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Island Creek Community Association
April 2017
Spring has sprung!
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Welcome to your April 2017
Island Creek Express
! Be sure to check out all of the great events this month, including Shredding Day, the Spring Fling, and the Yard Sale. And don't forget to request your 2017 pool passes!
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Need help?
Do you need help with an Island Creek community question or issue? Help is only a click away! You can send an email to Cindy Wade, our on-site community manager, by clicking
here.
Please make sure we have your current email address! Update it here!
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Island Creek Express - April 2017
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Community Shredding Day
Free Shred-It Day! Island Creek invites our Landsdowne & Hawthorne neighbors to join us for a free Shredding Party on
Saturday, April 29th from 9 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the Island Creek pool parking Lot.
Coffee, donuts and bagels will be served. Come on out and meet your neighbors while you safely dispose of your documents!
T
wo of our long-time residents Patrick Holland (Embrace Home Loans) and Ania Cress (Keller Williams Realty) generously offered to sponsor this hugely popular event.
Thank you Patrick and Ania!
We hope you will join us! You benefit -- the environment benefits, too. Patriot Shredding (
www.patriotshredding.com) will be on-site to offer professional, hands-free, high-end shredding of any and all document destruction needs. The process is fully automated and turns your documents into confetti. Start cleaning the file cabinets now.
This is a totally free event. You provide the “stuff”…we provide the shredding. Help cut down on ID theft by shredding all documents you no longer need.
- Acceptable materials for shredding include paper (staples and paper clips are OK), CD’s, floppy discs.
- Not acceptable: binders, hard drives, garbage, cardboard boxes, etc.
If you have a question about whether an item is accepted or not, please email Ania Cress at
AniaCress@KW.com or Patrick Holland at
pholland@embracehomeloans.com
Fairfax Water flush is underway
Each spring, Fairfax Water flushes its water mains by opening fire hydrants and allowing them to flow freely for a short period of time. Water remains safe to drink, though you may notice a chlorine taste or discoloration. For the majority of customers, this flush is underway now through June. You will likely notice Fairfax Water personnel in your neighborhood. Here are full details, including how to identify a Fairfax Water employee.
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Get your 2017 pool passes!
The 2017 pool season begins this year with the Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 27th. The hours of operation that weekend for the Main and Condo pools will be:
Main Pool
May 27 – 29 (Memorial Day Weekend)
Saturday – Monday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Condo Pool
May 27 – 29 (Memorial Day Weekend)
Saturday – Monday 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Pool badges are needed for admittance to the pool.
You can fill out the pool pass form on the Island Creek web site www.islandcreek.org under online forms.
Pool passes can be picked up at the main clubhouse on:
Tuesday, May 9 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 13 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
If you have not picked up your badges prior to pool opening, they will be available for pick up from the lifeguards at the Main Pool.
Automatic payment of homeowner dues
Did you know that you can have your dues automatically withdrawn every quarter from your savings or checking account? In this day and age of people working so many hours, why not have one less check to write every quarter? If you would like to participate in this program, it is simply a matter of completing the form on the web site and returning it to Sequoia Management Company. The form is located on the Sequoia web site:
www.sequoiamanagement.com. Click on Residential at the top of the page, then click on Island Creek. To the right of the screen, you will see a PDF for Direct Debit.
Instead of completing the form, or if you are unsure as to what to complete, you may include a voided check and sign and date the form. Please contact Tammi Shoefstall at (703) 803-9641 or contact her via email at
tshoefstall@sequoiamanagement.com for further information. We hope to get more participation in this time saving program.
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Add or update your email address
Want to provide us with your email address? Need to update your email address? You can do that
online
! Please also visit your community website at
www.islandcreek.org
!
Ideas are welcome!
And, if you have an idea for improvement to your newsletter, your Board of Directors would love to hear from you! Please send your ideas, comments and questions to:
communitymanager@islandcreek.org.
Make a difference for Island Creek!
Be a volunteer for a committee! It takes just a little of your time and is a great way to make a difference in the community. Just
email Cindy Wade for more information. There's no obligation...we promise.
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Classifieds and services roster
Call for Services
Island Creek Management maintains a list of community members willing to provide services to other members of the community; such as baby sitting, pet sitting, yard work and snow shoveling. If you are interested in providing these types of Fee for Service activities, please email our
Community Manager with your contact information. See the
current list for details. You should also view the
Services Rules and Regulations.
You can check out the current classifieds on the community website
here.
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It's Spring Fling Time!
The Annual Island Creek Spring Fling will be held on Saturday, April 8 (rain date April 15).
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. - Egg Hunt
10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - Petting zoo, face painter, balloon twister, bubbles and more!
Please note that the egg hunt begins promptly at 10:00 a.m.! We will have the tennis court set up for ages 5 and below to hunt for eggs. Ages 6 and up will hunt for eggs around the clubhouse.
This event can't go off without the support of volunteers. Specifically, we need help with the following:
---Monday, April 3rd, 6:30 p.m., clubhouse – filling plastic eggs with candy & treats at the clubhouse.
---Saturday, April 8th, clubhouse:
- 8:00 a.m.-10:00a.m. – Set up and hide eggs
- 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. – any block of time to help during the event
- 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. – clean up.
If you have any kids needing community service hours, this is a great event for them to help out with!
If you can volunteer (any amount of time), please e-mail Karen at IslandCreekSocialCommittee@yahoo.com
Island Creek Community Ladies Game Night
The next Community Ladies Game Night is scheduled for Friday, April 7. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. If possible please bring any games that you enjoy playing, we want to have fun! Please RSVP to Ania Cress at
Acress82@gmail.com
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Game nights for 2017 are scheduled for: 4/7, 5/12, 6/16, 7/21, 8/18, 9/15, 10/20, 11/17 and 12/15.
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Annual Spring Community Yard Sale
The annual Spring Community Yard Sale will be held in the Island Creek clubhouse parking lot on Saturday, April 22nd, from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon with a rain date of Sunday, April 23rd, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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 p.m. on Friday, April 21st 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 a.m.
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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Saturday, April 1, 2017
HOA Dues Due
Monday, April 3, 2017
Egg Stuffing for Spring Fling
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Covenants Committee Meeting
Friday, April 7, 2017
Ladies Game Night
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Spring Fling
Monday, April 10, 2017
Grounds Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Finance Committee Meeting
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Island Creek Board Meeting
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Carrdinal Place Board Meeting
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Community Yard Sale
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Community Yard Sale Rain Date
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Community Shredding day
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Island Creek facts!
Last month we asked if you've ever attended any of the Board Meetings in Island Creek. Of those who responded, nearly half said they had. And another 15% said they want to. This is great! All of the Island Creek Boards of Directors welcome your attendance at the meetings.
Our question this month is about the three great community events we have scheduled: Shredding Day, the Spring Fling and the Yard Sale. These are among our most popular events each year. But we want to encourage even more residents to attend. So let's see who plans to attend.
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Will you attend the following Island Creek Community Events in April?
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Shredding Day and Spring Fling
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Shredding Day and Yard Sale
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Spring Fling and Yard Sale
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