Activities/Clubs News

Spring is just around the corner and you all know what that means. GOLF!! GOLF!!

Holiday City Berkeley Golf will be kicking off our season the end of April or first week of May. The first meeting for membership and league signups will be held Thursday, April 20th, Cedar Greek Golf Course at 10 AM.

Club membership is $10 per person and additional $20 per person for league play. We play every Friday morning, 9 AM at Cedar Creek Golf Course, from May till the end of September. You don't have to join the league play. Non-league players play the same as league players only their scores do not count for league prizes. This is a co-ed league.

Please attend this meeting to learn more about our club and the good times we have playing every Friday during the spring and summer.

William Solt, President
Solt502@comcast.net - 732-244-6395

The meetings of Silver/Holiday V.F.W. Post 10185 will be held on the first Thursday of each month at 1:00 PM in the Clubhouse at 145 Westbrook Drive, Silver Ridge Park West. We meet in the daytime, so you do not have to drive at night. To join our post, just bring a copy of your Discharge (DD-214) to our meeting and you'll receive a hardy welcome and refreshments before the meeting. If you need a ride to the meeting or want more information without any obligation call Past Commander James Egan at 732-341-4905, or one of the other Officers, and we will gladly pick you up and take you back home after the meeting. 

Remember, if you hear of any Post member passing away or being in the hospital, call any officer and let him know.

• Saturday, April 1st is April Fools Day. Watch out for the Jokesters.
• Sunday, April 2nd, is Palm Sunday.
• Wednesday, April 5th, is Good Friday. Passover begins at Sunset.
• Friday, April 7th, is Easter Sunday.
• Tuesday, April 18th, is the Income Tax Deadline this month. Get your taxes done early to avoid this deadline.
• Thursday, April 13th, Passover ends at Sunset.
• On Tuesday, April 25th, we will be having elections of District 12 Officers to guide District 12 in the coming year (2023-2024). Elections will be held at Post 8867, Brick, NJ, meeting starts at 7 PM. Refreshments start at 6 PM. 

Happy New Year everyone. Thank you to everyone who supported our sales last year and to all the Holly Twigs who worked to make last year a great one. We could not have done it alone. You all made it possible. We worked hard to go with the times. During the active pandemic we stayed safe and did things virtually and contactless. We had to be creative, and think out of the box.  This past year we returned to a more normal way of life, and everyone pulled together and made things happen. Our President, MaryLou Galiano, who has tireless energy, and the Board as well as all the members of Holly Twig are to be commended for a job well done. This was our 50th Anniversary year and our 50th Anniversary Cookbooks are sold out. For the first time ever, all the raffle tickets for the Visa Gift Card Raffle sold out also.
Start your new year by joining Holly Twig. Come out and join your friends, make some new friends and be part of a valuable group of women. 
Our next meeting is Wednesday, January 11th, 2023.  Holly Twig meets the second Wednesday of the month at 9:30 a.m. in the H.C. Berkeley Clubhouse #2 - upper clubhouse.  Being part of this group doesn’t take very much time, and is very rewarding.  Refreshments are served; there is a brief business meeting before we have a program. If you have been thinking about joining, please put the date on your calendar and come. 
Our Mission is to raise money to purchase comfort items for the patients of RWJ Barnabas Health/Community Medical Center. 100% of the profit of our fundraising goes into those items that are selected from a Wish List that is made up from various departments.  In the past, we have contributed such items as warming blankets, reclining chairs and televisions for the patients, just to name a few.    
The Tupperware Sale will be back on Tuesday, March 14th and Wednesday, March 15th. The sale is in back of the Out Patient Lobby from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and parking will be free. All are welcome to come and shop.
We are working on putting some other sales together, and we will spread the word by flyers around town and social media.
We continue to accept donations of new items that we resell and donations of yarn. We are always making baby hats for the newborns to wear home.    
Contact information:    Pres., MaryLou (908)770-5176. VP, Susan (732)267-5274, Membership, Laura (929-200-2220
Holly Twig, 270 Bonaire Drive, Toms River, NJ  08757

It is with my heartfelt appreciation to Thank those residents of HCB, their family members and friend for attending the recent Holiday Show on Sunday, December 4th at Clubhouse 2. Furthermore, I hope all of HCB had a most joyous, cheerful and safe Holiday Season. Happy New Year to all!
2023 has now landed upon us. The Melodiers are once again tackling a new season with rehearsals beginning on Wednesday, January 4th, 4:00-6:00 pm in Clubhouse 2. Plans are underway for the Spring Concert now scheduled for Sunday, May 7th, Clubhouse 2. Residents living in any of the Holiday City regions are encouraged to attend rehearsals. Take a look, listen and observe. No formal auditions are conducted to determine membership acceptance. Your love of music and its influence on others is sufficient for membership into this group. So, "come on down" and take a "sneak peek"! Any questions call Harold Stewart at 201-982-3524. If no immediate answer, please leave a message.

Happy New Year 2023.  And welcome to an upcoming FIFTH season of Casual Bocce.
Casual Bocce is the same game that you already know and love; bocce without the set teams or measuring the balls.  Or maybe you don’t know the game and want to give it a try?
Casual Bocce will be returning a lot earlier this year.  Starting in the Spring, we will have games from 4-6PM on THURSDAYS ONLY.  Time slot could change, the day of the week will not.
We are NOT associated with the Official Bocce League which will run concurrently earlier in the week.  For the Official Bocce League information, please see their post right here in the newsletter
For any questions or information, call Steve Abramson at 609-661-0794.

The meetings of Silver/Holiday V.F.W. 10185 will be held on the first Thursday of each month at 1:00 PM in the Clubhouse at 145 Westbrook Drive. Silver Ridge Park West. We meet in the daytime, so you do not have to drive at night. To join our post, just bring a copy of your Discharge (DD-214) to our meeting and you'll receive a hardy welcome and refreshments before the meeting. If you need a ride to the meeting or want more information without any obligation call Past Commander James Egan at 732-341-4905.
Remember if you hear of any Post member passing away or being in the hospital, call any Officer and let him know.
Sunday, January 1, 2023 is New Year's Day. It's time to start keeping your New Year's Resolutions. 
Monday, January 16th is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Sunday, January 29th is V.F.W. Post 10185 celebrates our 45th Anniversary. Our National Charter was issued to 108 Post Members.
Tuesday, January 25th at 7:00 pm V.F.W. Post 10185's Officers will attend V.F.W. District 12's meeting at V.F.W. Post 6063 at Toms River, New Jersey where the latest V.F.W. Programs and events will be discussed. 
Your V.F.W. dues for 2023 is NOW OVERDUE. If you have any questions about the status of your dues, call Quartermaster Dennis Aldridge 732-237-6880. We need your support.
V.F.W. Post 10185 wishes everyone a healthy and Happy New Year.

Another good year for us all. We have no meeting in December, instead we go to a dinner dance.
Hope all have a good Holiday and great New Year! Remember, in January 2023, we meet the second Monday in Clubhouse 1 at 12 p.m. Coffee at 11:30 a.m.

Holly Twig will not be having a meeting in December. Our Holiday Luncheon will be in lieu of our December meeting, where our new officers will be installed with our traditional candle ceremony. Congratulations MaryLou Galiano - President, Susan Schmeid - Vice President, Elizabeth Ferraioli - Treasurer, Donna Edminster - Recording Secretary and Deborah Caputo - Chaplain.
The November 4th Holiday Boutique and Bake Sale was a huge success and congratulations to the winner of the Visa Gift Card raffle. Thank you to everyone who support our efforts to raise money by coming to our sales and who purchased raffle tickets recently.
In the New Year we are looking forward to interesting programs at our meetings and more vendor sales at the hospital. We look forward to welcoming new vendors, and some we have had before who will be back by popular demand.
This year we celebrated our 50th Anniversary. It was wonderful to have successful events and to welcome new members. Each member is very valuable to us - thank you for being part of Holly Twig.
Our Mission is to raise money to purchase special items that the departments of the hospital have put on a Wish List to make the patients of RWJ Barnabas Health/Community Medical Center more comfortable during their stay. 100% of the profit of our fundraising goes into those items that are selected. In the past, we have contributed such items as vein finders, warming blankets, reclining chairs and televisions for the patients, just to name a few.
Our next meeting is Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Holly Twig meets the second Wednesday of the month at 9:30 a.m. in the H.C. Berkeley Clubhouse #2 - upper clubhouse. Being part of this group doesn't take very much time, and is very rewarding. Refreshments are served; there is a brief business meeting before we have a program. If you have been thinking about joining, please put the date on your calendar and come.
We continue to accept donations of new items that we resell and donations of yarn. We are always making baby hats for the newborns to wear home.
 

The meetings of Silver/Holiday V.F.W. Post 10185 will be held on the first Thursday of each month at 1:00 PM in the Clubhouse at 145 Westbrook Drive, Silver Ridge Park West. We meet in the daytime, so you do not have to drive at night. To join our post, just bring a copy of your Discharge (DD-214) to our meeting and you'll receive a hardy welcome and refreshments before the meeting. If you need a ride to the meeting or want more information without any obligation call Past Post Commander James Egan at 732-341-4905.
Remember if you hear of any Post member passing away or being in the hospital, call any Officer and let him know.
There will not be any V.F.W. District 12 meeting in December.
Tuesday, December 7th is the 80th Anniversary of the Japanese Bombing of our Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and sinking of our battleships. This was the beginning of W.W. II for the United States in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in his radio broadcast to our nation that "This Day of infamy will Live Forever". The casualties were 2,403 killed, 1,178 wounded and the Battleship Arizona is still lying on the bottom of the Pearl Harbor as a memorial to the Days of Infamy.
Sunday, December 18th Hanukkah begins at Sunset, and ends Monday, December 26th.
Wednesday, December 21st Winter begins, get out your warm clothing and snow boots. 
Sunday, December 25th is Christmas Day.
Saturday, December 31st is New Years Eve. It's time to make your New Years Resolutions.

The VFW would like you to drop your old and faded Flags off at either H.C.S. Clubhouse (Main Building), S.R.P.W., S.R.P.N., S.R.P.E., and Holiday City Berkeley Clubhouses.

V.F.W. Post 10185 wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Peace of Earth.
 

Lynn Lubanski, Secretary

 

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 8th at 4pm at Clubhouse 2. Please try to attend. We will be discussing next year's Bocce and electing officers.
By the time you read this we will have had our Bocce Luncheon. Good times had by all.
Please try to talk up Bocce to your friends & neighbors. Hopefully we will get back to playing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. There is really no skills. If you can throw a ball you can play Bocce. Let's make 2023 a banner year.