Hello Neighbors,

The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee is happy to announce 4 events in the month of December!

Crafting, Cookie Decorating, and Caroling
When: Sunday, December 1st, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Where: Upper Clubhouse

Neighborhood families are invited to a Crafting, Cookie Decorating, and Caroling event sponsored by the Washingtonian Woods Social Committee from 2:00pm – 3:30pm Sunday, December 1, in the Upper Clubhouse. Wear your pajamas and we’ll decorate holiday cookies and make ornaments. Cocoa will be served while we sing holiday songs and end with some games. Tweens and teens are welcome to help the younger kids with their crafts. Please RSVP if you plan to come!

Washingtonian Woods Gives Back
Saturday, December 14th
11:00am – 1:00pm
Washingtonian Woods Clubhouse

We are excited to bring back our annual Washingtonian Woods Gives Back holiday gift giving program. This year we are again partnering with KINDH (Kids In Need During Holidays) and helping to provide children in Montgomery County with a memorable holiday experience.

We will be adopting 10 families whose parents/guardians have submitted wish lists to the KINDH organization. In addition to the famly wish list, we are asking for Giant or Safeway grocery store gift cards to give the family to purchase food for their holiday meal.

Please take a look at the lists below for requested gifts. This year, our families were not as specific for gift requests. There are a lot of children with “Age appropriate toys and books”. Please be creative in selecting their gift(s) and write what you will be purchasing so that others will know.

When you  sign up, please understand that you are committing to purchasing AND wrapping your gifts.  Please include batteries if the gift you’re buying needs them. DO NOT include gift receipts but you can keep the tags on your clothing! Wrapped gift drop off will be on Saturday, December 14th, 2024 from 11:00am – 1:00pm at the Washingtonian Woods clubhouse.  Please be sure to drop your gifts by 1:00pm. We will have volunteers waiting and loading cars to deliver gifts.  If you are unable to drop off during this time, you can bring them to Marcie Blackman’s house before December 12th or you will need to deliver the gifts to the collection site yourself.

We ask that you label your wrapped gift(s) with the child’s FIRST NAME only.  Please do not put your name or family name or family number on the gift tag.  You will need to know the family number associated with the gift when you drop it off. 

Thank you in advance for your support and help in making this a wonderful holiday for these children.

The link to sign up is:
https://m.signupgenius.com/?#!/showSignUp/10C0845A4AA22A57-27925022-washingtonian

Please contact Marcie Blackman ([email protected]) or Rhonda Haley ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

Holiday Cookie Exchange
Tuesday, December 17th
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Washingtonian Woods Clubhouse

The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee is excited to offer a Holiday Cookie Exchange!

If you have never been to one, you are in for a treat, literally!

Depending on the number of participants, each person will bring approximately 5 dozen homemade cookies/bars of your choice. Also, please print the recipe on a sheet of paper so that participants may be able to see the ingredients and be able to copy the recipe, if they would like.

We can have separate tables for those treats that have nuts and ones that do not, if needed. At the end of the night, you are able to take home 2-3 of each goody.

The Social Committee will have some light hor dourves to munch on. Please make sure you bring tupperware or a ziplock bag in order to take home the cookies.

PLEASE RSVP by December 8th at the Sign-up Genius Below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4BA9AF2FA20-46272625-december

If you have any questions, please contact Meredith Bollini – [email protected]

Annual Chanukah Fire Truck Parade
Monday, December 30th
7:15pm
Washingtonian Woods Clubhouse, Lower level

The Annual Chanukah Fire Truck Parade is scheduled for Monday, December 30th this year! The truck will make a stop at the Washingtonian Woods clubhouse at approximately 7:35pm.

The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee invites neighbors of all ages to join us for a Chanukah celebration outside of the clubhouse before the firetruck arrives! We will begin the festivities at 7:15pm with hot chocolate and treats!

Hope to see to you all there for this festive event! For those that have not attended you are in for a great time!

Thank you,
The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee

 Spooktacular Neighborhood Halloween & Fall Fest Announcement! 

Get ready for a frightfully fun weekend of festivities in our neighborhood! Join us for exciting events that will bring everyone together to celebrate the Halloween season!
Before we get to the details – Fall Fest is a success year after year thanks to our amazing volunteers. Your help is a testament to what a great community we have, and we appreciate everyone who steps up to make this event possible! Please sign up here to lend some of your time to the event: https://bit.ly/3U8B9fu.

 Adult Halloween Party 
When: Saturday, October 26 | 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Where: Club House Upper Room
Put on your spookiest or most creative costume and join us for a night of eerie fun! Enjoy:

• Costume Contest: Prizes for Best Couples and Individual Costumes!

• Left-Right-Center Game: Bring one $5 bill and two $1 bills for each round you want to play.

• Activities Galore: Games, spooky surprises, and more! (Brush up on your Halloween/scary movie knowledge.)

• Potluck Style: Bring a themed dish or drink to share. Let’s feast together!

 Join the Halloween Spirit: House Decorating Competition! 
Join the fun (and, yes, highly competitive) Washingtonian Woods House Decorating Competition! Show off your creativity and compete for the title of Best Decorated House! Judging will take place on Friday, October 25, from 7-9pm
How to Participate:

• Sign Up Your House: If you’d like your home to be judged, please sign here: https://forms.gle/sLWcJVVMBftBSeyZ7 
• Get Decorating: Let your imagination run wild! Whether you go spooky, silly, or a little bit of both, we can’t wait to see your decorations!

 Voting Details:

• Open Voting for All: All neighborhood residents can vote for their favorite decorated houses! Sign up to receive instructions for voting for your favorite houses: https://forms.gle/9oq32ReKWTs5gdSS7

• No Self-Voting: Please remember, you can’t vote for your own house. Let’s keep it fair and fun!

 Family-Friendly Fall Festival 
When: Sunday, October 27 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Where: Club House parking lot and Washingtonian Woods Park
Bring the whole family for lots of fall-themed fun! Enjoy:

• Inflatable Slide & Obstacle Course: Bounce and race your way through!

• Games with Prizes: Fun for kids of all ages!

• Candy Field: A sweet treat for every little ghoul and boy!

• Crafts: Get creative with seasonal crafts!

• Cake Walks: Join in for multiple rounds of delicious fun!

• Decorated/Carved Pumpkin Contest: Show off your decorated or carved pumpkins for a chance to win!

• Spooky Trail: Wander through our eerie path if you dare!

• Food Truck: We’re working on getting a food truck lined up and will post info here when confirmed.

• Contest Announcements: At 1pm, we’ll reveal the winners of the Neighborhood House Decorating Contest and the Pumpkin Contest. Don’t miss it!

Thank you,
The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee

Hello Neighbors,

The 2024 Pool Season comes to a close this Labor Day Weekend. Please see below for the pool hours this final weekend. The annual neighborhood doggie swim will be held this Labor Day Monday at 6pm.

Labor Day Weekend Hours and Annual Doggie Swim
Friday, 8/30: 3 pm – 9 pm
Saturday, 8/31: 11 am – 9 pm
Sunday, 9/1: 11 am – 9 pm
Monday, 9/2: 11 am – (Doggie Swim at 6pm)

Neighborhood Web Site
This email communication as well all previous HOA emails are always cross-posted in the “News” section of the Washingtonian Woods Web Site (www.washwoods.org). Neighbors are encouraged to reference our web site as it contains helpful links, documentation, and neighborhood information.

We hope everyone is staying safe and well.

Thank you,
Glenn Watts
Board of Directors, Washingtonian Woods HOA
www.washwoods.org

Hello Neighbors,

WHAT:  Washingtonian Woods End of Summer Raft Party & Dive-In Movie
WHEN:  Saturday, August 24th, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
WHERE: Pool

The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee invites you to our annual end of summer event! Come enjoy the Sun and Fun. Music will be playing. Bring your pool floats! Celebrate the end of summer before the kids head back to school. Coolers are permitted (no glass), and rafts/pool floats will also be allowed for the duration of the party.

Once the sun goes down, we will be showing “Despicable Me 4” on the big movie screen which will be viewable from the pool or the deck. Feel free to float on your rafts and enjoy the show!

Schedule of Events
5:00pm – 6:00pm: Jersey Mikes’s Subs and Salad served
7:00pm: Ice Cream served
Approx 8:15pm (lighting permitted): Despicable Me 4 will play with viewing from the pool or deck.

Volunteers Needed
Volunteers needed for Set Up, Serving of Subs, Dessert and Clean Up!
Please consider donating your time for serving food/dessert or clean up by signing up here to help.

Kindergarten Meet Up
WHO: Rising Kindergarteners (regardless of what school you will go to)
WHEN: Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 2:00pm
WHERE: the tot lot on Upshire & Driscoll Way (unless Pleasant View Park is open by then, if so we will meet there!)

Calling all rising kindergartners!!

The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee will be hosting a kid meet up/play date for all the kids in the neighborhood that will be entering kindergarten in the fall.

Come on out and meet other families with kids the same age and give our kiddos a chance to meet more kids their age. And if they are going to the same school, they will meet one more friendly face that they will see in the halls. Some of us also have older kids and are happy to answer any questions you might have.

New Neighbor Social
DATE: Thursday, September 26, 2024
TIME: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
WHERE: Clubhouse

Instead of a coffee morning, this fall we will welcome new neighbors with and evening event/open house.

See the community Facebook Page for more information nearer the event.

Thank you,
The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee

Hello Neighbors,

Just a friendly reminder that we are looking forward to seeing you for our annual 4th of July Neighborhood Party this Thursday starting at 12 pm!

Red, White & Blue Parade (11:30 am – 12 noon)
(Decorating starts at 11:00am; Parade starts at 11:30am)
We’ll be marching as a group from the Tot Lot at Driscoll and Upshire all the way down to the pool. Feel free to decorate your bikes and scooters beforehand, or meet at the park at 11:00am to decorate onsite (we will have some decorations on hand.) The parade starts promptly at 11:30am. If you can’t march in the parade, feel free to come out and grab a spot along the parade route to enjoy the parade and show your support.

BBQ and Pool Party (12:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
** The pool party and BBQ is a private event, exclusively for members of the neighborhood, as well as outside members of the pool.

Guest Policy
The Social Committee has received a few questions asking about the party and the guest policy — and wanted to send out a quick message to clarify for all:  If you have a family member/friend visiting for the holiday, they are able to join you at the pool during operating hours 11 AM to 9 PM. As seating space is limited, we do suggest you consider bringing chairs or blankets on the day. As the event has food and drink paid for by the HOA as well as games which have prizes eligible, Guests will NOT be able to partake in those paid activities. There is no option to pay for a guest to have food. You are more than welcome to bring your own food and drink on the day (no glass please).

Schedule of Events
– The Parade will start at 11:30 am from the Tot Lot on Driscoll.
– BBQ Food will be 12pm – 1:30pm
– Bake Off Desserts and Ice Pops will be served 3:00pm – 4:00pm
– Games throughout the event

More party details can be found here:

Volunteers
Finally, we can’t make all of this happen without volunteers! There are many ways to help and we still have many slots that need to be filled. Please take a moment to look at the available slots and sign up today!

Thank you,
The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee

Hello Neighbors,

Just a friendly reminder that the Washingtonian Woods Social Committee is looking forward to seeing you for our annual 4th of July Party coming up on Thursday July 4, starting at 12 pm!

Red, White & Blue Parade
Thursday, July 4 (11:30 am – 12 noon)
(Decorating starts at 11:00am; Parade starts at 11:30am)
We’ll be marching as a group from the Tot Lot at Driscoll and Upshire all the way down to the pool. Feel free to decorate your bikes and scooters beforehand, or meet at the park at 11:00am to decorate onsite (we will have some decorations on hand.) The parade starts promptly at 11:30am. If you can’t march in the parade, feel free to come out and grab a spot along the parade route to enjoy the parade and show your support.

Parade Route
This year’s parade route will start again at the Tot Lot near Upshire Circle and Driscoll Way, and will mostly run along Midsummer Drive. If you happen to live along the 300, 400, and 500 blocks of Midsummer Drive, we kindly ask that you avoid on-street parking during the parade window of 11am – 12 noon, if possible. Please see below for this year’s parade route.

Party Time at the Pool (12:00pm – 5:00pm)

* Each Pool member will be checked at the gate. (If you have not yet registered THIS year with the pool- please do so now. Contact PMP for more information.)

* Lunch will be provided and served by The Bean Bag Deli from 12 noon – 1:30 PM. Burgers/hotdogs and sides will be served. The Social Committee will also provide beverages and chips. Please note: only ONE protein will be provided per person (i.e. either a burger, a hotdog or Veggie burger.)

*Bake Off Desserts and Ice Pops will be served from 3pm – 4pm

If you would like to participate in the Bake Off, please have your dessert (could also be non-baked item- ie dipped strawberries-  all desserts will be judged on patriotic appearance and taste) to the lower level of the clubhouse no later than 1:30pm on the day off. (More details in post to come)

* Please feel free to bring additional food/drink for your family to enjoy.  No glass containers please!!!

* We will have fun games to participate in.  Sign- up sheets for the games will be posted in the pool area on the day.

* Please, please, please clean-up your area when finished! And offer to pitch in and help out as well.

* Due to the large number of attendees, please consider bringing a chair/blanket of your own.

Volunteers
Finally, we can’t make all of this happen without volunteers! There are many ways to help and we still have many slots that need to be filled. Please take a moment to look at the available slots and sign up today!

Gaithersburg SummerFest and Fireworks
Saturday, June 29, 2024
6:00pm – 11:00 PM

Celebrate America’s independence with friends & family at SummerFest, Gaithersburg’s illuminating summer festival on the expansive grounds of Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm. The free event takes place on SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2024, from 6 to 11 p.m. The festival features live music, food trucks, local breweries, family-friendly activities, all leading up to a spectacular fireworks display & SummerGlo After Party.

SummerFest kicks off at 6 p.m. with The District, one of DC’s top dance bands. Enjoy delicious offerings from food and local craft beverage vendors. ATMs available onsite.

The Water Park & Miniature Golf Course open at 11 a.m. and the Skate Park opens at Noon. Note that the Water Park will be open for the exclusive use of City residents & aquatics members only on June 29. There are entrance fees for the Water Park & Miniature Golf Course. The air-conditioned Activity Center will serve as a comfort station with indoor bathrooms & space to relax up until 9 p.m.

You can learn more about this spectacular event at the City’s SummerFest web page.

We hope everyone is staying safe and well.

Thank you,
Glenn Watts
Board of Directors, Washingtonian Woods HOA

Hello Neighbors,

The electrical repairs at the pool have now been completed and approved by the City of Gaithersburg. However, the caulk is still wet, and needs additional time to dry.

The pool will re-open tomorrow at 11am.

Thank you for your patience.

Thank you,
Tim Mulford, PMP
[email protected]
301-366-0471

Hello Neighbors,

Unfortunately, the pool remains closed today while electricians continue to make electrical repairs.

We are working as expeditiously as possible to make the necessary repairs, and plan to re-open the pool as soon as possible. The pool will remain closed today, and for 24 hours after work is completed.

We will continue to keep the neighborhood informed as progress continues, with the expectation that the pool will re-open as soon as possible.

Thank you,
Tim Mulford, PMP
[email protected]
301-366-0471

Hello Neighbors,

We have some exciting activities coming up this summer!  We hope to see you all at the pool and hope you will offer an hour/two of your time to help make these events a success.

Washingtonian Woods “Summer Kick-Off” Pool & Raft Party
Saturday, June 15th, 4pm – 9pm

The Annual Washingtonian Woods “Summer Kick-Off” Pool & Raft Party will be held on Saturday, June 15th from 4pm until 9pm. All neighbors and pool members are welcome and encouraged to attend!

– Music, soft drinks and frozen treats will be provided.
– Steeze Burgers food truck is scheduled to come by for food orders (4pm – 8pm)
– Bring your own rafts!
– No glass containers on the pool deck.

Please help us spread the word, and we hope to see you all there!

The Annual Washingtonian Woods Independence Day Celebration
Thursday, July 4th, 11:30am – 5pm

Mark your calendars for the Annual Washingtonian Woods 4th of July Parade, BBQ and Pool Party! The Social Committee looks forward to welcoming our neighbors and summer pool members on Thursday, July 4th for a parade, food, fun and games.

Details to follow, but the day will include:
*Parade
*Games
*Music
*Free Food! and much more.

**Volunteers Needed**
BUT FIRST!!! We need your help!

* We can’t make all of this happen without volunteers! There are many ways to help and we still have lots of slots that need to be filled. Please take a moment to look at the available slots and sign up today! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FACA729A3F8C61-49172083-independence?useFullSite=true#/

Please note: The pool parties are private events, exclusively for HOA paying neighbors/outside summer pool members.

Thank you all for your support!
The Washingtonian Woods Social Committee

Hello Neighbors,

Pool Opens Tomorrow
The pool opens for the 2024 Summer Season tomorrow morning at 11 am!

2024 Pool Hours & Schedule
The 2024 Pool Hours & Schedule can be found at this link.

2024 Social Events Calendar
The 2024 Neighborhood Social Events calendar can be found at this link.

2024 Food Truck Fridays! Calendar
The calendar of 2024 Food Trucks can be found at this link.

2024 Pool Parties (Save the Dates!)
Washingtonian Woods “Summer Kick-Off” Pool & Raft Party
Saturday, June 15th, 4pm – 9pm

The Annual Washingtonian Woods Independence Day Celebration
Thursday, July 4th for a parade, food, fun and games.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP

End of Summer Pool Party and Swim Up Movie
Saturday August 24th

We hope are staying safe and well, and we are looking forward to a great summer season!

Thank you,
Glenn Watts
Board of Directors, Washingtonian Woods HOA