The Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail are partnering with the George Washington Memorial Parkway to bring new water fountains to the trail and we need your help.

The current water fountains have reached their end of life and experience frequent outages. The new water fountains will be frost resistant to provide year round water on the trail and will include a water bottle filler, two side fountains and a dog bowl fountain. Your donation will help bring a big improvement to the trail!

All donations are currently being matched up to $2,500 thanks to the DC Road Runners and an MVT super supporter.

A total of 12 fountains were in need of replacement. The fountain at the Old Stone Bridge was funded and replaced in Fall 2024. FoMVT helped secure a $475,000 grant from the National Park Foundation and raised an additional $89,420 in donations to fund 8 more fountains. Three fountains are currently unfunded. Your donation can help replace the last three fountains.

Check out the picture of the first replacement at Old Stone Bridge below and donate today! Learn more about the project at https://mountvernontrail.org/fountains/

We’re looking for additional individuals, businesses and organizations to offer challenge matches. Recognition opportunities are available. Reach out at hello@mountvernontrail.org if you’re interested.

Congratulations to FoMVT volunteer leaders Anna Cooper, Austin Pursley, Cameron Taylor, Judd Isbell, Maddy Sleeter, and Matt Gluth for receiving a Presidential Volunteer Service Award at the Volunteers are the Heart of Alexandria Ceremony!

In April we hosted 7 volunteer events with 244 volunteers giving 530 volunteer hours. Highlights included hosting EY for their Day of Service, attending the ALX Dog Walk, teaching a cyanotype class at Made in ALX, the iNaturalist Bioblitz and hosting the tulip walk and bike ride.

On Saturday April 26th volunteers uncovered overgrown asphalt at the Navy Marine Memorial. You can check out more before/after photos here.

Early birds rejoice! Starting on May 3rd, all of our Saturday morning events will start at 9 am so we can beat the summer heat. We will adjust back to our normal start time in the fall.

May 3 (new summer start time of 9am)

Invasive kudzu removal

May 10

Vegetation Removal Near Daingerfield Island

May 13 (Tuesday)

Rosslyn Trail Tuesday

May 17

Invasive vegetation removal near Old Stone Bridge

May 31

Trash and vegetation removal north of Four Mile Run

June 7

National Trails Day- Invasive Kudzu Removal on the Mount Vernon Trail

June 10 (Tuesday)

Rosslyn Trail Tuesday