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The President's Letter-November, 2024
Happy Fall! 🍂🍁🏵️. Landlovers is back in full swing with lots of activities and events. There's something for everyone. Don't see what you're interested in? Have a hobby that you'd like to share with others? Talk with our Activities Directors to see about starting a new group.
Looking for a great night out? Check out our Trolley to the Arts or the AmericanTraditions Vocal Competition Semi-finals.
Looking to have fun while giving back to the community? Ring the bell for the Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign, donate a toy at the Toys for Tots Golf Cart Parade, cook a casserole for Safe Shelter or pack food with Second Harvest, volunteer to work the Flea Market, bid on treasurers at Auctionmania, buy a raffle ticket for a fabulous chef's dinner or a brand new golf cart. You can find the details on all these activities and events on the happenings page on the Landlovers website.
Hope to see you at some of these fun (and fundraising) activities!
Best regards,
Roni
November's Featured Activities
We have two wonderful events to kick the holidays off right, please join us as we take our trolley from Skidaway Island to Savannah for Christmas on the Riverfront and to the Tybee Island Post Theater for the Savannah Repertory Theater production of Every Christmas Story Ever Told.
“Christmas On The Riverfront”
Plant Riverside District-Friday, December 13th
Indulge in various events on stages along riverfront all evening as well as The Festival of Trees and Christmas Market. You will have time to have dinner on your own.
Trolley will leave at 3:45pm from the Skidaway Island Methodist Church parking lot. Passengers will be picked up at 9:45 PM to return to Skidaway.
Ticket price: $25/person (includes trolley ride two ways)
Space is limited to 37 total. Limit is two tickets per person. Registration begins October 20 at 4 pm.
Any questions, please contact: Jane Golz, 704-641-4467, golzjane@gmail.com
Enjoy this inventive, high-energy production that is a mash-up of all your Christmas favorites from Charlie Brown to It’s a Wonderful Life. You will have time to have dinner on your own.
Trolley will leave at 5 PM from the Skidaway Island Methodist Church parking lot and return at approximately 11 PM.
Ticket price: $60/person (Ticket includes trolley ride two ways plus ticket to the performance.)
Space is limited to 37 total. Limit is two tickets per person. Registration begins October 20 at 4 pm.
Any questions, please contact: Jane Golz, 704-641-4467
The American Traditions Vocal Competition is a major singing competition that takes place in Savannah. Contestants compete for prizes with specialty and major awards ranging from $500-$12,000 and are all paid by check, in person, in Savannah.
Landlovers is offering tickets to the Semi-finals on January 30th!
Talent Contest Shows – Preliminary January 27-29, Semi-final January 30 and Finals January 31
Broadway Show Preview tentative date February 25th
The tickets to the American Traditions are $85.00 and include the following:
Arrive 2:45 - 3:00pm Via Trolley from the Landings
3:00 - 3:30pm Private meet and greet with semifinalists
4:00 - 5:30pm ATC Semifinals Round 1
5:30 - 7:30pm Dinner break (recommended Rhett, 20% off with reservation in advance; ticket price does not include your dinner, a reservation code to be presented to Landlovers attendees)
Sunday, December 8, mark your calendar and start planning your cart decorations for this year’s parade and after-parade party at the Landings Harbor Marina. Donations will be collected for the Savannah Marine Corps Toys for Tot drive. Parade participants should begin to gather at 3:00 PM at the TLA building. Parade watchers are welcome all along the route and to join Landlovers for the After Party which will be held at The Landings Harbor Marina featuring Food Trucks, the Landlovers Hot Chocolate Stand, the lighting of the Landings Holiday Tree, and a special Holiday performances from local musicians.
All the festivities are open to all to Landings Residents. Families, couples, groups, individuals all welcome. New unwrapped toys will be collected along the route and at the Parade After Party. Click here for the parade route and details.
Help continue the Salvation Army Collection Campaign, come Ring the Bell!
Landings Landlovers has a long time tradition of "Ringing the Bell" during the Holidays at the Village Walk Pharmacy. We are working on the schedule now; to begin 11/18 through 12/21. PLEASE help us by volunteering some time for this worthwhile cause. The days will be Mon., Tues and Fri. in 2 hr. slots.
Email: VPlandlovers@gmail.com to let us know if you can help. When we receive your name and email a schedule will be sent to you to fill in your available days/times.
Men's Lunch Group
The Landlovers Men's November luncheon will be held on November 12th at Troy Mediterranean Restaurant on Abercorn street. Meet at the Skidaway Island Methodist Church parking lot to carpool, departure will be at 11:45 am.
On Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from 10:00-2:00 we will tour the Chatham County Recycling Center. Meet at Skidaway Methodist Church at 10:00 am, we will drive to Chatham County Recycling Center, 1321 Eisenhower Dr. followed by lunch at Bowtie Barbecue. There is no charge for the tour, lunch is to be paid by the individual.
Let’s find out what happens to the items we can recycle. The tour typically includes a walking tour of the facility and art gallery, then we’ll head into the classroom for a brief dive into the workings of local and national recycling efforts. Bring your questions!
Registration begins on the Landlovers website on September 20 at 4:00 pm. the fee is $15 at the door, lunch is paid by individual
In this new section we will highlight all the events available to Landlovers members every month. For details and to sign up for any of these events please refer to the Landings Landlovers website under "Activities" by clicking here. Scroll down to find the black box with the activity you are interested in. Click in the box and either click on the "to register" link or contact the host or hostess for that particular event. Get ready to have some Landlovers fun!
Bunco
2nd Tuesday of the month, evenings 6:30 -8:30 pm
Fall season begins September 10.
Second Harvest Packing
Nov 14, Jan 16, Feb 13, March 13, 9 am-1 pm
Kid’s Cafe
Oct 11, Nov 5, Feb 4, March 4, 9 am-12 pm Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Many events through out the year Landlovers Swiss Team Bridge
Co-ed Bridge Group. Wednesday, 11 am-2 pm
Just Dance
Dance for fun and fitness. Tuesday Mornings, 9-10 am
Landlovers Ladies 9 Holes of Golf (LLL9)
Tuesdays
Causeway Cleanup
Diamond Causeway litter pickup 3rd Saturday of the month, October-June at 10 am
Canasta
Canasta Play, Wednesday, 2-4 pm
Lets Walk
Landlovers Walking Group, Wednesday and Saturday mornings, 8-9 am
Landlovers Mah Jongg Every Second & Fourth Wednesday morning, 10 am-12 pm
Magpie Ladies
An afternoon of discussion and PIES, First Thursday of each month, 1-3 pm
Marco Polo Group
3rd Monday of the month from October-May, 6:30 pm
Quilting Group
Men’s lunch Group 2nd Tuesday each month
Mexican Train Dominoes
Every Tuesday 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Modern Bridge
Co-ed bridge group Every Wednesday, 11 am-2 pm
Photography Club
Third Tuesday of the month October, November, February, March 3:45 – 4:45 pm
Singles Co-ed Book Club 4th Thursday of each month at 5:30pm
Singles co-ed Dinner
Socialize with other singles for dinner (coordinator needed, see website for information)
Shout out to our LANDLOVERS SPONSOR!
Yates-Astro has been serving Savannah and the surrounding area since 1928- almost a century of service! Their commitment of excellence to each customer became their reputation which in turn became their tradition. We, on Skidaway Island, are the benefactors of the care, knowledge and expertise that RickCulbreth and his team bring to our community.
We share this beautiful Island with a growing population of wildlife and Yates-Astro has a variety of treatment programs for nuisance pests as well as bat extraction, rodent and wildlife control and crawl space cleaning, to name just a few.
When you need professional Savannah pest control services, turn to Yates-Astro (https://yates-astro.com) the residential and commercial pest control services available along with builder services, moisture control and fumigation. Tell your Yates-Astro representative that you saw their business spotlighted in The Landings Landlovers Newsletter and thank them for their Platinum Sponsorship to our Foundation.
Landlovers Membership Dues will remain $30 per household for this coming year and you can join or renew your membership now online or at the event. If you are interested in updating your membership status prior to the opening reception, you are welcome to go onto the Landlovers portal in the member account section.Insert your text here
Would you like to join our list of generous individual Sponsors?
