Our annual Holiday Lights on the Trail event is on Sunday, December 6 at 6 pm. We will feature food from Ruthie's Rolling Food Truck, Corner Bakery, and Frost Gelato, as well as Santa Claus, menorah lighting for Hanukkah, the Dallas Fire Department, and much more!
2016 Board Meeting Dates and Annual Meeting
Our board meeting dates for 2016 are as follows: January 26
March 29
May 24
July 26
September 27
November 15 (Annual Meeting)
It's My Park Day!
Today is Park Day! The festivities begin at 11 am with volunteer activities. We need folks to help with trail landscaping, wildflower seed spreading, and kiosk building. Lunch from Hamburger Man with desserts from Corner Bakery will be served at noon. After lunch is the Canine Costume Contest (with prizes from Hollywood Feed) and group exercise classes from Cross Fit Odyssey. We will also have face painting for kids after lunch.
EARS dog rescue will also be on site for a meet & greet mobile event.
See you later today and remember Daylight Savings Time!
-FoNHT
Park Day on Sunday!
We're looking forward to the rescheduled Park Day on Sunday, November 1 from 11-230. Below is the updated schedule of events and activities for the day: 11-12: Volunteer activities, including wildflower seed spreading, trail landscaping, and kiosk building. Most volunteers are needed for landscaping and seed spreading. If you are handy/have carpentry skills, we also need just a couple more volunteers to help Councilman Kleinman with the kiosk building.
12-1: Lunch served by Hamburger Man, as well as desserts from Corner Bakery. Corner Bakery is supplying coffee and lemonade as well. And free coupons for Frost Gelato to the first 100 participants.
12-2: Family fun run and exercise classes presented by Cross Fit Odyssey.
1-2: Canine Costume Contest with prizes for the winners from Hollywood Feed. Hollywood Feed has goodie bags for the attendees as well.
1:30-2:30: Face painting for the kids.
All event: EARS Dog Rescue (www.earstexas.org) will be on site for a meet & greet mobile with adoptable dogs.
We look forward to a great time on Sunday. The weather forecast is perfect - sunny with a high of 75.
-FoNHT
New Board Officers
At our annual meeting last week, we elected new board officers. Come meet our board members at Park Day on the Sunday, November 1! President - Jeff Kitner
Vice-President, Events - Lisa Umholtz
Vice-President, Landscaping - Cary Fitzgerald
Secretary - Sharon Neal
Treasurer - Miriam Kitner
Our other board members:
Larry Jones, Immediate Past President
Arden Fitzgerald
Andrew Verity
John Reed
Dorothy Buechel
Mark Kreditor
Dean Fogel, Ex Officio
Park Day Postponed to Sunday, November 1 from 11-2
Due to the inclement weather, our Park Day event scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed. The new date is SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 from 11 am until 2:30 pm. The tentative event schedule is as follows: All event: EARS Dog Rescue will be on site for a mobile meet and greet. Free goodies from Hollywood Feed and Frost Gelato.
11-12: Volunteer activities, including wildflower seed spreading, trail landscaping, and kiosk building with CM Kleinman.
12-2: Fun Run and group exercise classes sponsored by Cross Fit Odyssey.
12-1: Lunch served by Hamburger Man and desserts from Corner Bakery.
1-2: Canine Halloween Costume Contest
1:30-2:30: Face painting for kids
We are also hoping to reschedule our Cross Fit activities and will keep everyone updated. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for immediate updates on the schedule!
-FoNHT
Park Day - Weather
The weather forecast for Saturday is currently predicting rain. We're hoping the bad weather will stay away until after Park Day. Should there be inclement weather, Park Day will be rescheduled to Saturday morning, October 31. We will make a final decision about any postponment by Friday late afternoon. Please follow our Facebook and Twitter pages (@NorthavenTrail) for immediate updates as we monitor the weather!
Park Day on Saturday
We're excited about It's My Park Day and hope you are as well. Here's a list of the various activities and events planned - everything will take place at the intersection of the trail and St Michaels Drive. Cross Fit Odyssey - 8 am group run on the trail, 9 am group fitness class on the trail
Wildflower Planting - 8 am
Kiosk Building - 8 am
Breakfast from Corner Bakery - 8-10 am
EARS Dog Rescue meet and greet - 9 am-noon
Kramer Elementary Table - 9 am-noon
Canine Halloween Costume Contest - 10-11 am
Face Painting - 11 am-1 pm
Lunch from Hamburger Man - 11 am-1 pm
Please let us know if you can help with either the wildflower seed planting or the kiosk building!
Weather update: in the event of inclement weather, Park Day will be postponed to Saturday 10/31. We will make a final decision on Friday by 3 pm. Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@NorthavenTrail) to get the latest updates on event/weather status.
Volunteers Needed - New Kiosks
One of our volunteer activities on It's My Park Day (10/24) is setting up our new information kiosks. We need 3-4 volunteers to help with this project. If you have carpentry skills and/or are interested, please email us (info@northaventrail.org) and let us know. Help support your trail!
Canine Halloween Costume Contest
Annual Meeting Notice
It's My Park Day on October 24
North Texas Giving Day
Two hours left for North Texas Giving Day! We're trying to get to $10,000 in donations and we are very close. Help support trail events and enhancements by donating here: https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/npo/friends-of-northaven-trail All donations of $50 or more receive a new FoNHT cap!
-FoNHT
North Texas Giving Day on Thursday, September 17
North Texas Giving Day is on Thursday, September 17, and we are participating! Please make a tax-deductible donation to FoNHT on the 17th to support #NTXGivingDay! All donors who contribute $50 or more will get a free FoNHT cap (now in both blue and brown)! Here's a link to contribute: http://www.northtexasgivingday.org/#npo/friends-of-northaven-trail
Movie Night!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for Movie Night! We had a huge turnout and it was great to see so many happy neighbors. We are fortunate to have such terrific supporters, and community donors like Dickeys BBQ and Corner Bakery.
If you took some pictures, please email or tweet them to us @NorthavenTrail.
If you enjoyed this event and our trail amenities, please make a donation to the trail through North Texas Giving Day in September 17. All funds directly support trail events, improvements, and maintenance.
Our next event is Its My Park Day on Saturday morning, October 24. Save the date and watch for details soon.
-FoNHT
Movie Night on Friday, August 28
Movie Night (Big Hero 6) is this Friday night! Join us on Friday at 730 pm for movie night! Dickey's BBQ (complimentary) will be served at 730 pm to the first 150 attendees, and we'll also have Corner Bakery cookies and lemonade for dessert. Movie begins at dusk! We hope to see you on Friday.
Thanks to all of our sponsors: Corner Bakery Cafe, Dickey's BBQ, PH Advocate, and Virginia Cook.
-FoNHT
Fundraiser @ Corner Bakery (Preston/Forest) tomorrow!
Little Free Library Project
Please join us on Saturday morning at 9 am as the trail gets a Little Free Library. One of our Girl Scout volunteers is earning her Silver Award through placement of the library on the trail. We'll be at the Edgemere intersection. Bring a book to donate to the library. See you on Saturday morning!
-FoNHT
Girl Scout Project on August 8
Join Sophie Pearson, one of our Girl Scout supporters, as she completes her Silver Award project on Saturday, August 8 at 9 am. Sophie will be implementing a Little Free Library along the trail. She and her troop will be at the Edgemere intersection to complete the Little Free Library. Volunteers are encouraged to help and bring a book to donate to the library. This will be a neat amenity for the trail! Visit www.littlefreelibrary.org for additional information.
We hope to see you on the 8th!
-FoNHT
Preston Hollow Advocate Best of 2015!
Exciting news! We've been nominated for the Preston Hollow Advocate Best of 2015 as "Best Place for Kids" for this year. Visit the Advocate's website (link below) and vote for us. You can vote once each day through July 24! http://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/bestof2015/