Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency: May 2008
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Calendar of Events
Dates and times subject to change
 
SAT 5/3-SU 5/4 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (sidewalks)
Time:
   6:30 am
Location:
  
Beginning and ending at City Center Lot, 9th and H Streets NW
Contact:
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer (202) 457-8701; www.avonwalk.org
 
SU 5/4 2008 Brain Tumor Society 5K
Time:
   9 am 
Location:
  
Beginning and ending on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, between 12th and 13th Streets
 
Contact:
Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers Race for Hope (301) 928-2672; www.curebraintumors.org
 
SU 5/4 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk  
Time:
   9:30 am
Location:
  
Beginning and ending on National Mall between 3rd and 4th Streets
Contact: JDRF Capitol Chapter (202) 465-4115; www.jdrfcapitol.org
 
 
SU 5/4 Friendship House Market Day Festival 
Time:
   11 am - 6 pm
Location:
  
7th Street between North Carolina and South Carolina Ave.
C Street SE between 6th and 7th Streets
South Carolina Ave. SE between 6th and 7th Streets
 
Contact:
Friendship House Association (202) 675-8374;
 
 
SA 5/10 9th Annual DC101 Chili Cook-Off
Time:
   11 am - 8 pm 
Location:
  
City Center Lot (900 9th Street NW – Lots A, B, C)
Contact:
National Kidney Foundation (202) 244-7900; www.kidneywdc.org
 
SA 5/10
National Police Week 5k 
Time:
   8:30 am
Location:
  
Beginning and ending on 4th Street NW between E and G Streets
 
Contact:
Concerns of Police Survivors (202) 439-0941;
 
 
SA 5/10
Congress Heights Day Parade
Time:
   11:30 am
Location:
  
Beginning at Malcolm X  Elementary School, Alabama Avenue and Congress Street SE; Ending at Old Congress Heights School, 6th Street and Alabama Avenue SE
Contact:
Nate Howard (202) 561-6675
 
 
SA 5/10
Congress Heights Day Festival
Time:
   11:30 am
Location:
   Alabama Avenue SE between Randle Place and 5th
Street SE
Contact:
Nate Howard (202) 561-6675
 
 
SA 5/17 Police Week Welcome Party
Time:
   Tuesday, May 13 - Friday, May 16, 2008
Location:
  
200 block of 2nd Street NW
Contact:
My Brother's Place (202) 347-1350;
www.mybrothersplacedc.net
 
SA 5/17 UPO Annual Community Services Day
Time:
   10 am - 3 pm
Location:
  
1800 block of 3rd Street, NW
200 block of T Street, NW
 
Contact:
United Planning Organization (202) 238-4600; www.upo.org
 
SA 5/17
The Nation’s Triathlon (bike and run segments)
(NOTICE: EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED)
 
Request:
   Parade Permit; Special Event License 
Time:
   8 am 
Location:
  
Beginning at Thompson Boat House; ending on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW between 14th and 15th Streets
 
Contact:
The Nation’s Triathlon (202) 257-3472; www.thenationstriathlon.com
 
SA 5/17 National Asian Heritage Festival
Time:
   11 am - 7 pm 
Location:
  

Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 3rd and 6th Streets; Constitution Avenue NW between Pennsylvania Avenue and 6th Street; Constitution Avenue NW between Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street

Contact:
National Asian Heritage Festival (202) 468-5668; www.asiaheritage.org
 
SU 5/18 29th Annual Capitol Hill Classic 10K
Time:
   8:30 a.m. 
Location:
   Beginning and ending at Peabody School, C Street
NE between 4th and 5th Streets
Contact:
Capital Running Company (301) 871-0005;
www.capitolhillclassic.com
 
 
SU 5/18 George Washington University Commencement
Time:
   9:30 a.m. 
Location:
   National Mall; 4th Street NW between Madison and
Jefferson Drives
Contact: GWU (202) 994-7129; www.commencement.gwu.edu
 
 
 
SA 5/24-MON 5/26  Rolling Thunder's Thunder Alley 
Time:
   11 am - 7 pm 
Location:
   22nd Street NW between Constitution Avenue and C Street
Contact:
Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Rally (252) 527-0442
 
SUN 5/25  Washington Mystics Block Party Celebration   
Time:
   12 pm - 3 pm 
Location:
    F Street NW between 6th and 7th Streets
Contact:
Washington Mystics (202) 266-2200; www.WashingtonMystics.com
 
 
MON 5/26 National Memorial Day Parade 
Time:
   2 pm 
Location:
   Beginning at 7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW; Ending at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Contact:

Under the Sun Productions Inc. (610) 431-1121; www.nationalmemorialdayparade.com