Halloween Festivities Schedule

2015-2016 Halloween Festivities Schedule

8:30-9:00 AM	Pumpkin Dessert Contest – Bring to WR Kitchen.  Baked goods must serve at least 12.  Desserts will be served at the Potluck. (Categories:  Cake, Pie, Cookie or Bars and Other)
9:00 AM	Golf Tournament
10:00 AM	Judging of Pumpkin Dessert Contest – Friendship Hall
10:30 AM	Scavenger Hunt – Meet in Friendship Hall for directions.  Prizes to be awarded.
12:30 AM	Potluck.  Bring your own table service and a dish to share.  Keep in mind that we may have enough desserts through the Pumpkin Dessert Contest.  Iced Tea and Coffee will be provided.
2:30 PM	Bean Bag Baseball to see who wins the coveted Squash Trophy.  Winter Ranch vs. Trophy Gardens – the Competition Continues!
5:00 PM	Golf Cart Parade (both parks) starting at our Friendship Hall
7 – 10 PM	Halloween Dance and Costume Contest at Trophy Gardens

October 20, 2015 Resort Meeting

Pastor Hardy  Nov 11, 2015 Veteran's Day celebration.  All Veterans eat for free.  Everyone else can purchase tickets through the Activity Office.  Cost $6.00 Tickets on sale to Nov. 6th in the Activity Office.
Teddy Bear Sunday  Please bring teddy bears for our "teddy bear" service.  They are donated to children for Christmas.

Activity Office Fundraiser for PSJA Memorial HS Choir.  Community Service Project we are having a Potluck with a Dessert Auction.  Proceeds from the Auction will be donated to the choir for their Spring trip to New York.  See Activity Office for details.
Quilts of Valor 10-21, the McAllen Quilting Guild will be using the hall to sew quilts for our Valley veterans.  Stop by to help or see the quilts they will be putting together.
 Garden Club meet every Wednesday at 8:00.  See Brenda or Rick for further info.
Euchre has started.  1 pm on Mondays.
Line Dancing will start on Friday mornings 11/27/2015 at 9:00 am.  Cost is $2.00 per session.  New dances will be taught each week and review of old dances.

Main Office  Name Badges, please wear your name badges when you are in the common areas and the golf course.  It is important to identify our residents and it helps our new residents to get to know people.
WIFI As the new equipment is being installed the WIFI will be un-protected/without a password.  The repeaters are being installed and we should be live on Nov. 1
Our Team is all here. We have great people working the main office and the activity office.  Stop by and visit with them.

Currently we have 110 residents.  Each day brings more of our residents back to us.  If you are on the road safe travels!

October , 2015 Meeting

Our Meetings Start at 9:30 am.  Our Winter Season has started! 91 people are here.

Activity Office
1.  Oct. fest: Winter Ranch - Tickets on sale at the activity office. $5.00 per person.  the 16th is the
      last day to purchase the tickets.

2.  Rick and Brenda Watts will not be our kitchen coordinators this year.  We need volunteers for the
      kitchen.    Please stop by the activity office to sign up if interested.

3.  Each organization will be responsible for any dinners they decide to hold.  The activity office will
     purchase the food from the vendor but will not be responsible for the preparation, serving, clean
     up.  The activity will be responsible for their own dinners.

4.  Volunteers are needed to thoroughly clean the kitchen and pantry. This will take place on Oct.
      29th.

5.  Nov. 11, Veterans Day celebration.  Vets eat free and everyone else will purchase tickets. $6.00.
     Tickets will be on sale Oct. 26-Nov 6.  11 am.

Office Info

1.  Doggy Walk  Please make sure your dog(s) are on a leash. The dog walk will be sprayed for fleas,

      etc.  Remember to bring in your current vacination papers to the office to be on file.

2.  Speed limit is 10 mph. Please watch your speed throughout the resort.

3.  Our office hours are now 8-5 Mon. - Friday; Sat 8-5 and Sunday is 12-4. 

4.  Big thank you to our summer greeters who helped out at the gate.  They helped with vacations and

    other days as needed.

5.  Lot improvements need to be ok by the management.  If you improve your site with out having the

     ok, it is subject to being removed.

 As a Reminder:  During the summer we worked on the drainage ditches for better drainage. On Trophy Gardens Drive, and the corners of Winners Circle and Titleist, the drainage dips are deeper than your used to.  So please be careful when crossing the dips.  They are marked with yellow paint and signs.  The speed limit is now  10 mph.

Bingo

Russell Cropp has stepped down from chairing/calling bingo at Trophy Gardens.  Thank you Russell for your years of volunteering with this activity. If any of our residents would like to step up and chair this activity please stop by the activity office and let Marilyn/David know.  We would like to keep bingo as an activity for our residents. Without a chair person we will have to cancel bingo for the season.  The activity office number is 956-783-1003