Calling All Graduates

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It is that time of the year again where we would like to recognize our neighbors for their hard work and great achievements. If you have High School Graduate please send us their name, school, ambitions if they have any, and maybe a picture to go along with it! I also know there are a few amazing and dedicated individuals here who will be walking this last year with their higher education degrees as well. We want to hear about them too, including tech and trade schools!

Please submit all information to [email protected] by Friday, May 28th so that we can ensure they make it into the Saturday morning edition.

Congratulations and Good Luck Graduates.

Summer Kick Off

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May 30th is going to be a blast with the DJ in the Park! DJ Hewy will be setup at the park to help us kick the summer off right (3-7pm) !

The Hot Box Food Truck will be here to fuel up from all the swimming from 4-7pm.

The Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt Truck will be there to help cool you down from 4-7pm!

 

Don’t forget about the two fundraisers going on! Tickets for the 50/50 Raffle will be for sale at the park from 3-7pm!

The Basket Raffle tickets will also be there. We have had some great donations so far!

–          Wine Basket

–          Color Street Nail Basket

–          Smore’s Basket

–          Movie Night Basket

Remember to contact Stephanie GianDonato at 240-672-2747 or 721 VGP for donations or volunteer opportunities for this event!!

Memorial Weekend Events

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Memorial Weekend is shaping up to be an amazing event. We are happy to announce that The Hot Box Food Truck will be coming to serve the community on Sunday, May 30th from 4-7pm! They will be setup at the park to help us celebrate the opening weekend for the pool. Please come out to help support local businesses! We are also excited to announce that Sweet Frog frozen yogurt will be able to join us for some delicious deserts as well. Unfortunately there will be no pre-ordering and all orders must be place orders at the truck. The menu for the Hot Box Food Truck is attached for your perusal. You can also visit their website as well at https://www.thehotboxfoodtruck.com/

STAY TUNED FOR MORE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Revised NEW Copy of Menu – pg.1 

Revised NEW Copy of Menu – pg.2 

8 days of progress with the pool

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Many volunteers have been involved to get the pool ready for this season.  Here is a short clip of the progress that has been made in the past 8 days!

Thank you to all that have helped and if you haven’t joined pool yet, please consider doing so.  It helps support our most rewarding asset.

Click here for a slideshow of the progress on the pool.

Open Board Meeting May 18

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Attention Community! Open Board Meeting to take place on May 18th starting at 5pm. From 5-6pm we will be enjoying hotdogs and conversation by the pool. 6-7pm will be the meeting. Please come out to support the community, turn in your membership forms, and socialize with your neighbors! The Board looks forward to announcing all the great things we have planned for the summer, including some park rehabilitation and many events! As a reminder the current Covid-19 guidelines allow for us to have up to 100 people in an outdoor setting. Masks and social distancing are still part of the guidelines. We look forward to seeing you all there and to be able to share the exciting plans for the summer.

Fund our Fun! Memorial Weekend Basket Raffle

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Our Fundraising for the park is ready to continue with the lightened COVID restrictions and warmer weather. The Basket Raffle that was originally planned for January will be starting on Sunday, May 30, at the park, with drawings happening at 6pm during the DJ in the park event. If you would like to donate a basket to the raffle or monetarily help in creating a basket, please contact Stephanie GianDonato at 240-672-2747. We will also be holding a 50/50 raffle with the proceeds also going to the playground equipment.

So far, we have raised just over $1,400 with a total goal of $3,000. The board has voted to our fundraising up to $3,000. Only $1,600 to go to reach our goal and receive the greatest match from the VGCA! We all deeply appreciate all the effort that has been put forth so far from the community to help make the new playground equipment a reality!

Parents — please remind your children to keep our park clean.

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I am one of the volunteers for Village Green Community Association but more importantly a parent of two boys that use the park regularly.  After finding the park littered with water bottles, empty bags of chips, and used napkins I had a talk with my boys.  They were not the source of the trash but I asked them to model appropriate behavior for other children in the park.

I am asking all parents that have children (no matter what age) who use our park to remind them to pickup after themselves.  Also have them respect the park, the equipment, and surrounding areas.  Working up at the pool for many hours the past 3-4 weeks, I have seen actions by preteens and teens that indicate to me that the VGCA park and property are not being respected.  The families before us have maintained VGCA property so our families can enjoy today and in the future.

I spent 10 mins of my morning picking up litter in the park.  There are trash cans in the park — please have your children use those.

Thank you.

A few positive changes for the 2021 pool season…

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We will be self managing again this year, so we will have the freedom to make some of the changes to our pool season.  We are looking to do the following:

  • Open at 11am on Saturdays.
  • Adult lap swim from 8-9pm during week nights.
  • Concession stand will be open during breaks.
    • Sell pre-packaged foods, snacks, and drinks.
    • Staffed by young volunteers.
    • All proceeds will go to the swim team for fundraising.
  • HRA will be using our pool on Tues/Thurs from 1:30-3:30pm BUT will be limited to 20 HRA swimmers per hour.
  • Swim team will have meets against other pools BUT they are slated to be virtual at this point which means they we only have our team swimming at our pool.

Please note:  we will monitor usage of the early Saturday hours, adult lap swim, and concession stand usage and adjust accordingly as the summer progresses.

We look forward to having a successful season and we hope you will support our most important asset and become a pool member this season!  Join by April 30th to get 5 free one day passes for the pool.

Join here:  https://vgnn.org/join

2021 Pool Rules

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Please click here for the 2021 pool rules:  https://vgnn.org/community-pool/pool-rules/

Also note that all State of Virginia Executive Orders will be followed with regards to pools and COVID.