Saturday, July 19th
10am – 12noon
Summitt Elementary’s Playground & Basketball Court
Come join us for a picnic with FREE burgers/hot dogs and fun with neighbors in partnership with Summitt PTA!
Please note this event is FREE AND OPEN to ALL!
(not just Summitt students and families)
** If you would prefer a vegetarian option, please feel free to bring it and we will cook it for you!
Lots of Great Things Happening! Don’t Miss this Newsletter!
The Parade & Picnic is Still ON!! Come get rained on with your neighbors!
Friday, July 4th, 2025 is our 21st Annual Fourth of July Parade & Picnic!
We can’t have this event without volunteers & shade tents please take a moment to sign up to help! Click Here to volunteer or call/txt *512*636-9176
Come watch, walk or ride in the parade, eat burgers/hot dogs, listen to Austin Civic Wind Ensemble, meet neighbors, win prizes, support our neighborhood & park and celebrate our Independence as a nation!!
As a Special Treat – Amy’s Ice Cream is going to have a booth at the park to give a FREE scoop to attendees!
The Patriotic Parade Contest will be held for the best decorated walkers, riders and/or float so grab your friends and neighbors and get decorating!! Everyone in the parade is eligible and anyone can join in the parade – just gather at Milwood Baptist Church around 9:30am and fall in line. Parade kicks off at 10am.
Patriotic Music will begin soon after the parade arrives at the park. We are so very excited to have Austin Civic Wind Ensemble back this year!
Check in at the membership tables to get your Raffle Tickets and a Grand Prize Ticket either at the church or at the picnic at the park. So don’t forget your $15 for dues to support MNA and any extra for tipping the band. Additional Raffle Tickets can be purchased at $1 per ticket for the chance to win lots of other great prizes totaling over $1,000 in value! All the proceeds for MNA raffle tickets sold will go towards improvements at the park.
If you can’t make the picnic and want to pay your $15 dues click here. It is easy & secure.
Parade & Picnic Schedule – Friday, July 4th
9:30am: Gathering for Parade at Milwood Baptist Church (12217 Cassady Dr) All are welcome to walk in the parade & win the Spirit Contest – just show-up & fall in line.
10:10am: Parade Begins (Parade Map)
10:30am: Parade Ends at Balcones Park & Spirit Contest for Costumes, Bikes and Floats
10:30am: Austin Civic Wind Ensemble
11:00am: Lunch Begins (Burgers/Hot Dogs/Vegetarian Option & Cold Drinks)
11:00am: Raffle Drawing Begins
Balcones Pool will open at 12noon!
Boy Scout Troop 421’s Cobbler Kings will also be there with their award winning cobblers so bring a few extra dollars to get to enjoy those! And Sno ATX will be stopping by with their sno cone truck!
Thank you to our Event Sponsors:
The UPS Store – Parmer/Mopac near HEB
H&H Design & Build
All City Real Estate Realtor, Melissa Wile
Realty Austin, Shannon Reeve
Waterloo Window Treatments, Celeste Bronson
Textruss, Inc
Milwood Baptist Church
Austin Kid’s Directory
American Family Care Urgent Care
Grounded Performance Fitness
THANKS to our Entertainment and Food/Drink Donors!
– Patriotic Concert by Austin Civic Wind Ensemble
– Ice Cream donations by Amy’s Ice Cream
– Drink donations by Precision Handyman, Christian, *512* 771-8474
– Food donations by HEB on Parmer/McNeil
– Food donations by Max Living Chiropractic
– Drink donations by Covenant United Methodist Church
– Parade sponsor by Milwood Baptist Church
THANKS to our Prize Donors!
Raffle/Parade Prizes – Over $3,500 in value!
Not a complete list check back in a few days!
– Four Admission Tickets to Typhoon Texas
– Admission Tickets to a Cap City Presents Show & $20 food/drink voucher
– a standard $169 bounce house rental by Austin Bounce House Rentals
– two Austin FC Game Tickets in the Lexus Club (free food & drink) for one of three fall games
– one hour massage by Cen-Tex Massage
– one Austin Aquarium Family Membership
– Installation of a Ring Door Camera or other by Hornburg Technology Services, Inc
– a Animal Portrait by Twilight Faerie
– Three Dinner for Two Certificates Chuy’s Restaurant on 183 & Duval
– Two $40 gift cards to Tumble 22
– a Private Lesson with Sully Swim School
– eighteen 1 hour passes at Dart ’em Up
– two Family passes at Dart ’em Up
– 4 Passes to Monster MiniGolf
– Five $50 power cards (for games) Dave & Buster’s
– $150 Valued Basket with Giftcard to Birds Barbershop
– a beautiful holiday creation by Twilight Faerie
– a family passes (2 kids, 2 adults) plus $10 game card at Mt. Playmore
– two $25 gift cards to Phil’s Icehouse
– two $30 gift cards for Thai Cuisine
– three $30 gift cards for Aviators
– four $30 gift cards for Phoebe’s Diner
– two $100 gift cards to Ashley’s Playhouse Drop-in Childcare
– three $30 gift cards to Aviator’s Pizza & Drafthouse
– Gift cards to Austin Grind
– $25 gift card to Clover Coffee
– $30 gift card to Del’s Tacos
– two $30 gift cards for Terra Toys (anonymous donor)
– $30 gift card for Jersey Mikes (anonymous donor)
Let’s celebrate summer, our pool & great neighbors at Balcones’ Potluck Pool Party
Saturday, May 31 from 2 to 4pm at Balcones Pool, 12017 Amherst Dr, Austin, TX 78759.
We welcome everyone to bring a main dish, side or dessert to help us make this a complete community gathering! Please bring your own water bottles or drinks of choice (no glass).
Please RSVP HERE so we can plan accordingly.
Admission to Balcones Pool is ALWAYS FREE to all!
Please note that we will reschedule in the event of rain so check back or expect an email to the address you RSVPed with.
So come on out, bring a dish, meet your fellow neighbors, make friends with your soon to be swim team and swim lesson mates!
Swim Lesson Registration for Balcones Pool is ALSO Open! The Swim Lessons are in 2 week groups on every Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri for 30 minutes and only $57! Then you can stay and practice what you learn before and after! A great way to get your kids swimming!
And Balcones Barracudas Swim Team is a GREAT way to help become a proficient swimmer, all you have to do to join is be able to get across the pool, it doesn’t have to look good. Only $80 for the summer. Very relaxed and fun!
https://www.austintexas.gov/swimming
To Register go to & choose the Aquatics box in the first row of pics: https://web2.vermontsystems.com/wbwsc/txaustinwt.ws
We succeeded in raising almost $600 for the Park while also diverting 3 carloads, 1 large trailer and 1 van of styrofoam
plus almost 2 tons of oil, paint, batteries, etc!
Thank you to Karl Hanson with H&H Design and Build for sponsoring this event & providing the manpower, trailer & van!
Thanks also to our neighbor volunteers: Carolyn, Will, Dale, Bethany, Michael, Matt, Ashley, Cameron, Donna, Andy, Max, William, Sam, Meg, and more! And especially Bill who stepped in last minute to bring a large trailer to transport a FULL load of Styrofoam!
Start gathering those dead batteries, used oil and oil filters, leftover latex paint cans, and antifreeze PLUS clean/dry styrofoam and plastic film!
Because Milwood Neighborhood Association will be collecting Batteries, Oil, Latex Paint, Antifreeze, Styrofoam and Plastic Film on Saturday, May 17th, 2025 from 8:30-9:30am at St. Stephens Baptist Church (Cassady/Amherst/Brigadoon) at the back parking lot.
We must close at 9:30am or earlier if we fill up to be able to get the materials to the City site and unloaded there in time to meet our scheduled drop off time.
We need volunteers to pull this event off, please consider donating an hour or two of your time: Sign up HERE
Click HERE for the rest of the details.
A Big Thanks to the Scout Troop 421 and Pack 90 for their wonderful job cleaning up the trail! They collected more than 600 gallons of trash on Saturday and made a huge difference in the appearance of our park’s trail!
Thanks to Miles Schulze, Beverly Schulze and Erik Harris for the leadership on this too!
