2011 Holiday Decorating Contest Winners

Here are the winners of the 2011 Holiday Decorating Contest! The winners will each receive a gift card from local vendors such as Red Lobster and Lowes.

First Place
9359 River Crest Road

Second Place
9441 Flowerden Lane

Third Place
10167 Strawflower Lane

A big “Thank You!” to everyone who participated in the contest this year and helped to rebuild our community spirit! If you have suggestions for other community activities, such as a Spring Garden or Yard Contest, please contact the main office with your ideas.

2011 Holiday Decorating Contest

It’s time for the 2011 Holiday House Decorating Contest! Help create community spirit and spread Holiday cheer! Prizes to be given away for the best decorated homes.

Here’s how it works…

  • First, decorate the outside of your house for the Holiday. Enter to be judged by Friday, December 16, 2011
  • Second, email mainoffice@wellingtonca.org with the subject line, “Holiday Contest” and your name and home address in the email.

Judging to be held on Monday December 19, 2011 and winners to be announced at the Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 and on the website.

2011 Halloween Decoration Contest Winners!

The Board of Directors and the Management team would like to say “Thank You!” to all the residents who participated in Wellington’s 2nd Annual Halloween Decoration Contest.

This year the winners will receive randomly drawn gift cards from Baja Fresh and City Grille.

Here are the winners this year!

First Place
9371 River Crest Road

Second Place
9400 Flowerden Lane

Third Place
9590 Buttonbush Court

 

Congratulations to all the participants for a job well done. It was a lot of fun going through the neighborhood and checking out all the creativity here in Wellington. Everyone did a great job in brightening up the community.

Wellington Board of Directors

Backpack Snack Attack

Manassas City Public Schools and its community partners will be providing up to 4,400 weekend meal packs for selected elementary students in 2011-12, starting in November. These packs promote healthy eating and provide a much needed source of nutrition for students on weekends when school meals are not available.

Please consider donating food for the packs at the Wellington Community Center now through February 19, 2012. Packs contain individually sized, ready to eat (including microwavable) food items that do not require refrigeration:

  • Hormel Kid’s Kitchen – Chicken or Spaghetti (7 oz)
  • Campbell E-Z Open Soups – Chicken Noodle, Chicken & Rice or Cream of Chicken (7.25 oz)
  • Campbell Soups – Cream of Mushroom, Cream of Tomato or Vegetable Beef (7.25 oz)
  • Dole Cups/Fruit Bowls – Diced Peaches, Mandarin Orange, Mixed Fruit, Pineapple or Tropical Fruit (4 oz)
  • Seedless Raisins in Individual Boxes
  • General Mills Cereal Bowl Packs – Kix, Cheerios or Rice Chex (2.1 oz)
  •  Quaker Chewy Chocolate Granola Bars (6.7 oz)
  • Silk Vanilla or Chocolate Soy Milk (Shelf-stable) sip box (8.25 oz or 0.5 pt)
  • Juicy Juice 100% Juice Sip Boxes – Orange, Grape or Fruit Punch (6 oz)

Or, donate money to stretch the food dollar even farther: Each backpack for 1 week for 1 student is $9.50.

1. Make checks payable to Grace United Methodist Church with “Backpack Snack Attack” in the memo line.

2. Mail money donation to MCPS – 9000 Tudor Lane Manassas, VA 20110: Attention Sandy Thompson.

3. Money donations to the program are a great holiday gift alternative!

Questions or Pick-up? Contact Suzanne Seaberg, seabergfamily@verizon.net.

Community Partners

Grace United Methodist Church
Manassas City Public Schools Health Services and Food Services
Manassas Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi Women’s Sorority
Manassas Citizens Advisory and School Engagement Council
Trinity Episcopal Church
Upper Room Christian Cathedral
Wellington Community Association

2011 Toys for Tots

The Wellington Community Center is once again an official designated drop-off location for the Marine Corp Toys for Tots program.

The gifts children receive through this program are many times their only presents. Please help those less fortunate. Light up a child’s face and brighten your own Holiday season in the process.

Donations can be dropped off through December 14th at the Wellington Community Center. (Toys must be new and unwrapped.)

Community Updates

Sponsors

Leslie Punzi, Realtor
Re/Max Regency
Cell: 703-201-8477
lesliepunzi.com
leslie@lesliepunzi.com


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