hello villagewalk residents,
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July 2020
Hello VillageWalk residents,
It’s summertime in SW Florida and just recently the heat index reached over 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. What does this mean? It means DANGER Will Robinson! Please take extra pre-
cautions and drink plenty of fluids when outside in extreme weather. Tennis and pickleball players – I don’t
know how you do it, but seeing you playing so hard out there in the summer sun is truly admirable! This
goes for anyone working or playing outdoors in such a climate. The CDC has some great recommendations
to avoid heat exhaustion: https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heattips.html.
The new VillageWalk website was placed on hold in order to migrate the current Landscape and Irrigation
request system over to the new site. This has proven to be a bit more complicated than we had planned,
however we aim to succeed in this challenge in order to preserve the history of your landscape requests.
New fuel dispensers have been installed! You can now use the chip-reader feature that was previously una-
vailable on the old pumps. Chip readers are generally safer and more secure when using credit cards.
Lastly, the KW staff is working on a short video to post on channel 195 highlighting each staff member and
what their role is. We want residents to know us better and to feel completely comfortable asking us for an-
ything at all; and we are more than happy to help you. Property management is a unique sort of business in
that staff members see residents on a daily basis and strive to build mutually fulfilling, long-term relation-
ships. Sometimes there are challenges and growth opportunities, however our staff members are ready,
willing and eager to exceed your expectations and make sure that ALL residents walk away completely satis-
fied, and with a smile. Please let us know how we’re doing and how we can improve.
At the last annual meeting I posed a challenge to all KW staff: at any time, if a resident asks what our mission
statement and GREAT values are, we had better know it! Please feel free to share your experience with this.
Thank you,
John Rowland, LCAM General Manager 239-498-7000
Hello VillageWalk of resident,
Can you believe July 4th is almost here? This hands down is my favorite
holiday.
Thank you for coming out and supporting our outdoor activities. As we
continually work towards normalizing our community lifestyle, we are obli-
gated to follow Florida Governor Rick DeSantis’ orders, along with the
CDC regulations, all of which may change as time goes on. But in the
meantime please stop by my office to say hello!
Warmly,
Amy
ACTIVITIES WITH AMY
VillageWalk Bagel Shop Over 20 Different
Deli Sandwich's Daily
July Birthdays
Loretta Cook Nice Ferrante
Tom Hubbell Sheila Kelley
Lynn Muro Julie Smith
Brenda Klaiber Brenda Peters
Ron Galizia Gary Gilberti
Sharon DiGiovine Ken Benthusen
Vinny Milotta Tom Dutil
Hope Malin
July Anniversaries
Hope Malin & Alan Horowitz
Amy & Michael Valenetine
ALL E VENTS, ACTIVITIES & CLASSES
FOR JULY 2 0 2 0
IN THE TOWN CENTER
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED
KW Management Company Team
Phone: 239-498-7000 John Rowland, General Manager [email protected]
Alexis Perez, Asst. General Manager [email protected]; ext 222
Daniel Norfleet, Administrative Asst. [email protected]; ext 223
Amy Tantillo, Activities Director [email protected]; ext 224
Al Casale, Maintenance [email protected]
Hilenne Perdomo, Maintenance Miisha Anderson, Compliance Coordinator [email protected]; ext 231
Natalie Gravelli, Reception [email protected]
Mirian Perez, Housekeeping Adelfa Pino, Housekeeping Judy Ossola, Postal Staff Sharon Herbert, Postal Staff Debi Jacovelli, Postal Staff Monica Mannion, Postal Staff
VillageWalk Board of Director Matt Jacovelli, President [email protected] Bruce Potterton, Vice President [email protected] Robin Burke, Vice President [email protected] Randy Van Alstine, Treasurer [email protected] Ray Dobbins, Secretary [email protected]
Operation Hours:
Tues – Sun: 3pm to 8pm
Phone: 239.908.3609
Every Wednesday Noon—2pm
Every Saturday 9 am—11 am
Bocce Parking Lot
LIVE MUSIC FOR JULY 4TH
The Girlfriends Band will be playing by the pool. Featuring our very own VW resident
Lynda Correia on the drums.
Saturday, July 4th, 11:30-2:00 p.m.
Feel free to stop by and enjoy the live tunes!
JULY 8TH IS NATIONAL POPSICLE DAY
Join me Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. by the pool.
I will be handing out free popsicles!
BINGO
Monday, July 13th & 27th
Starts at 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Buy In - $10 for a packet
Prizes evenly divided
TENNIS ANYONE?
Men’s Round Robin ~ 8am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Ladies Round Robin ~ 8am Tuesdays and Thursdays
Mixed Tennis Round Robin ~ 9:30am Saturdays
Mixed Doubles Round Robin ~ 11am Sundays
JULY FUN FACTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
BUTTERFLY GARDEN NEWS
Go for a walk, get on your bike or take a golf cart ride to the 10 gardens on the South side of
Village Walk Circle along the Nature Trail --- We are pleased to announce we have added 2 new
butterfly species to our gardens. The RUDDY DRAGGENWING lays its eggs on the strangler fig
tree and wild banana. The butterfly is attracted to various white flowers such as Cordia glaba-
wa , Biden alba and the nectar of the Giant Milkweed. You will see the upper side of this but-
terfly is orange and the underside is mottled brown. Try to find it.
We also now have the PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL. It’s beautiful with its black and iridescent blue
hindwings. The caterpillars (larvae) eat the leaves and seed pods of the pipevine but will not
feed on its flower as it is toxic to them. The adult butterflies feed on a variety of plants for the
nectar and seek the minerals at puddles. Look at the amazing Pipevine swallowtail lifecycle:
egg stage 4-10 days, caterpillar (larvae) stage 3-4 weeks, chrysalis 10-20 days, adult 6-14
days. Life is amazing.
GARDEN CLUB MEETINGS:
Due to COVID-19 all our future meetings are on hold. We ordinarily meet the third Tuesday of
every month October to May. We plan to take all the precautionary measures to keep everyone
safe so we will let you know when and where we will hold our next meeting.
MORE NEWS
The Executive Board of VW Garden Club has opened our Educational Speakers Series to ALL
residents of VillageWalk for FREE, the $5 fee is no longer required. MEMBERS - please invite
your friends and neighbors to be your guests to have fun, be educated and share our friend-
ship, this is one of our missions.
The VillageWalk Garden Club is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We depend on membership fees, our annual plant and bake sale fund raiser and appreciate all the added donations to sup-port our programs, projects and the Butterfly Gardens. For more information please contact our 2020 President Anne Brownstone 319-493-5236 or [email protected]. Our Garden Club is open to all residents of Village Walk. Membership fee is $20 for singles
and $35 for couples. For more information contact Mary Golding, membership chair,
317-881-4899.
NUTHIN’ AT OUR BEACHES IS MARVELOUS
Ed Gray / Bonita Springs
Down here in Southwest Florida,
Our beach is really something;
It’s marvelous how much you gain,
From “doin’ jus’ ‘bout nuthin”.
“Do nuthin’s” mostly how you are,
As you slow down your pace;
Relax, refresh…immerse yourself,
In beauties of the place.
“Do nuthin’’can take lots of time,
Our beaches show you why…
Embracing all your senses as,
You watch the Gulf go by.
Admire the sand and ocean sounds,
As clouds caress blue skies;
You’ll watch the water, hear the life,
As sunsets bless your eyes.
The time you waste while at the beach,
Is truly time well-spent;
It can be long, yet seem so short,
You’ll wonder where it went.
The beach gives back so much as you,
Are focusing on less;
To help you to “do nuthin’” is,
Just what the beach does best.
