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Return of the Newcomers Club

21 Jun 2021 7:47 PM | Katie Boggs

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, its’s been a full year since the Lake Barcroft Newcomers Club has had an update to provide in the newsletter. Besides welcoming new neighbors with “Welcome Bags” filled with great information (and a bottle of wine), we bring together new and established neighbors in a fun social environment, which of course could not happen safely. To recap our last year, in March 2020, the Newcomers Club managed to pull off the last Lake Barcroft in-person social event prior to the start of social distancing, the annual LB Newcomers Chili and Cornbread Competition. Due to the uncertainty around when and how COVID-19 restrictions would ease, in June 2020 the Newcomers Club Board approved an extension of all annual memberships by one year from their due date.

One important Newcomers Club activity did not stop due to the pandemic. Specifically, the Newcomers Club Welcome Chair and “Bag Lady in Chief” Nomi Taslitt continued the important task of welcoming new neighbors through socially-distanced welcome bag delivery. Since the start of the pandemic, she safely delivered approximately 56 bags containing goodies and useful neighborhood information such as club descriptions and Lakelink instructions. A big thanks goes to Nomi for her amazing efforts to ensure all of our new neighbors feel welcome.

With the recent relaxation of social distancing guidance by the CDC and Virginia Governor, we are excited to begin planning for a return to in-person social events to bring our new and established neighbors together.  As of this writing, the board is still considering the mix of fun events that can be held safely within the new guidelines. More information should be available by the time this newsletter is printed and we will update our website at https://lakebarcroftnewcomersclub.wildapricot.org/  as we know more. See you soon!  And remember, Newcomers is for EVERYBODY!


"Lake Barcroft Newcomers Club" is a non-profit organization. 

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