Thursday, May. 14, 2009

Spring break fun in Waterford

The Easter Bunny makes a visit to Waterford!

What do you get when you add 2,000 Easter eggs, a sunny spring sky, the Easter bunny, the Chick~fil~A cow, a huge cake, some lemonade, three golden eggs, and more than 100 Waterford neighbors and friends? A super fun way to kick off spring break!

April 4 was a beautiful afternoon for such a fun event for our community! Smiles were contagious as the children ran around hunting for eggs. We divided the hunt into three sections to keep things safe. The 4-year-olds-and-under were so cute. The older children were on a mission to find the golden egg; they wanted that grand prize!

The ages ranged from a month old to 15, all having a blast. Parents and grandparents had a great time, too.

A huge thank you to all of the area businesses that donated prizes for our Easter Egg hunt. Plantation Storage on Carolina Forest Boulevard donated an electric scooter for our grand prize. Olivia and Brady Wright won that prize after their grandmother, Dorothy Staffa, found the golden egg, she was thrilled!

More thanks to: Kreations Salon donated hair color, cut and styling prizes, and spray tanning. Dr. Holladay donated free dental X-rays, Bruster's gave two free ice cream bunny cakes and coupons for ice cream treats. Cathy Marcus at The Forest Salon gave two manicures. Thank you, Anne and Chick~fil~A for the cow visit and free coupons; Brian O'Brian for the ice cream and water; Ray Heyman for being our "special guest"; and all of the volunteers that helped hide the eggs and make this event a huge success!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Welcome spring!

Politics

The annual members meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. April 20. Please join us at the Christ the Servant Church on U.S. 501 in Conway.

One of the resident directors' terms has expired, and we have four candidates to choose from: Kathy Diehl, Rick Elderbaum, Mickie Hite and Kathy Marcus.

Read more about these candidates in the newsletter sent out at the end of March.

Paul Soucy recently resigned from his position on the board. Thanks for your four years of service to our community.

If anyone is interested in starting or volunteering for a community watch program, please get in touch with John Bankowski. You can e-mail me, and I will give you his contact information.

I am also looking for Waterford residents who have cool jobs to be featured in future articles. Please e-mail me if you want to tell me about your job.

Helping neighbors

Diane, owner of the Carolina Forest Curves fitness center on Postal Way, thanks gym members for joining her in donating more than 1,100 pounds of food for the Myrtle Beach Helping Hand nonprofit agency. Way to go, Carolina Forest ladies!

_Contact me, Jennifer Lombardi, at lombardijenn @yahoo.com.