The Island Creek Board of Directors meeting has been
rescheduled to Tuesday, March 20th
at 7 pm at the clubhouse. Please join us, all are welcome to attend!
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From the Board
Welcome March! We are almost through winter and I’m sure we are all counting the days until Spring. As the weather warms up and the children spend more time outside, please drive carefully and watch for pedestrians and bikes along the road and crosswalks.
Upcoming events:
As we head into Spring we have a number of events coming up! In April, the always popular Community Yard Sale and Shred Day. The board will also be considering a Spring event for the community in May, more details in next month’s newsletter! We also have our Ladies Game Night happening each month. If you have an idea for an event, please fill out the Social Events form on the following link (
http://islandcreek.org/cgi-bin/formmanager.pl?formid=1516473415
). New events will be considered as time and resources are available.
Long Branch Development
:
We have been very involved in the Long Branch development at the end of Thomas Grant Drive. Many thanks to our Land Use representatives, Jeff and Sohna Saffelle, for their hard work in advocating for Island Creek's best interest. Specific questions or inquiries regarding the Long Branch development may be directed to the Saffelle's at
Saffelle@hotmail.com
or
communitymanager@islandcreek.org
.
Community Finances
:
We ended 2017 with a surplus of $88K in unused funds. The board has allocated the excess to our Snow Reserve, Amenities Reserve and Unallocated Equity. We remain in solid financial ground with plans in place to replace our pool furniture before the summer season, along with many other projects that will benefit all who live in our great neighborhood!
Communication
:
As events are planned or any updates on the Long Branch development, we will use all means of communication available: Board Meetings, Newsletters, Email, Facebook and NextDoor. If you have any questions, please use the appropriate channel to reach your board which is by sending an email to
communitymanager@islandcreek.org
.
Please note that, per our lawyer’s advice, members of the board will not respond directly to inquiries (or statements) posted on Facebook or
Nextdoor.com
. EVERYONE is welcome to attend our Board meetings. They are the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7pm in the clubhouse.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you around the community!
Carrie Morrison
Island Creek HOA Treasurer
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Spring Community Yard Sale April 21st
The annual Spring Community Yard Sale will be held at the Island Creek clubhouse parking lot on Saturday, April 21st, from 8:00 am to 12 noon with a rain date of Sunday, April 22nd, from 12pm-4pm.
In order to reserve a space, send an email with “Garage Sale” in the subject line to Bernadette at
flowergirl70@cox.net
.
Please include your address and contact number.
Spaces are limited to Island Creek residents and assigned ahead of time on a first-come first-serve basis. If all the slots in the parking lot are filled, you will be assigned either to a sidewalk space or a space on the grassy area surrounding the clubhouse. Residents may also set up outside their homes to sell too!
The clubhouse parking lot will close at 5:00 pm on Friday, April 20th and any cars left in the lot will be towed. Residents may come early Saturday morning to set out their stuff before the yard sale begins at 8:00 am.
There will be a large banner at the community entrance the week of the sale and ads will be placed in the Washington Post and a listing posted on Craigslist.
Time to clean out your cupboards and closets of all your unused and unwanted items! That something old that you are about to throw out just might be someone else’s treasure.
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Single Family Yard Debris Collection
Resumed on March 1st!
On March 1st, yard debris collection began on Wednesdays for the single family homes.
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Ideas are welcome!
If you have an idea for improvement to your newsletter, your Board of Directors would love to hear from you! Please send ideas to
communitymanager@islandcreek.org
.
Classifieds Ads
Island Creek maintains a list of service providers for our community. If you are interested in advertising, please email
communitymanager@islandcreek.org
.
You can check out the current classifieds on the community website
here
.
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CommunityShred Day April 28th!
Please join us for a free shredding party hosted by Pat Holland (Embrace Home Loans) and Ania Cress (Keller Williams Reality) on Saturday, April 28th,
9am-11:00am, in the Island Creek pool parking Lot.
Island Creek also invites our Landsdowne and Hawthorne neighbors to join us!
Coffee, donuts and bagels will be served. Come on out and meet your neighbors while you safely dispose of your documents.
You benefit -- the environment benefits, too!
Patriot Shredding (
www.patriotshredding.com
) will be onsite to offer professional, hands-free, high end shredding of any and all document destruction needs. This process is fully automated, turning your documents into confetti and protecting you from ID theft by shredding all documents you no longer need. Start cleaning your file cabinets now. This is a totally free event. You provide the “stuff” … we provide the shredding!
Acceptable materials for shredding:
- paper (staples and paper clips are OK), CD’s, floppy discs.
Not acceptable:
- binders, hard drives, garbage, cardboard boxes, etc.
Two of our long time residents Patrick Holland (Embrace Home Loans) and former resident, Ania Cress (Keller Williams Realty) generously offered to sponsor this hugely popular event. Thank you Pat and Ania!
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Please Do Not Feed Us Bread-It Is Destroying Our Wings
Please Read Before You Feed!
What is Angel Wing Syndrome? It is a disease caused by feeding wild birds the wrong kind of food, like bread, which
causes the carpal joint (or wrist) on the wing to grow awkwardly, leaving the wing unable to sit flush at the bird's side. This affects their ability to fly and the growth of their primary flight feathers.
Geese and other waterfowl are vegetarians and they normally only eat grass and seeds.
Feeding white bread
causes nutritional deficiency in vitamins and minerals combined with a high level of carbohydrates and sugars which results in Angel Wing Syndrome
Damage in fully mature birds is irreversible an likely fatal due to their inability to fly to food sources and rejection from their flocks. If the bird is young and the diet changes dramatically, the damage could be reversed.
For more information, please watch:
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St. Patrick's Day SoberRide
SoberRide is one of the nation's most successful free ride programs for would-be impaired drivers and has helped to ensure that greater Washington, DC residents have a safe way home on high-risk holidays.
The 2018 St. Patrick’s Day SoberRide program, in partnership with Lyft, will be offered from 4:00 p.m., Saturday, March 17 until 4:00 a.m., Sunday, March 18.
To use this service: download the Lyft app to your phone and enter the applicable code in the app’s ‘Promo’ section. Valid for up to $15 off one ride home.
This offer is valid for new and existing Lyft users. You must be 21 or older to use the SoberRide service.
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Island Creek Community Ladies Game Night - March 16th
The next Community Ladies Game Night is scheduled for Friday, March 16th. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided, but alcoholic beverages is bring-your-own to share. Also, please bring any games that you enjoy playing, we want to have fun!
Spring Community Yard Sale - April 21
Community Shred Day - April 28
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Host a Foreign Exchange Student!
For more information contact local coordinator and Island Creek resident, Yin Mei Hueskes, at
hueskes@starpower.net
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