MEETING In person Saturday October 17
Time: 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM ET
Location: New Hope Lutheran Church 8575 Guilford Rd, Columbia, MD 21046 -
Program: Dealers - Postcrossing - Member sale - scavenger hunt - make your postcard - Cake and celebration
More information: Click here
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions or leave a comment.
We hope that you all can attend!! Looking forward to seeing you!
Notes: Dues for 2027 are $15 (pay now and it is valid until december 2027), you can pay cash or check at in person meeting OR
send to Robert Toal Robert Toal, 4024 Holly Knoll Dr., Glen Arm MD. 21057
PayPal: send to cbpcc-pay@googlegroups.com [ make sure to select friends and not business - so that we are not charged fees]
Future meetings (contact us with suggestions)
The online meetings are in collaboration with the Western NY Postcard Club, Metropolitan Postcard Club and New England Postcard Club - Maybe others will join - Check Events for more joint meetings during the months we have a In person meeting
October 22: click here under WNYPC schedule (Kathy Alpert will present her new book about Boston)
November 12, 2026 (7PM - 8:30 PM ET) virtually: "Jewish New Year Postcards" by Max Gordon
December 10, 2026 (5:30PM- 9:00PM) In Person in Greenbelt MD
December 17: click here under WNYPC schedule ("Union 76 postcards promoting travel in the West-" by Rosanne Goodwin)
January 14, 2027 (7PM - 8:30 PM ET) virtually: "The "Other Side" of a postcard" by Douglas Penwell
February 11, 2027 (7PM - 8:30 PM ET) virtually (sponsored by WNYPC): "Rochester postcards and the postcard collection at the Rochester Library" by Brandon Fess, special collections librarian and Michelle Finn, former Deputy City of Rochester Historian, currently a curator at the George Eastman Museum - read more here
March 11, 2027 (7PM - 8:30 PM ET) virtually : "Alberto Della Valle and Naples postcards" by Clarissa Ferraris
April 8, 2027 (5:30PM- 9:00PM) In Person in Greenbelt MD
May 13, 2027 (7PM - 8:30 PM ET) virtually : "Postcard series of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair" by Danielle Doberman
June 2027 - no meeting due to NAPEX
July 8, 2027 (7PM - 8:30 PM ET) virtually : TBD - probably a Show&Tell
August 12, 2027 (7PM - 8:30 PM ET) virtually : TBD
September 2027 - no meeting due to BALPEX
October 2027 - In person in Columbia MD - TBC
Directions to Greenbelt Middle School (Greenbelt Middle Home Page (pgcps.org) ):
After 5:30 PM you can park in front of school where the "handicap spaces", etc. are located.
From Wilson Bridge direction take Capital Beltway Exit (23) -- Kenilworth Avenue / Route 201 towards Bladensburg (i.e., make Left turn at end of exit)
From Frederick, MD and / or American Legion Bridge (VA) direction take Capital Beltway Exit (23) ramp to Greenbelt Road - Route 193 / Kenilworth Avenue - Route 201.
from rt 201: Stay in far-Right Lane and at the fork go onto Edmonston Road; Continue on Edmonston Road and make 1st LEFT onto Breezewood Drive (a corner sign reads “Franklin Park at Greenbelt Station”) ; Continue on Breezewood Drive (a few blocks) and make a LEFT into the Main entrance of the Greenbelt Middle School (GMS)
Park in the front of the school building. You can Park along the Main entrance white curb or in the large Parking area on the Right in the rear of the school.