Greater Accokeek Civic Assn.

Cliff and Beverly Woods, seated on their porch are Accokeek Citizens of 2020 Year. The award was made on September 16, 2020 by Greater Accokeek Civic Association President, Judy Allen-Leventhal (far right) and Board Treasurer Roger Midgette, who holds the GACA plaque. The framed certificate given to Cliff and Beverly reads: “With this certificate, the Greater Accokeek Civic Association acknowledges the many contributions made to the community by Cliff and Beverly Woods. Mr. Woods has served many years on the GACA Board in a variety of positions; he also has served, and continues to serve, on the Accokeek Development Review Design Commission (ADRDC) and the Friends of the Accokeek Library with distinction. He brings his calm presence, diligence, sense of process, fairness, and inclusiveness to everything he does, whether chairing the ADRDC, serving on the Boards of GACA or the Friends of the Accokeek Library, or contributing his musical skills to the GACA-sponsored Christmas caroling at the Fort Washington Nursing Care Home. Cliff and Beverly were regular volunteers for the National Night Out Against Crime (their granddaughter helped as well with face painting). Mrs. Woods is an accomplished speaker on Genealogy and a life member of the Afro American Historical and Genealogy Society, Prince George’s County. A skilled and published writer, Beverly Woods has co-authored two books documenting black history in Fort Washington and Prince George’s County, Maryland (Black America); she is also an active member of the Accokeek Women’s Writers Group. Beverly also volunteered on the Simmons Acres Homeowners Association Board and in both public and private schools reading about genealogy for many years; and she served as an Election Judge in Prince George’s County. Both Cliff and Beverly are active members in the St. Mary’s Piscataway Catholic Church. With our deep gratitude the Greater Accokeek Civic Association and its members recognize Cliff and Beverly Woods as Accokeek Citizens of the Year for 2020.