THE VILLAGER Newsletter of Village Green Naples, FL January 4, 2019 Eleanor Richardson, Editor grandmoot@aol.com, Heron 462

Weeding your Condo??

Save those items! back by popular demand: White Elephant Sale, Friday & Saturday, Feb. 8th & 9th This is a great opportunity to clean out what you don’t need, and find treasures you do need! All proceeds benefit Village Green Please save all brown bags. . . Any questions? Willing to help? Call Mary Ann or Vince Botti 774-266-0683

Village Green Singers

The Village Green Singers will once again warm up their pipes this season, with practices for one month only, Mondays, Jan. 14 - Feb. 4, at 10:30 a.m. in the Club House. Concert is scheduled for Sunday evening, Feb. 10th. We hope a cast of thousands will be inspired to sing.

MARK YOUR

ALL BUILDINGS ENTERTAINMENT MEETING! MONDAY, JAN. 7 AT 1 P.M. IN THE CLUBHOUSE!

ALL WELCOME! FMI MARY ANN BOTTI 774-266-0683

CALENDARS!

More for the Calendars:

WELCOME BACK POOLSIDE RECEPTION FRIDAY, JAN. 11

5-6 P.M. HOSTED BY ELLEN & PAUL THOMAS

AND ALL 10 BUILDINGS

The Village Green Goodbye Party will be held on Wednesday March 20th. This year we are having a Hoe-Down so hope to see you at the VG Corral decked out in your boots, bibs and Stetsons. Details will follow in the February newsletter. If you have favorite songs/music you would just love to dance to at the party please contact Maureen Arnold pw.arnold@sympatico.ca phone: 239-777-5373 Address : Everglades 613 and I’ll pass it on to our DJ. This is YOUR party and we want it to be a good for y’all. Gentle reminder….ALL cars MUST be removed from the parking lot well in advance of March 20th.

VILLAGE GREEN DANCE FRIDAY JAN. 25

7 TO 10 P.M. IN THE CLUBHOUSE

HOSTED BY GARDENIA AND FAIRFAX

HISTORIC LECTURE, "THE INGRAHAM DIARIES" Sunday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Clubhouse

Rev. Peter and Eleanor Richardson will present a powerpoint lecture with readings from their recently published 1169-page book

on the 19th Century Diaries of Peter's 3rd and 4th great-grandfathers in Rockland, Maine.

Breakfast Sat. Feb. 16th Music Evening Sun. Feb. 17 Village House Tour Fri. Feb. 22 Ladies Luncheon Tues. Feb. 26 Night at the Races Fri. March 1 Bowl Painting Event for charity Fri. Mar. 8 Bus Trip TBA Sports Award Night Thurs. Mar. 14 Irish Potluck Post Parade Party Sat. Mar. 16

Activities Coming Up at Village Green: (CC=Clark Center) Activity Starts: (CH = Clubhouse) Bingo Mon. Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. - CH Book Club 4th Thurs. month - CC Bocce spinoff Thurs. Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. - CH Bridge Mon. Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. - CC Dominoes Wed. Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. - CC Fitness & Walking (John Tobin) All year, M-F 9-9:45 a.m. CH Irish Dance Plus More Wed. Jan. 16 at 10:30 a.m. -CH Knit & Stitch Every Friday 10 a.m. - CC Poker Ladies Thurs. Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. - CC Saturday Night Movies Sat. Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. - CH Stretching Class Jan. 14 Mon & Thu 9:45 CH Super Bowl Party date and time TBA Shuffleboard kickoff Tues. Jan 8 at 7 p.m. - CH (must sign up on list by Jan. 5th) Village Green Singers Mon. Jan. 14, 10:30 a.m. - CH

Website! Be sure to check the Village Green website. It is vgnaples.com Like the Newsletter, the site will focus on events and activities available to Village residents. You will find menu items running horizontally across the top: Calendar: There are 3 categories; Special Events in red, Recurring Events in blue, and Daily Exercise activities in green. Mary Ann Botti is the source of the Calendar events. Articles : provides more detailed information about events and activities, and also interesting historical information about Naples, Village Green, and Southwest Florida. Please let Dave Goddard know if you have articles to contribute, dgoddard34@gmail.com. Photos: Here we include pictures from some of the special events. Shuffleboard and Bocce: These menus include for these particular sports. So be sure visit www.vgnaples.com often to see if anything new is happening.