Spruced Up and Cleared Out: Thanks to Our Volunteers

We’ve had a great turnout for several teams since the AGM volunteer sheets went around. Just completed, today and last week:

  • Ken Weido refinished the bar, with a professional result.
  • Don Hill and Bob Schimmel did a major purge of one basement storage room.
  • Kate Whitfield, with her team of Claire and Henry, did an awesome job organizing the children’s puzzle and book areas.

Thank you, everyone. Your efforts are appreciated!

Bob Schimmel

🎄 Parade Float Donations Needed! 🎅

🎄 Calling All Holiday Helpers: Parade Float Donations Needed! 🎅

Our volunteers are looking for LED Christmas lights to help decorate the HW community Santa Claus parade float!

If you have any extra working lights you could donate, they would be greatly appreciated and will help our float shine bright this year.

How to donate:

  • What: LED Christmas lights
  • Where: Drop them into the bin just inside the clubhouse door
  • When: Please drop them off by Thursday, November 12

Thank you so much for your continued support in making our community parade a magical success! ✨

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Let It Lie: Fallen Leaves Feed the Forest

Huron Woods is prized and admired for its Carolinian forest. Fallen leaves play a beneficial and critical role by enriching the soil with nutrients and holding much-needed moisture. A leaf layer provides overwintering protection for butterflies, moths and other insects. These insects provide an essential winter and early spring food source for birds and small mammals.

The FACTS:
Did you know that, globally, insects are in steep decline?
Did you know that bird populations are also failing?
It takes 6,000–9,000 caterpillars to raise one brood of chickadees.
No Bugs = No Birds.
Did you know that Huron Woods sits in a location that is internationally recognized as important for birds?

When we remove leaves, we break a healthy natural cycle of life that has its own checks and balances.

The MESSAGE:
Leaving fallen leaves on your property is important because leaves act as a vital natural resource for wildlife, soil health and the environment.

Beverly Jasevicius

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Ladies Golf: Join us Next Season

This smiling group has been golfing together for a couple of years. We’ve grown to 11 players, though only 8 of us made it into this selfie. That’s kind of how we roll! We play when we can. All but one of us live in Huron Woods.

This year we played every Tuesday from mid-April to mid-October, with 4 to 8 players each week. Sheila emails on Wednesday to see who’s in, then lets everyone know who’s playing. We tee off around 9:30 at Sandhills and play 9 holes.

Want to join us next season? Email Sheila at smjankowski@gmail.com.

Name the Ladies Challenge!

Think you know our Tuesday golfers? Match the names to the numbers below. Bragging rights to anyone who gets 7 out of 8!

The names: Lisa, Mary Jo, Johanne, Marg, Lucy, Angela, Mary Lynn, Sheila

The lineup:

  1. Left, purple cap
  2. Red cap, black glasses
  3. Back centre, navy visor
  4. Middle, dark vest and glasses
  5. Back right, white cap and sunglasses
  6. Right, black visor and navy jacket
  7. Far right, pale pink cap
  8. Front, white cap (our selfie taker!)