 to Downtown Baltimore. Turn right on Pratt Street until it ends at Patterson Park Avenue. The park will be directly in front of you.

Patterson Park is bordered by 2300 - 3100 blocks of Baltimore Street on the North; 2300-3100 blocks of Eastern Avenue on the south; 00-400 blocks of South Linwood Avenue on the east; and the 00-400 blocks of South Patterson Park Avenue on the west

NEAREST HEALTH FACILITY:

Johns Hopkins Hospital

601 North Caroline Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
410-955-5000

OUTING ITINERARY:

The Audubon Center at Patterson Park will present a program on reptiles in Maryland. Then in the afternoon we will have a holiday party at the center.

OUTING HIGHLIGHTS:

The children liked having the chance t touch turtles and a snake. Even the one who were a little anxious about touching snaked ended up touching it. At the holiday party, the kids did cookie decorating and we had dinner.