Next Event: Picnic at John Lloyd Park, Manatee Pavilion, with Ladies of the Lakes, June 7th, noon. Contact Team Leader, Howard Schoem, for details:

hschoem@schoeminsurancegroup.com

Join the Lakes Neighborhood Olympics Team!

The HLSCA is sponsoring a team for the City of Hollywood's Neighborhood Olympics. Hollywood's civic associations will compete in the City's first Neighborhood Olympics.More than 200 representatives from each participating association will come out for a fun-filled celebration with cheerleading teams, spirited activities, an overview of the program and point system, and refreshments. Each person representing an association at the pep rally will earn 25 points for their team, which will be the only time teams can accumulate points prior to the official start date of the Neighborhood Olympics. The purpose of the Neighborhood Olympics is to engage residents in their neighborhood associations, encourage working relationships among residents to improve their communities and promote existing city programs.From March 1 through August 31, residents will work together to earn points for projects like painting a home, establishing a neighborhood crime watch group, complying with code violations or attending a health and wellness workshop. They will also have opportunities to receive points for participating in fun and friendly competitive events like a Neighborhood Field Day, an adult spelling bee and lawn mower races. Gold, silver and bronze awards will be presented to the top three neighborhoods. The winners will also receive $1,000, $500 and $250 respectively to be used for continued neighborhood programs.

So far, ten associations have registered for the competition. Residents may join their neighborhood team at any time during the six-month period. Neighborhood associations are encouraged to register with the Department of Housing and Community Redevelopment by calling (954) 921-3271. The following is a current list of participating associations:

Neighborhood Association/Team                   Coach          

Beverly Park                                                    Woody Williams

Boulevard Heights                                            Bob Emanuel

Driftwood                                                        Debbie Kimball

Highland Gardens                                            Shirley Stealey

Hollywood Lakes                                              Howard Schoem

Liberia                                                             Henry Graham

Parkside                                                          Steve & Noreen Buchbinder

Playland Estates                                              Tammy Priscak

United Neighbors of South Broward                   Ulyses McCrea

Washington Park                                              Helen Chervin

Team Hollywood Lakes consists of our Captain, Howard Schoem and the following team members:

Frank and Barbara Morrison, Cookie Frank, Diane Reynolds, Erika Butler, Judith Jamaleddine, Kathy Rudolph, Mary Dehaven and Tiffany Grantham.

We need more Team members so please considering joining Team Hollywood Lakes. For more information on Team Hollywood, email us at info@hollywoodlakes.com or Team Captain, Howard Schoem at hschoem@schoeminsurancegroup.com

The following are documents explaining the Olympics format and point schedule:

Neighborhood Olympics Backup Guidelines.doc

Point Chart Final.doc

On Saturday, March 30th, Team Hollywood held an Olympics event: a clean up of Federal Hwy. from the ArtsPark to Johnson Street. Over 25 bags of trash were collected and points will be given for each bag. Here's the Team members that participated in the clean up event:

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