Community Page

The City of Mount Vernon is a great place to raise a family! The community comes together to celebrate many annual events and the city has a Community Wellness Center known as the Lester Buresh Center (LBC). The City of Mount Vernon boasts 7 parks, a swimming pool, a disc golf course, a 9-hole golf course, and a community athletic complex. Please see the links below for all of the upcoming events and exciting things to do in Mount Vernon.

The following items are not Mount Vernon Community School District sponsored unless otherwise stated. It is being distributed through the school district as a community service of the district to inform you of other community activities or services available.   Click on the  boxes below to open them up for additional information. 

Area Summer Sports Camps – We’ll post here as we receive info
Bass Farms Events

Bass Farms is open Year Round

Click on link below to check out Events at Bass Farms

https://www.bassfarms.org/

 

 

Boys Scouts/Cub Scouts

Year Round

click here for the website

Early out Child Care Program

St Paul Lutheran church in MV is offering an early out child care program.  Contact them directly for more information.  319-895-8772.

We are just letting you know it’s available.

City of Mount Vernon

click here for the City of Mount Vernon Website

 

 

Girl Scouts

Year Round

click here for a link to the Girl Scouts website

 

 

Lester Buresh Center (LBC)
Music Works Iowa – music lessons
Julia Andrews, the owner of Music Works Iowa offers music lessons in town to 95 local students.  See the flyer below for more information if you are interested in music lessons.
Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation

Click here for the Website to the Mount Vernon Parks & Recreation and events

 

Mount Vernon-Lisbon Child Care Solutions Group

The MVL Child Care Solutions Group along with Iowa Resource and Referral is hosting an -informational meeting on June 3rd in hopes of increasing the number of registered in-home daycare providers.

Informational flier

Orchestra Iowa

Click here for events with Orchestra Iowa

Click here for lesson info from Orchestra Iowa

Click here for information on Orchestra Iowa Chorus

Southeast Linn Community Center
Sign up is now open for Southeast Linn Community Center’s holiday assistance programs, including November & December holiday food boxes and Adopt-a-Family gifts for children. These programs are open to anyone who uses the SELCC food pantry or who lives, works or goes to school in Lisbon or Mount Vernon. Sign-up deadline for all holiday assistance is Friday, November 1st. Register here or online at selinn.org or in-person at 108 S. Washington St. Call 455-2844 or email info@selinn.org with any questions.