The Directorate of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (DMWR) at Fort Meade is comprised of 21 programs that range from Child Care to Automotive Skills; intramural sports to spousal Army Family Team Building. The Fort Meade MWR continually strives to offer quality programs to service members, retirees and DoD civilians and their families. We want to be your first choice when it comes to child care, fitness, recreation – indoor and outdoor and dining. In the following sections, we profile each of our programs. We look forward to serving you.

If you want up-to-the minute information on special events; or to check the hours of operation of a certain MWR facility, or information on a weekend escape, go to MWR’s web site http:⁄⁄www.ftmeademwr.com. You can do it all with just one visit to the unofficial site for the Fort Meade MWR program. You can even write us if you can’t find your answer. There is lots of great AND useful information. Visit us and tell us what you think!

Arts & Crafts

The Fort Meade Arts and Crafts Program is located in the Thomas Jenkins Center on York Avenue behind the fire station on Mapes Road. The center is a multi-purpose facility which houses the Framing and Engraving Shops, the Woodshop and our large ceramics operation. Hours vary per activity, most are open on the weekend. Call (301) 677-7809 for more information.

We will gladly teach you how to frame your own pictures or we will frame them for you. The shop has over 1,000 different kinds of decorative moldings and a wide variety of mattes from which to choose. The new Stivers Art Gallery features a wide selection of military action prints for sale. The subject matter varies from the Buffalo Soldier-era up to the current Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) effort and all significant military actions in between. If you don’t see what you want, we will order it for you. All prints are signed and numbered and may be purchased framed or unframed.

The Center has a very large ceramics operation with a kiln and store on site. Classes are available for youth and adults.

The Engraving Shop is open Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and is very willing to help you personalize a gift for that special person. The shop carries a large inventory of plaques, trophies and other recognition type of materials as well as flag cases. The engraver can work with wood, metal, glass or plexi.

The woodshop is always a busy place throughout the year with workshops for the novice and the experienced woodworker. A safety class and the MWR are required prior to starting a project. The only limit here is your imagination. The center even sells specialty lumber at discounted prices to its patrons.

Ceramics

Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

‘‘Do-it-yourself” pouring classes are offered on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. Painting classes are available on Saturday, with childrens’ classes at 9:30 a.m. and adult classes at 1:00 p.m.

Custom Engraving⁄Trophy Shop

Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

The center engraving shop offers top quality plaques and a wide variety of engravable items. Solid wood clocks, plaques, boxes and pen sets are some of our most popular items. With the laser engraver custom logos, scanned artwork and a multitude of graphic images can be etched into many different items. Glass, wood, leather, as well as some metals and acrylics, can be personalized with the laser.

Custom Framing Shop

Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m., Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

‘‘Do it yourself” classes offered for beginners and advanced levels. Beginner classes are conducted Saturday 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Advance classes are available (call for schedule).

Woodshop

‘‘Do-it-yourself hours” are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

All new members must first complete a safety class prior to working in the woodshop. Classes start promptly at 8:00 a.m.

Automotive Skills Center

The Automotive Skills Center (ACS) contains state-of-the-art equipment for all of your car related needs. With 24 open bays, scanning computers, and hydraulic lifts, patrons can service domestic and foreign vehicles. New patrons must view a short 20 minute safety video and attend a 10 minute briefing before using the facility. A Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) card is required and can be obtained at the Gaffney Fitness Center.

The ACS is located at 6530 Taylor Avenue. The hours of operation are Wednesday through Friday 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday 9:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; it is always first come-first served. For information, call (301) 677-5542.

The Lanes Fort Meade

The Lanes Fort Meade is located at 2783 McArthur Road, in the Town Centre complex between the Commissary and the US Post Office. The Lanes is a 36-lane family fun center. They are open 7 days a week for recreational and league play. Inside the Lanes is the Pin Deck CafÈ and the 11th Frame Lounge and Deck, a full service bar with a smoking room, which are open the same hours as The Lanes. The Pro Shop at The Lanes offers a variety of the latest merchandise and provides drilling services too. For those that want more than bowling and eating, there is an arcade of the latest video games to entertain.

Patrons are invited to join one of the many leagues the center hosts. There is one for all interested parties – youth, parent⁄child, mens, married couples and special interest. For those with PBA aspirations The Lanes offers a Sports League.

Sundays are Family Fun Days when The Lanes offers discount prices on games and food.

Cosmic bowling is featured every Saturday night and on special occasions throughout the year.

Be sure to stop by for breakfast for a cup of Seattle’s Best when you visit the Town Centre. The Lanes is now serving lattÈs and espressos too in The Pin Deck CafÈ. For information, call (301) 677-5541.

The Courses at Fort Meade

The Courses at Fort Meade consists of two 18-hole championship courses rated 3.5 stars by Golf Digest. To complement these two fine courses, the facility provides a driving range with lights, putting and chipping greens, a practice bunker and a certified teaching staff. The modern full service clubhouse completes the complex. It features casual dining, a lounge and a patio with a great view; which is also available for private catering functions. Drop by the Pro Shop for all your golfing needs. Facilities are open to all authorized personnel and their guests. For information on fees, hours and the facilities, including tournaments and group outings, call (301) 677-5326, or visit www.ftmeadegolf.com.

Camp Meade RV Park

Camp Meade RV Park is the most modern facility of its kind on the East Coast and certainly in the Baltimore⁄Washington area. It accommodates up to 50 recreational vehicles, in 21 pull-through spaces and 29 back-in spaces. Each site has access to water, sewer, electric and cable TV. Washers and dryers and showers are within walking distance of each campsite pad. In addition, there are four primitive camper cabins with heating and air conditioning for rent.

Camp Meade RV Park is the perfect stopping point for visitors to the area – both military and family members, military members awaiting housing, or families who are in route to their next assignment. The Camp Meade RV Park is located at 2300 Wilson Street. For more information, call (301) 677-6196.

Checkitout

Checkitout is located in the main building of the Camp Meade RV Park at 2300 Wilson Street. Items available for rent for a fee include camping equipment, boats, canoes, snow skis, pop-up campers, canopies and a variety of other outdoor recreational equipment. Some items may require a reservation.

Items are available to active duty, reservists, and retired military personnel and their family members, DoD civilians working on Fort Meade or at NSA are also authorized use of this equipment. The facility is open daily from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. For additional information, call (301) 677-3810 or visit www.ftmeademwr.com.

Club Meade

Club Meade is the installation’s full service catering facility. The Club and its staff can accommodate intimate parties of 25 and large sit-down parties of 300 or more. Weddings are our specialty.

The Greenhouse Restaurant is open for casual dining Tuesday through Friday, 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; the menu includes an all-you-can-eat-buffet or sandwiches made to order. The Champagne Sunday Brunch features a combination of breakfast and dinner items – over 50 in all, including a meat carving station, a made to order breakfast area, salad and dessert bars. Brunch hours are 10:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

The Club hosts special occasion dinners throughout the year for Valentine’s Day, Easter Brunch, Mother’s Day Brunch and Thanksgiving. Reservations are required for these events. Club membership is never a requirement, but preference will be given to club members for seating selection at these events. Club Meade is a casual facility, coats and ties are preferred but not required.

The club is located at 6600 Mapes Road. For more information or to schedule a catered event, call (301) 677-5298⁄5358. When you call, ask us about the benefits of membership.

The Fort Meade Pavilion

Located at the Llewellyn and RT 175 gate is a large, (120’ x 240’) white structure known as The Fort Meade Pavilion. The Pavilion is used throughout the year, but primarily from April through October as a special events venue for MWR events such as concerts, expos, and the very popular monthly flea markets.

The Pavilion is available to its patrons for rent. For more information, call (301) 677-3912. Onsite: Power, a 20’ x 40’ stage, water, and bathrooms.

Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers

BOSS monitors the quality of life for service members and effects change where necessary. The group is a communication link between service members, the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) staff and the chain of command, about issues pertinent to single military life.

Meade is committed to pursuing this mission through its appointment of a full-time BOSS representative, who is a single service member, and an elected board of officers.

The BOSS committee is representative of the four services that reside on the installation. Subcommittees are tasked to address issues as diverse as social activities, parties and day trips and quality of life matters such as barracks living, dining halls and transportation.

BOSS members contribute significantly to the Fort Meade community by providing countless hours of civic duty volunteering for children, family and retiree organizations and projects. The BOSS office is located in Building 4215, B Wing, Room 216. The hours of operation are 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, call (301) 677-4838 or visit the BOSS web site at www.ftmeadeboss.com.

BOSS also manages the vehicle resale lot. Individuals interested in selling vehicles at the lot must provide proof of auto insurance and a valid ID card in order to receive a 30 day permit. Violators of this policy will have their vehicles towed away to an off post location. For more information about the resale lot, call (301) 677-4838.

Information, Tickets, Registration (ITR) Office

The ITR Office is a centralized point where the Fort Meade community can obtain information concerning recreational and entertainment activities available, not only on post, but also in the civilian communities. ITR is a TicketMaster outlet and a distribution point for discount tickets to all types of entertainment and local sporting events. They have discount tickets for amusement parks in Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as Florida.

ITR can assist you plan your next vacation. The staff has extensive information and can act as your agent to make discount hotel accommodations anywhere in the country, to book a cruise, or to even plan a dream vacation to Australia.

The ITR staff welcomes active duty and retired military, including family members, Department of Defense (DoD) civilians, as well as their families. The ITR office is located in the Arts and Crafts Center, Bldg., 6530 York Road. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and Saturdays 9:00 a.m.-noon. For more information about tickets and tours, call (301) 677-7354. Facsimile service is available for a nominal fee.

Mullins Stadium Track

The Mullins Stadium Track (one-quarter mile) is available year-round for daily use from dawn to dusk. The main entrance to the track is located on York Avenue, across from Gaffney Fitness Center. Field event facilities are also available, but must be reserved in advance. For more information, call (301) 677-3867.

Burba Park

Burba Park surrounds Kelly Pool between Roberts and Llewellyn Avenues and Wilson Street. Five picnic pavilions and a cottage are available for unit picnics and other celebrations. All areas are available for a fee on a first-come, first-served basis and require a reservation. The cottage can be rented year round, but the pavilions are only available between April 15 and Oct. 15. Burba Park also offers a children’s playground with swings and other equipment. The playground is open every day from dawn until dusk. For reservations or more information, call the Burba Park Reservation Office at (301) 677-6196.

Post Theater

The post movie theater, located at Llewellyn and Roberts Avenues, shows movies to the Fort Meade community. Movie schedules are published weekly in the post newspaper, the Soundoff! You can also obtain movie information by calling (301) 677-5324.

Gaffney Fitness Center

The Center was named in honor of the late Colonel Leo Francis Gaffney, a former First United States Army special services officer who was once stationed at Fort Meade. The facility includes a cardiovascular room with treadmills, steppers, cross trainers, bikes, rowers and TV monitors; ‘‘Life Fitness” training equipment; a weight room with CYBEX free weights and plate-loaded machines; two racquetball courts; a 25-meter heated indoor pool; one regulation and two non-regulation basketball courts, locker rooms and saunas. The indoor pool is the only location where children under 14 are allowed and they must be accompanied by an adult.

The Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Card which is required for other on post MWR activities is issued at the Gaffney Fitness Center during office hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 5:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. For more information, call (301) 677-3867⁄3716.

Murphy Field House

Murphy Field House is used for indoor physical training, intramural sports activities and special events. The Center includes a cardiovascular room with treadmills, steppers, cross trainers, bikes, rowers and TV monitors; ‘‘Life Fitness” training equipment; a weight room with CYBEX free weights and plate-loaded machines; two racquetball courts; two non-regulation basketball courts, locker rooms and saunas. Murphy Field House is located at 8451 Zimborski Avenue. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 5:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. For more information, call (301) 677-2402.