🌱 Ready to link your money habits and mental health in Suitland?
Suitland, Maryland Patch AM: a 4 min readGreetings Suitland! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Ready to link your money habits and mental health in Suitland?
- How a new arts program could transform afternoons at Beanes Elementary
- See how new federal money is flowing into Suitland organizations
Also on today's calendar: The GovCon Summer Soiree - Federal Contractors NETWORKING EVENT and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: When is the best time to buy a trampoline? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
- Thursday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 95, low: 74. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 97 and low of 73 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Join IGOAKA for The Abundance She Inherits: Mental Health Is Wealth (mymajicdc.com) — Suitland residents can join a free June 20 panel at the Ivy Youth & Family Center on Walton Avenue exploring how financial stress affects mental and emotional health. Experts will share strategies for easing financial anxiety, breaking hardship cycles, and finding supportive resources, with registration open online to anyone seeking tools for healthier money habits. 
• New Prince George's program aims to excite kids about school and reassure parents (wtop.com) — Families at William Beanes Elementary in Suitland will soon have access to a free arts-based after-school program that keeps young students safely at school until 5 p.m. Funded by federal dollars championed by Sen. Angela Alsobrooks and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, the program will offer visual and performing arts while supporting reading, attendance, and working parents’ childcare needs.
• Attick Towers gets $3M federal grant (streetcarsuburbs.news) — Federal lawmakers have awarded $3.15 million to renovate Attick Towers in College Park, as part of a larger $7.26 million package for Prince George’s County. Suitland benefits too, with Ivy Community Charities receiving $2 million and William Beanes Elementary getting $610,000, supporting youth programs and local services that can directly impact Suitland families.
📸 Around Suitland
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Upcoming Events in
Suitland
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★ Featured events ★
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Aunties Do Pilates Class →
BeUnique Bodyworks, 4937 Suitland Rd, Suitland
11:00 am
Saturday June 13
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Other local events
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Caseworker in the Library
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Group Study Room 1
10:00 am -
Playday at the Library
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Storytime Barn
11:00 am -
Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 3-5
Hillcrest Heights Branch Library Hillcrest Heights - Conference Room 1
11:00 am -
Last Day for Scholars
Imagine Lincoln Public Charter Temple Hills, MD 20748 -
ESCAPE: THE SHOW →
Creative Suitland Arts Center, 4719 Silver Hill Rd, Suitland
7:00 pm -
Inclement Weather Make Up Day
Maya Angelou French Immersion All Schools and Centers -
Play and Learn: Ages 1-4
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings - Storytime Barn
11:00 am -
The GovCon Summer Soiree - Federal Contractors NETWORKING EVENT →
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St NW, Washington
6:00 pm
Thursday June 11
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
Monday June 15
Monday June 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
Four Seasons Cafeteria
8:15 am -
Get Active: Quick Sweat Zumba
Spaulding Branch Library Spauldings -
12:30 pm -
Movie: "Shadow of a Doubt" (PG)
Oxon Hill Branch Library Oxon Hill - Lecture Hall
1:00 pm -
Craft and Create: Jewelry
Surratts-Clinton Branch Library Surratts-Clinton -
2:00 pm
Wednesday June 10
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Savers Value Village posted a job opening for Retail Warehouse & Production Associate in Suitland. Apply here.
- Checkers & Rally's - Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Suitland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Suitland here.
🗞 Nearby News
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- 'The Meyerhoff Effect'—Alycia Marshall '95 multiplies opportunities for underrepresented students and faculty (umbc.edu)
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Silver Spring
- Police ID Man Killed In Fatal Pedestrian Crash (patch.com)
Ok Suitland! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Springtime (Thank you Cathy A. for sending it in!)
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