Anacostia Coordinating Council

Within the urban landscape of Washington, DC's Ward 8 are over 500 acres of eastern hardwood forest. These federal and city-owned parklands include the remains of Civil War fortifications, dramatic hills and ravines, and diverse plant and animal life.  

Unfortunately, decades of neglect have left these lands with millions of pounds of trash, extreme infestations of invasives vines, and very little public access or use. This is an environmental injustice. 

Building on the successful restoration work done by the Committee to Restore Shepherd Parkway since 2011, the Ward 8 Woods project expands that work to the three other large wooded areas in Ward 8: Ft. Stanton Park, Oxon Run Parkway, and Suitland Parkway. 

Since July 2018, a crew of Ward 8 residents has removed more than 35,000 pounds of trash, cut invasive vines from hundreds of trees, and begun outreach to residents of surrounding neighborhoods. 

Our Park Stewards earn much-need income, gain valuable knowledge and skills, and become ambassadors for Ward 8 parks.  

$1,500 will fund 100 hours of work by our crew to remove trash and invasives species from Suitland Parkway, the over 100-acres of city-owned wooded hillsides that flank the busy roadway.

Those funds will go directly into the pockets of low-income Ward 8 residents and will bring us that much closer to our vision of  a health, vibrant forests for all to enjoy.

Anacostia Coordinating Council, Inc. is fiscal agent for the Ward 8 Woods project.

Hello Supporters of Ward 8 Youth with Natitude!

The Washington Nationals are the hottest ticket in DC sports right now.  While the excitement is real, we think it would mean a lot more to the kids with a complete baseball experience with refreshments.

This is what we are looking for when ACC brings Ward 8 youth to Nationals Park for the 7th Annual Ward 8 Youth at Nationals Park Baseball Outing on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 1:35 pm (with a rain date of Sunday, August 18th).

Every year for the now the seventh year, the Anacostia Coordinating Council (ACC) has been bringing Ward 8 youth to Nationals Park to enjoy a traditional baseball experience.  The key word here is "traditional" because tradition is a practice that grounds our lives and gives us something to look forward to.  Your contributions defray the costs of transportation and an authentic ballpark experience with refreshments for nearly 200 Ward 8 chaperoned youth.

With the annual baseball outing, and now the Ward 8 Little League program, ACC is hoping to demonstrate that community traditions, with grit and perseverance over time, can keep us looking forward while tending to the present.  We hope your past and continued tax-deductible contributions of support for this event will continue this tradition.  Please contribute and help us offer more entertainment options for Ward 8 youth.

Thank you!

Anacostia Coordinating Council