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VGCA Pool clean up and swim for ALL volunteers — May 20 11am-5pm

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Want to come an enjoy the pool early this year?  All are welcome to come and volunteer a little time to get things ready for opening day.  Afterwards you can enjoy the pool with your family for about 2hrs.  We will be taking VGCA memberships, Village Green Swim Team signups, and cooking hot dogs!

Come help out AND enjoy the pool for a bit.

Details:

  • Sat, May 20 11am-3pm
  • 11am-3pm — volunteers needed.
  • 3pm-5pm — free swim for families who come to volunteer (lifeguards will be on duty).  Possibly sooner if we get everything done.
  • What needs to be done:
    • Clean out pool deck gutter/drain.
    • Cut low hanging branches near baby pool and clubhouse.
    • Trim bushes.
    • Weed and mulch front park flower bed.
    • Weed and mulch front entrance flower beds.
    • Clean clubhouse roof.
    • Clean awning for clubhouse front door.
    • Pressure wash pool furniture.
    • Pressure wash clubhouse.
    • Cook hotdogs.

We will need the following:

    • Blowers, rakes, weed eaters, wheelbarrows, shovels.
    • Two trucks and two trailers would be helpful to make mulch runs to the City facility.

What will be provided:

    • Grill, hotdogs, and water.
    • 1 pressure washer 3200 PSI.
    • 1 pole saw (electric)
    • 1 hedge trimmer (battery powered)
    • Tarps to move some leaves.

I look forward to seeing our volunteers and having families enjoy the pool!

Get your 1/2 Price Pool Memberships now!

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We are offering 1/2 off our pool memberships for the rest of the season (a week early so it’s a GREAT deal). This is a great way to try out the pool and support our greatest asset!  The pool is in excellent condition and is maintained by our Village Green volunteers!

We will be open through Labor Day.

More info can be found here: https://vgnn.org/join/

Help needed (changed): VGCA Pool cover removal Monday, Apr 25 @ 645pm

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We will need about 15 strong folks to help us remove the pool cover on Monday, April 25 at 645pm.  Please stop by a few mins before 645pm and we should have the cover removed within 15 mins.

Thank you in advance!

 

Village Green neighbors are amazing!!!

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On a blustery but beautiful day, Village Green Neighbors were out in full force prepping the park and pool area for summer fun! Volunteers pitched in to finish up details on the park equipment, clean off the pool deck and pull out chaise lounges and chairs, clean and organize the clubhouse storage area and clean the bathrooms and kitchen area, clear leaves from around the pool perimeter and spread mulch in the flower beds. I tried to catch everyone in pictures, but I may have missed some. A huge thank you to these and all of our volunteers who come together to make this such a great neighborhood. We appreciate you and the work you so willingly do!

A big thanks goes out to Glenn and Wendy Woodell, Dave and Laura Cvitanovich, Amy Nuttal, Jonathan and Rachel McBride, Ryan and Jenn Greene, Ambrose and his boys, the Blocks, James and Aidan Mountjoy, Glenn Magnussen, Phil Krauss, Debi Henderson, Rich Spivak, Thomas Herrera, and Coach Amy.  If we missed anyone…THANK YOU!

VGCA Spring cleanup event Sat, March 26 @ 9am

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We will need volunteers to help with annual VGCA Spring cleanup tasks for the VGCA park, pool, and clubhouse!

March 26  9am

Here is a list of things that will need to be done:

  1. Pool deck cleaned of leaves and gum balls.
  2. Clubhouse and swim team storage area straightened up and organized.
  3. Clean refrigerators out.
  4. Bathrooms cleaned.
  5. Clubhouse vacuumed and kitchen cleaned.
  6. Move pool furniture out from lifeguard shack and stage on the pool deck.
  7. Install roof on new playground.
  8. Mulch runs from City Recover Operations Center.

Materials provided:

  • trash bags
  • cleaning materials for clubhouse and bathrooms

Items that will be needed:

  • gloves
  • rake(s)
  • blower(s)
  • shovel(s)
  • multiple trailer/pickup truck for mulch

VGCA Pool info for the upcoming 2022 season

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VGCA Pool Members:

A few things to consider for the upcoming season:

  • The hours will be very similar to last year.
    • Tuesday-Friday and Sunday 1pm-8pm
    • Saturday 11am-6pm
    • Monday — potentially (see next bullet point)
  • We will look to open on Mondays similar to last year if we hit membership goals listed below.
    • 90 VGCA Rec/Pool memberships and we will open on Mondays thru July 18.
    • 100 VGCA Rec/Pool memberships and we will open on Mondays for the entire season.
  • We will look to offer an adult lap swim 8-9pm during the summer.
  • Concessions will be improved from last year.
  • Pool rules will stay the same.
  • We will have an Out of School Pool Party.
  • HRA and CGBD plan to use our pool again this year.
    • We plan to receive revenue from rental agreements with Hampton Roads Academy (HRA) and the Coast Guard Blue Dolphins (CGBD) Swim Team.  This helps us keep the pool running and in great shape.
    • HRA campers will use the pool during open swim Tues/Thurs 130-330pm during the summer.
    • CGBD will use the pool Mon-Fri 5am-9am — the pool is closed to all other swimmers at this time.

The membership drive will be right around the corner…keep an eye out for additional information.

Thank you!

Pool Volunteer Needed

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As VGCA continues to self-manage the pool, we are looking for an extra volunteer.  Specifically, I am looking for an adult that can help me with the following:

  • provide guidance and support to lifeguards.
  • answer questions for new and potential members.
  • help monitor pool chemicals and the pumps (very easy to do).

It is a great opportunity to give back to the neighborhood especially for an adult who is up at the pool on a regular basis.  There is very little effort involved but it would help me out during the week when I am working.

Email me at [email protected]

Thank you in advance!

Santa needs lifeguards….

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Santa is going to be busy the next couple of weeks…but keep in mind he will need lifeguards to staff our Village Green Community Association pool this upcoming season.  It’s never too early to get certified or to get your name on our candidate list.

If you are interested in being a lifeguard at our pool, please send Donnie a txt (757-768-9326) or email [email protected].

Lifeguards will need to be at least 15 yrs old and certified.  Please check with the YMCA, Riverside Fitness Center, and/or the Red Cross for classes during the Winter/Spring.

Concessions was a success — thank you!!!

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We had quite a few volunteers staff the VGCA Concessions Stand this summer during pool hours.  Thank you to all those young workers (ranging in age from 6-14) that helped make it a success!

Their goal was to raise money for our own water cannon to help keep the pool cool during July/August — approximately $200.  In total, they raised $668.05 — $200 of it went to purchase the pump and wiring for the VGCA Water Cannon.  The remaining $468.05 will be donated to the VG Swim Team which most of the volunteers swim for.

Keep this in mind for your young volunteers for next season as I am sure we will be looking for volunteers and a parent or two to help organize and oversee it.

Thank you to everyone that purchased from these young volunteers and a SPECIAL BIG THANK YOU to those young VGCA volunteers that staffed it.  What a great year for our youth and the pool!