LAVA AUXILIARY By Chris Graves During the February meeting The Girl Scouts presented to LAVA and LAVA Auxiliary beautiful awards for their support for the troops over the last several years. During the evening another $1,500 was raised (300 boxes of cookies) for the military. All residents are invited to attend the LAVA Auxiliary Meeting April 19 at 6:30 pm near the Clubhouse Stage. We are a group of residents that support our military and have fun doing so. See below for just a few things that we do… • The annual Lake Ashton Craft Show will be held on October 21. This event has raised thousands of dollars for our veterans. At this time, applications are being accepted for the Craft Show. Applications can be picked up at the Clubhouse Activities Office. Once the event is sold out for crafters, you will be placed on a wait list. • Red, white, and blue bows are once again for sale. Last years’ bows sold out quickly and could be seen throughout the community on golf carts and mailboxes to show Lake Ashton’s patriotism. The bows will be for sale at Monday Coffees for $5. • Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Mr. Lake Ashton event has been cancelled. • LAVA Auxiliary’s Member Appreciation meeting was celebrated last month with pizza and shared stories. We remembered why we do what we do; to honor our military … the veterans and those currently serving in the military. God Bless America! God Bless our Veterans! LA ROCKERS By Connie Strassberg Happy Easter and Happy Passover to all who celebrate. This year is just flying by and summer is almost here. As part of its Independence Day 38 celebration, Lake Ashton holds a Fourth of July Golf Cart Parade that starts at the HFC and ends at the Clubhouse. This summer LA Rockers has scheduled its fundraiser in coordination with this parade. When celebrants arrive at the Clubhouse after the parade they will be able to either donate and choose a painted rock or participate in our Silent Auction where the highest bidders will win beautiful works of art. In addition to continuing to create kindness rocks to hide throughout our community, LA Rockers will be spending time preparing for our fundraiser. We thank the LA Community for the generosity and support they have shown us in the past, and are looking forward to more of the same. The funds raised will enable us to continue painting and hiding rocks for LA residents to find, enjoy, and share. This is in accordance with our mission statement goal that "one message at just the right moment can change someone's entire day, outlook, and life". LA Rockers will meet twice during April. April 5 will be a "teaching" meeting geared to those who already have experience painting rocks whether with LA Rockers or on their own. This class will be taught by a member. Specifics about the class will be announced on our Facebook page in advance so that members can prepare. The second meeting on April 19 will be a "free paint" meeting and hopefully a lot of fundraiser rocks will be completed. Newcomers will be welcome to the "free paint" meeting where one of our administrators will share an orientation to rock painting with them. After the orientation, the newcomers can sit with one of our more experienced painters and try to paint a rock of their own. Newcomers: Before coming to the meeting, contact MJ Richards (mjmrichards517@gmail.com) or Connie Strassberg (cbs1949@aol.com), so that we know you are coming and can let you know what supplies you need to bring. You don't have to be a serious artist to be a Rocker - we will teach you how to put a smile on someone's face while enjoying a lovely afternoon with a great group of people.
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