2008 MGS Meeting Schedule

The MGS holds bimonthly club meetings at the Bowie Community Center in Bowie, MD. Meetings are open to the general public and are free. Meetings start at 11:00 a.m. and run until 3:00 p.m. The format of the meetings usually contains about an hour or so of what I call "show-and-tell" where folks bring in specimens (ie. teeth, bones, rocks, etc.) for help with identification. Some of our members normally in attendance are from the professional Paleotological and/or Geological community, and are more than happy to help with ID'ing your specimens. There is usually a theme for each meeting, as well a guest speaker or lecture. Below is a link to the Bowie Community Center along with the address and telephone number. Below you will find a table showing the scheduled dates for each meeting.

Meetings consist of a social hour, during which the members display their new finds or acquisitions, a business meeting, a door prize drawing, and a program on a geological or paleontological topic.

You can click on the link below to go to their website. You may have to scroll down a bit to see the list of community centers in Bowie - then click on the one listed as "Bowie Community Center". It's located in the middle part of Bowie just off Rt# 450. If you're not familiar with driving in Bowie I would recommend using Mapquest (http://www.mapquest.com) and getting driving directions from your house to the center. Below is the adress, the website link, directions, and a map that I got from Mapquest. As you can see, the center is not far off of Rt.#301.

Club meetings will go on as scheduled so long as the Bowie Community Center is open. If in doubt, call 301-464-1737.

Bowie Community Center
3209 Stoneybrook Drive
Bowie, MD 20715
301-464-1737

website at:http://www.pgparks.com/places/commctr.html#Bowie

Location/Directions - Located in Bowie, Maryland off route# 450

From the Capital Beltway (I-495), take Route 50 east. Continue on Route 50 to Route 3 North. Continue on Route 3 North to Rt# 450 Annapolis road. Turn left onto rt# 450 and continue for approximately 2 miles until you reach Stoneybrook Drive on your left. Turn left onto Stoneybrook Drive and watch for immediate turn into the Bowie Community Center parking lot just past the gas station on your left.

The American Fossil Federation (AFF) is a fossil and mineral club that primarily contains members from the Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Virginia area. Since many members of the MGS are also members of the AFF (www.afffossilclub.org) the schedule is included here. AFF Meets 6 times a year on the second Sunday of January, March, July, September, and November and the third Sunday in May. The Bowie Community Center opens at 10:00 AM and AFF meetings start at 11:30 AM. The Pimmit Hills Library opens at noon and meetings start at 1:00 PM.