Mohamed Hashim has volunteered at Jennie Drake Park beginning in his sophomore year at North Atlanta High School, attending more than a dozen work sessions. This year, Mohamed graduates from North Atlanta, and will be attending Emory University in the Fall.
We take great pride in having Mohamed as a student volunteer, and wish him the best as he enters Emory!
On May 18th, Jennie Drake Park hosted a Trees Atlanta workshop on identifying invasive plants species, steps to remove those plants, and how to select native plants for landscaping. The Park also kicked off the 2019 Bird Photo Contest, open to students from 1st through 12th grades.
3rd Annual Bird Photo / I.D. Contest
May 18, 2019 (Sat) – 10:00 to 12:00 a.m.
attend Information Session and register at Jennie drake park
Located next to 681 Waterford rd., nw, Atlanta, GA 30318
*1st to 12th grade students may participate.
*Students must come with a parent/Guardian, receive instructions, & take pictures.
*parents/Guardians must sign all consent forms for students under 18.
*Students must bring their own Cameras/phones for a session with a photographer.
*Light refreshments available
*to register in advance send e-mail to jenniedrakepark@gmail.com with phone # & e-mail info, name of student, school, grade of student, & name of parent/guardian who will accompany the student.
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June 5 (Wed)
e-mail photos to jenniedrakepark@gmail.com
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June 15 (SAT) – 10:30 a.m.
Students and parents return to park
Photos will be exhibited and prizes presented in these categories:
1st to 5th Grade 6th to 8th Grade 9th to 12th Grade
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For more information, contact Gerald Evans @ 404-402-1796
Last Saturday’s work session with students from North Atlanta High School, Carver Early College High School, and Georgia State University.
With neighbors, friends, and students from North Atlanta and Shiloh high schools.
Our 2018 Volunteer of the Year, Miriam Miller
Photos from the event
Artist Anthony DuBose is a member of the Jennie Drake Park Steering Committee, and created the art on the stones found in Jennie Drake Park. Anthony explains his inspiration for the work:
“Between the 9th and 14th centuries the Khmer civilization created the largest Hindu temple complex at Angkor Wat, located in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The many temples are decorated with thousands of Bas-Reliefs, depicting vivid scenes of life and battle. All of the work was shaped from stone.
Angkor on Bankhead, is partly inspired by the work at Angkor Wat. But it’s also inspired by Moorish Nationality and Hinduism as a science. The stones at Jennie Drake Park are all inspired by the science of the third eye, Vedic tradition and the indigenous people that practiced it.
The stones at Jennie Drake Park have been waiting for many years to be discovered. There are thousands of stories on the forest floor.”
Initiation of the Balasanth
The Light and The Throne
Again this year, Jennie Drake Park “brought the pops” to the Collier Heights Night Out celebration.
Jaden Beasley and Akeem Scott, North Atlanta High students, received t-shirts in recognition of their completion of three (3) community service sessions at the Jennie Drake Park. The Friends of Jennie Drake Park recognize middle and high school students in this manner.
