THE C OLUM NS Vol. 25 No. 2
941-349-0194
Tara Woods Homeowners Association – www.twha.us
February 2014
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AppreciationWeekend 2014 CONGRATULATIONS TO GEORGE AND JANET DALY AS GRAND MARSHALS
This weekend, sponsored by Hometown America, has been in existence since 1995. The Saturday Parade with Grand Marshals, decorated golf carts, bands and costumed participants is a highlight of our season. Our community gets together to play games and have lunch each day. Tickets are given to each person for playing the games and game winners are noted. At the Saturday evening dance winners are awarded prizes and random tickets are also drawn from those earned playing games and those volunteering their time to run the games. Mark the date and join us for the fun Friday, February 28th and Saturday, March 1st Carolyn Glandorf We were very surprised and happy to receive Irene Dorr’s call early in the fall that we were chosen by the Appreciation Day Committee to be the Grand Marshals for the 2014 parade. The hard part was keeping it a secret until they were ready to announce it to the community at the December Homeowner’s Association meeting. I guess we were surprised because we have only been in residence at Tara Woods for ten years. Other Grand Marshals have been here much longer than that. We chose to become involved in the life of the community even before we came to live here full time. Our good friends, Mary Ellen and Jon Gold, volunteered us (with our permission) to run the St. Patrick’s Day party in March and we only arrived here the December before. The rest is history, as the good people of Tara Woods stepped up to help us. Many of them are still on that committee as we prepare for our 11th year hosting in 2014. That was only the beginning
a larger expense, evolved. It was a natural sequence of events that w stepped into the role of Kitchen we C Committee Chairpersons when that n need arose. Again, people stepped up to form that committee and the j of hosting Saturday Coffee was job s spread among a larger group of p people. George’s line of work in New York was computer programm ming. He’s found his skills in that a area to be in demand in the comm munity and has done some problem s solving on occasion.
of our involvement. We joined the bowling league and got to know many more people. As positions opened up in our area of interest and knowledge, we gladly volunteered. It’s just what we do.
We were very surprised and happy to receive Irene Dorr’s call early in the fall that we were chosen by the Appreciation Day Committee to be the Grand Marshals for the 2014 parade.
When we were up north, George’s love of cooking led us to do some catering for family and friends, the church and the yacht club we belonged to on Long Island, NY. We never did it to earn money, just for the fun and experience. When he saw the opportunity here to get people involved, and met other cooks with a similar interest, providing the food ourselves for Tara Woods events instead of bringing in a caterer at
Janet’s organizing skills prov vide the backbone for most of the w work we do. She finds most of the j jobs we tackle to be manageable if the work involved is organized a spread among willing helpers. and S credits her 19 years working She f First Presbyterian Church of for Port Jefferson as the venue where s gained the experience, confishe d dence and skill for organization and w working with people. Starting as Youth Director, then Director of Christian Education and finally splitting the job of church Secretary with DCE, provided the ground work for her learning experience. The confidence she has gained as a member of the TWHA Board is directly related to the dedicated people that have served with her over the years, and the valued support of the community.
One of these days we may actually retire. Right now, we’re happy and fulfilled with the diverse activities we enjoy doing in the community. It is an honor to be chosen as Grand Marshals and we are delighted to be included in the list of recognized residents that have had this privilege before us.
Janet & George Daly