Milwood Neighborhood Assoc.

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
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TIME STILL MIGHT CHANGE to 30 minutes earlier:

**9 or 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.
**9:30 or 10:00am: Parade Begins (Parade Map)
**10 or 10:30am: Parade Ends at Balcones Park & Spirit Contest for Costumes, Bikes and Floats
**10 or 10:30am: Austin Civic Wind Ensemble
**10:30 or 11:00am: Lunch Begins (Burgers/Hot Dogs/Vegetarian Option & Cold Drinks)
**10:30 or 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

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 Costco on 183
– Food donations by HEB on Parmer/McNeil
– Drink donations by Covenant United Methodist Church
– Parade sponsor by Milwood Baptist Church

THANKS to our Prize Donors!
All funds raised through the raffle will go to Balcones Park improvements.

Raffle/Parade Prizes – Over $3,000 in value! 
NOT a complete list check back in a few days!
– Admission Tickets to a Cap City Presents Show & $20 food/drink voucher
– one hour massage by Cen-Tex Massage
– one Austin Aquarium Family Membership
– 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
– a Dinner for Two Certificates Chuy’s Restaurant on 183 & Duval
– a Dinner for Two Certificates Chuy’s Restaurant on 183 & Duval
– a Private Lesson with Sully Swim School
– 5 Passes to Monster MiniGolf
– Five $50 power cards (for games) Dave & Buster’s
– $150 Valued Basket with Giftcard to Birds Barbershop
– a beautiful 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
– twenty-five 1 hour passes at Dart ’em Up
– two Family passes at Dart ’em Up

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

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!

Don’t Miss Milwood’s Garage Sale on Saturday, April 5, 2025!

Come find some wonderful treasurers at the best prices from your neighbors!

Over 24+ Homes Participating!
It is not too late to sign-up your garage sale HERE.

Here is the current map & list of participating homes. Check back on Saturday to see the latest list of homes:
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