A Big Thanks to Michele Coco for collecting donations
for the 11 gate guards.
Thanks for your generosity and Merry Christmas!!
This meeting was Awesome!!
Special Thanks to Robert Kitts and crew of "Fresh Market" for making our evening a delight. The food/samples were just amazing. Thank you so much...
Thanks also to all the HLWC women that braved the night to attend our festive meeting..
Merry Christmas and best wishes for A wonderful New Year...2012!!!
Cleaning for a Reason
If you know any woman currently undergoing chemotherapy, please pass the word to her that there is a cleaning service that provides FREE housecleaning - once per month for 4 months while she is in treatment.
All she has to do is sign up and have her doctor fax a note confirming the treatment. Cleaning for a Reason will have a participating maid service in her zip code area arrange for the service. This organization serves the entire USA and currently has 547 partners to help these women. It's our job to pass the word and let them know that there are people out there that care. Be a friend to someone and pass this information along.
http://www.cleaningforareason.org/
Great information. You may not know someone going through chemo, but someone on your email list might.
Highland Lakes Goes Green!
We petitioned for it and we got it!!!
Waste Management is now offering curbside recycling to Highland Lakes. The service started October 1 and the cost is $5.06 per month. WM will provide the bin and pick up every other week.
They will recycle magazines, office paper, brown paper bags, newspapers, cardboard, junk mail, phone books, aluminum cans, and #1 and #2 plastics.
Please call 1-800-607-9509 to sign up.
If we each do our small part, we can make a BIG difference!
Welcome
Highland Lakes Sunshine Chairperson
Highland Lakes Sunshine chairperson is Lynette Clemmons.
Lynette’s role is to welcome new residents, babies, offer sympathy, etc. for the neighborhood. Please contact Lynette with relevant information at
WHEN: February 7, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: 1020 Pinecliff Circle The Home of Cathy and Joe Bowman
PROGRAM: Christie Dedman Consumer Columnist/Blogger Birmingham's Own Bargain Mom
It is a delight to announce the speaker/guest for our February Meeting, Christie Dedman, Birmingham's Bargain Mom.
Christie has been with the Birmingham News for 14 years. She is The News' Birmingham Bargain Mom consumer blogger and columinst, as well as The Birmingham News' Webteam Social Media Specialist. Christie has three money saving columns that appear in The Birmingham News and The Birmingham News' Extra each week. She is featured bi-weekly on WBRC - Fox 6 and weekly on Birmingham's Magic 96.5 morning show.
The Birmingham native has a bachelor's in political science and journalism from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Outside her job of finding deals, bargains, frugal recipes, crafts and freebies and teaching couponing classes, she enjoys time with her husband and three children ages 6, 5, and almost 4!!!
Please plan on joining us for a wonderful evening of laughter and fun as Christie fills our minds with tips on how to save!!!
The Mt. Laurel Library Committee is still sponsoring the "Buy a Brick" campaign, where you can purchase a personalized brick for $100-$250 (depending on the size).
Contact Ann Price 981-9772 , Friends of the Mt Laurel Public Library, Inc. for more information on how to purchase the brick.
Highland Lakes Garden Club
The Yard of the Month committee spent several hours this month to select the best displays in our neighborhood. There were so many great choices this year.
The 2011 Best Holiday Display is 1022 Westwick Circle, the home of Dick and Emily Volavka.
Emily and Dick worked tirelessly to ensure the gates were decorated to perfection and then went home to decorate. With spotlights on the house, the wreaths on the windows and door sparkle with gold ribbon. They have lights on topiaries on the porch, lights on the shrubbery and trees around the house, and a wreath and lights on the wall accenting the sidewalk. The mailbox is even decorated to match the house. Driving around the house, one can see their Christmas tree.
Other houses (in no particular order) that deserve Honorable Mention are:
252 Highland View Drive
663 Highland Lakes Cove
1012 Watermill Circle
209 Highland Park Drive
There were many, many streets in our neighborhood that had wonderful decorations. I’m sorry we couldn’t list them all. I hope that you can drive the neighborhood and see which ones are your favorites.
I want to thank the committee for all the hard work they have done this summer and fall to select the Yard of the Month. The committee members are Joy Stinson, Mary Ray, and Dawn Copeland.
Liz Jones
Chair
Yard of the Month Committee
Women's Club at Work
The Highland Lakes Women’s Club would proudly like to inform the community of its accomplishments for the 2010 - 2011 year!
Listed below are the achievements.
Worked with Neighborhood Association to have dog-i-pots installed throughout the neighborhood.
Set up volunteer to work with struggling readers through Mt. Laurel Elementary School’s Literacy League.
We “adopted” children at Mt. Laurel Elementary School who would not have had a Christmas otherwise.
Helped coordinate effort to collect money for the gate attendants’ Christmas gifts.
Sponsored the HL Fall Festival where children, parents, and grandparents enjoyed horse rides, games, etc.
Sponsored the HL Easter Egg Hunt which raised $2400 for Hope 4 Gabe.
Collected books for Kids Korner, a YWCA sponsored daycare for homeless children.
Published the Highland Lakes Directory.
Highland Lakes Women’s Club made donations to the following:
