Village Insider December 2023
HAPPY NEW YEAR! As the Holiday Season crawls to a close, we wish all our members, volunteers, donors, and community partners a very happy year to come. The Holidays are a time for reflecting on the people in our lives and the connectedness with one another that brings us joy through all the rest of the months. Nowhere is that truer than at Silver Spring Village. Thank you to everyone who contributes their time, talent, or treasure to the Village!
TENTH ANNIVERSARY YEAR This month, we start the countdown to the Village's big 10th Anniversary! There will be a swank party in the Great Hall of the Silver Spring Civic Building on the evening of Wednesday, October 11. But in the meantime, watch here, in the Vibe, in listserv chats, and in emails for retrospectives about our first decade and information about how you can ensure the Village's wellbeing for many anniversaries to come with a high-impact, tax-smart planned gift. If you are interested in helping plan the October event, or have ideas about additional ways we can celebrate, please contact Peggy Gervasi at 202805-8676 or weanh@yahoo.com.
NEW MEMBERS Please welcome new member Catherine & Virgil Rogers (East Silver Spring), and Steven Goldberg & Susan Schober (Woodside Park) and Daniel
Mesnik (Downtown Silver Spring).
STAR VOLUNTEERS Volunteers keep the Village running! We want to extend a giant "thank you" to the Village's "Top 5" volunteers for November: Jane Brown (17 hrs); Nancy Caporaso (15 hrs); Lucia Fort (14 hrs); Brian Eggleston (12 hrs); and Maryann McGowan (12 hrs).
VOLUNTEER NEWS The Village's liability insurance requires that volunteers who provide services to members and some administrative volunteers complete a background check every five years. This month, Vanessa will email each volunteer who has not completed a background check in the last five years. So we can avoid interrupting the important services we offer our members, please follow the instructions in Vanessa's email as soon as possible. She is also available to answer any questions in advance.
SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: HOME ORGANIZING Do you wish it were easier to find that thing you need in a drawer or pantry? Is your closet bursting with clothes you no longer wear? Do you have a room filled with things that don't seem to belong anywhere? You're in luck! The Village has a crack