Sleepy Hollow Woods Civic Association

​Hello fellow neighbors!
The first virtual garden club meetup happened two weeks ago on August 1st and we had some members that shared their experience with some of the prevalent plants in the area. We will try to have another meeting in September or early October to go through the best practices when pruning your garden. We also decided that there will probably be a separate email chain where people can ask questions of other neighbors or share advice/information they got from arborists when it comes to their garden. If you are interested or you participated in the event please reply to this email and you will be added to a garden club email list.

The first outdoor movie night happened on Friday August 2nd. Thank you to those that joined us. We will most likely view the Princess Bride for the next viewing in September, but the event will not be scheduled unless there is enough people interested in participating (reply to this email if you are interested).

The first virtual book club meetup happened this past Tuesday, August 6th. We will have another virtual book club meetup on Thursday September 12th at 8pm. The group decided that we will continue meeting virtually for the next couple of meetups and we are not going to read a single book but have the members read a book of their choice and share their opinion of the book, so we can create a recommended reading list for the wider civic association. We have some great recommendations from those who participated listed out here (historical fiction and non-fiction seemed as the most popular book choice):

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
The Wolves and the Greyhounds by Robert Schreiner
Beneath the Scarlet Sky by mark sullivan
Holly by Stephen King

We are planning on hosting a Bring Your Own Bottle and Your Own Glass Wine event on Friday September 20th at St. Albans. Hours will most likely be 7pm-10pm. We basically ask everybody that wants to participate to bring their own wine glass and a bottle of wine under $20. We basically will want to find the best cheap wine gems that people can find.

The next Bingo night will be held on Saturday October 5th and the hours most likely will be 6pm to 8pm. It is a fun low stress event that gives the opportunity for people to just have some exciting bingo play.

We are planning on hosting a Halloween parade within the neighborhood and hold the annual Oktoberfest event sometime in October (Oktoberfest might be in St. Albans or hosted by a neighbor but that is all still in the process of scheduling).If people have a preference one way or other you can reply to this email with your preference.

And finally, there was a lot of interest in a board game night but we need a volunteer to host the event in late September or early October. So if you are interested in hosting you can reply to this email as well.

Hope the back to school season and late summer goes smoothly for everyone and the Civic Association is excited to see you in the events we have planned for September and October!

Daniel Letchev

SHWCA President