Golf Cart Parade Begins in Pass-a-Grille 9AM starting at the Historical Museum
Be a VINA Hero! Donations are desperately needed due to the critical need for blood at this time, your donation will be greatly appreciated. Remember the live(s) you save may be that of your own family members, friends, or neighbors. Not to mention if you ever need blood you hope that someone else does the same for you. It's quick, painless, and will make the difference in up to 3 lives per pint of blood. Please give the gift of Life and Be a true Hero
While the current bylaws reflect eleven board positions, we had twelve volunteers that stepped forward to serve. The incoming board intends to make a review of the association’s governing documents, including board composition and related provisions, a top priority. Resolving this inconsistency promptly and transparently will help ensure that the association’s governance structure accurately reflects the needs of the community, remains flexible and in compliance with state statutes governing non-profit organizations. We hereby introduce your new VDMIA Board Members:
Terri Grocott – President
Kathy Kasper – Vice President
Ted Teele – Treasurer
Melinda Pletcher – Communications Secretary
Cora Herb – Recording Secretary
Directors - At Large: Roger Bear, Dean D’Adamo, Jenna Coven Perman, Sherri Kelly, Heather Riley, Thomas Sims, and Lidia Tatarsky
VDMIA members are welcome to sit in on the meeting. Congratulations to our new Board Member and Directors
VDMIA Board of Directors Election Update As shared at our Association Dinner on April 15 and again at the informational meeting on April 28, the Vina del Mar Island Association will be holding an election to establish a new Board of Directors. The Board is composed of five Officers and several At-Large Directors. The open positions and a brief description of each are listed below: • President — Leads the Association and serves as the primary community liaison • Vice President — Supports and serves as backup to the President • Treasurer — Manages Association finances and files the annual 990 tax return • Corresponding Secretary — Handles Association email, the Vina message board, surveys, and communications • Recording Secretary — Records minutes of Board and Association meetings and maintains membership records • At-Large Directors — Voting members of the Board who may also chair committees All positions are elected by the membership (one vote per household). Nomination Process & Timeline We are currently accepting applications through Friday, May 15. The existing Board will review all submissions and prepare the ballot at its meeting on May 20. A membership meeting will then be scheduled for the election of the new Board. How to Apply If you are interested in serving as an Officer or At-Large Director, please complete the attached form and return it by: • Email: vinadelmarisland@gmail.com • Drop Box: 3043 W. Vina Del Mar Blvd (next to the front door) If you have questions, please contact Mark Cavanaugh at: cavmark1204@gmail.com.
Be a VINA Hero! Please donate due to the critical need for blood at this time, your donation will be greatly appreciated. Remember the live(s) you save may be that of your own family members, friends, or neighbors. Not to mention if you ever need blood you hope that someone else does the same for you. It's quick, painless, and will make the difference in up to 3 lives per pint of blood.
The Vina Del Mar Island Association has partnered with Pinellas County to bring a Haz-To-Go mobile collection truck to the island. This event is free and is a convenient way for residents to safely dispose of and recycle chemicals and electronics, such as old computers, TVs, paint, fluorescent bulbs, or fertilizer. Staff will remove items from your vehicle. The Mobile Collection Truck - which will be clearly recognizable - will be located at the Vina Del Mar Park cul de sac and will be manned by Pinellas County Haz-Mat Collection specialists. We recognize that having this event on a weekday mid day is not the most ideal - however it was the only option available to us as Pinellas County does not have current staffing to accommodate a Saturday event at this time. We hope that as many as possible will be able to take advantage of the drop off point.
Expect minor traffic delays on East and West Vina, including the 21st Ave bridge as the half marathon travels across the island.
Maddie Zolfo, of neighboring Treasure Island, started running late in life, at 31 years old. By the time she was 45 years old, she had achieved status as an elite, long distance Masters runner. Among her many achievements, Maddie won the Sarasota Marathon, won the New York City Half Marathon, took 3rd place, age group, at the Boston Marathon, and took first place female, while establishing Master's course records, at the Tallahassee 50 Miler and the Croom 50K. Maddie broke three hours at both the Gasparilla and Kiawah Marathons.
Maddie passed away in July of 2016, at the age of 51 years old, and this race honors her passion and commitment to running, to her friends and to life.
Due to the pandemic this event was postponed last year and to coincide with tax season this year we are happy to announce the return of this very appreciative event.
WHERE: Vina Del Mar Park - cul-de-sac
Take advantage of this CONVENIENT and FREE opportunity to VDMIA 2020/21 MEMBERS to confidentially and securely destroy no longer needed personal papers, taxes, files, business statements, documents etc. Acceptable items to bring include paper documents, data CDs, DVDs, magnetic media, x-ray films, microfilm, and microfiche.
Vina homeowners are welcome to drop off items to be shredded at any time during the 3 hour event. However, for the convenience of - and to better accommodate our Vina homeowners - the first hour of the event (9am-10am) is only open to Vina VDMIA MEMBER homeowners.
So....clean out those closets, file drawers, and other paper storage areas and bring it to the Vina park cul-de-sac on Saturday April 24th,2021
Start cleaning out the closets and the garage to take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the Vina del Mar Island Wide Community Yard Sale. This event is sponsored the VDMIA (your island community association) who will be paying for/placing event advertising in the Tampa Bay Times and other local print publications on the islands behalf.
Then Metropolitan Ministries Donation Truck will be in the Cul-de-Sac at the Vina Park from 11 AM- 2 PM the day of the event. They will collect any of your "gently used" unsold items AND new this year FOOD DONATIONS that are so desperately needed due to the pandemic. Note! - Items brought to the truck need to be bagged or boxed and furniture should be unstained, unbroken, and in "gently used" condition. This is a chance to help those in need and not a trash drop off. Food items should be non-perishable and not need refrigeration. (Canned Meat, Peanut Butter, Boxed Cereal, Rice, Beans, Canned Vegs, Canned Fruit, Soup, Pasta/Pasta Sauce, Gravy Mix, Jelly/Jam, Cranberry Sauce, Boxed Jell-O, Cake Mix, Pudding & Baby Food (Formula /Cereal/Jars).
If you will participating in this event as a seller - please send a quick note to the association so that we know to place a directional sign near your street.
MEMBERS ONLY EVENT - TUESDAY - FEBRUARY 25TH
Check-In begins at 5:15 PM and ends at 5:45 PM on the East (Vina) side of the 21st Ave bridge. At 5:45 PM check-in will close and we will proceed to the sign and have a picture taken for posterity and have a champagne toast. Please! Lets All Not Show up at 5:44 PM
Following our toast and picture(s) we will go to the PAG Women's Club on Pass-a-Grille Way for appetizers, merriment and good ole camaraderie. Join your neighbors and fellow members to enjoy our new sign together. Hope to see you there!
Regular working board meeting to obtain updates on ongoing projects. VDMIA members are welcome to sit in on the meeting. Any member wishing to discuss an idea, suggestion, or topic - please contact VDMIA President Steve Saputo (Email: VinaDelMarIsland@gmail.com) by the Monday (2/17/20) prior to the meeting in order to be added to the agenda.
Warren Webster Community Center.
This meeting is open/free to current (2019 - 20 dues paid) Vina del Mar Island Association members. For those wishing to attend who are not members, the cost is $10/person. At the annual membership meeting, the VDMIA President will review with members the 2019 VDMIA activities and projects that were completed, provide an update on those projects still ongoing, and introduce expected projects and initiatives for 2020. A Buffet style dinner will be catered by Gennaro’s Restaurant . This is a BYOB meeting. Water and ice will be provided.
The meeting will begin at 6:30pm with a 30 minute social mixer followed by a buffet style dinner (provided by Gennaro’s) at 7::00pm. The Board presentation will begin at 7:30pm. Current dues paid VDMIA members in attendance will be asked to vote to accept the nominees for any open 2020-2021 board positions.
WE MUST HAVE YOUR RSVP BY NOON (12PM) MONDAY (FEBRUARY 3RD) IN ORDER TO ENSURE ENOUGH FOOD FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION & PROMPT REPLIES. SEE THE LATEST VDMIA EMAIL ON HOW TO RSVP
Dear Vina Park Lovers
Please join us for one (1) hour or two (2) for a “hand’s on” weeding event. Garden tools (gloves, small shovel etc.), are not required in order to help but if you have any feel free to bring them along. Come join us at the Vina Park under the Arch (Berm) Saturday morning February 1st. We need helpers to do some weeding and clean up around the Vina Arch.
We all (VDMIA) “Thank You” in advance for your participation and help. With a handful of people it won’t take long at all. See you Saturday!
Regular working board meeting to obtain updates on ongoing projects. VDMIA members are welcome to sit in on the meeting. Any member wishing to discuss an idea, suggestion, or topic - please contact VDMIA President Steve Saputo (Email: VinaDelMarIsland@gmail.com) by the Monday (10/14/19) prior to the meeting in order to be added to the agenda.
Save the Date....
....for the return of this fun event complete with great beverages (Fall Beers, Wine & Other Beverages, delicious food (Hot dogs, Burgers & Pulled Pork) prepared by “our” SPB Firemen.
Music by Vina’s very own: Laurie Loyst, and most importantly the company of fellow neighbors, friends and soon to be friends!
BRING A CHAIR
TICKETS ARE $10.00 PER PERSON for Vina Association Members & $15.00 PER PERSON FOR NON-MEMBERS Payable in Advance ….. It Pays to be a Member!
Registration and Payment Required by Wednesday, October 2ND, 2019
Please Click the Link below, Print the Form, Complete and along with payment. Make Checks payable to VDMIA and drop off at: 270 N. Tessier Drive. Be sure to provide Name, Number of People and an Email address (You can put in the mailbox or in the box on the front porch. Questions Contact: vinaheather@aol.com or Call 727-289-1643
August 4th - Vina Eve in the Park
Come visit with friends, get to know your neighbors, make new friends, play games, dance, and have fun relaxing and enjoying each others company! There will be live music for dancing and games to play at our beautiful Vina Park & picnic shelter.
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Bring an appetizer to share
BYOB
Bring board games, volleyball net & ball, or any lawn games
We will have fire pits for roasting marshmallows and making s'mores. VDMIA will provide the marshmallows, sticks, graham crackers, & chocolate. if you have any questions, contact Dee Dee Mandel (rosepetaldiane@aol.com) or Heather Riley (chevynomad@aol.com).
NEW EVENT! Vina Spring Fling Community Wide Event at Vina Park
(In case of rain, we will hold the event at Warren Webster Hall)
Saturday March 2nd. 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
A Fun Festive Welcome to Spring for Vina Residents and friends, families, pets, kids, singles are all welcome.
Bring your chair, your drinks and something to share (Pot Luck)
Music & Entertainment By our very own Vina Resident - Laurie Loyst who is a former NYC cabaret /off-Broadway artist. Roy Sanders of BACKSTAGE magazine called her a “….razzle-dazzle entertainer.” She has entertained at theme parks, cruise ships, and major NYC orchestras. She recently finished singing regularly in Gulfport, and is currently performing her one-woman themed, cabaret shows in St. Pete Beach.
We would like to take this opportunity to find out what is going on in Vina. We want to find out what businesses, interests and talents we have on Vina by having craft tables, information tables, club tables, baked goods, music etc.
If you have a special talent you want to share, or have a club / group idea you want to start, a class you want to teach ...this is for you!
Some ideas are Dinner Out Club, Book Group, Yoga or Fitness, Walking Club, Sunrise-Sunset Club, Coin Club, Chess Club, Crafts Club, Mommy and Me group. We are a community of many talents - don't be shy and connect with others-bring your ideas!
If you would like to set up a display showing your wares, talents, ideas, etc. you want to share with others, bring what you need!
We will not be providing tables. Please RSVP by Feb 10th.
We would also like to put together a Resident Angie's List of Resources that Vina Residents can provide so we can keep it local.
RSVP Deadline: Form and payment due by Midnight December 7th, 2018. Your choice of entrée and payment (see link to form below) MUST be dropped off at the VDMIA Drop Box now located at 3043 W. Vina Del Mar Blvd (under front window) by the above Deadline.
Please join your fellow Vina islanders for a festive evening of food, drink and socializing during this joyous time of year. This year's Holiday Meal will be prepared by Karalee German and her band of merry Elf Volunteers which will feature a sit-down dinner, with a choice of Shrimp or Pork entrée. Live music by Lightning Jack ... and of course, a ”cash donation bar.” We have made arrangements with the Pass-A-Grille Woman’s Club to use their clubhouse for this year’s party. (There will be NO parking at the Yacht Club – handicapped accessible ramp at side entrance of Club house) others are encouraged to park at the beach near 22nd Ave & Gulf Way.
Click HERE for more Info and to Print the RSVP form: Note! If you can’t print or want to download the form just put all of the requested information on a piece of paper along with payment and drop it off by the deadline of December 7th at midnight.
Paradise Grill - Pass-a-Grille
Dutch treat-buy what you enjoy for lunch
Enjoy the community kids and families for this informal event Tweens/Teens/Kids/Families of all ages are welcome!
Come relax and visit with your Vina neighbors while having lunch and fun at the beach before School Starts!
Please bring sand toys/games to share and your favorite beach music
This event is being organized by Dee Dee Mandell, you can contact her at rosepetaldiane@aol.com questions.
Vina Park
Its time to cover up the bare mound under the Arch! Please join us for this full-fledged community “hand’s on” event. Garden tools are not required in order to help but if you have any please bring them along. Grab a shovel, a digging/pitch fork, hand trowel, a pair of gloves or whatever gardening tools you have handy (be sure to put your name on them)….and of course a sprinkling of sweat (it is Florida!)…. a scoop of island pride…. a bucket of enthusiasm….and join us at the Vina Park Saturday morning May 12.th. We will need helpers to transport plants from the holding area, dig holes, prepare the soil, shovel and carry buckets of bedding shells, and of course transfer the plants, small shrubs, flowers, and ground cover from their pots to their new home of honor under the Vina Arch.
We are also welcoming monetary donations toward this project.
VDMIA Working Board Meeting.
6:30 pm Warren Webster Building
Monthly board meeting to obtain updates on ongoing projects. VDMIA members are welcome to attend to observe/listen. Anyone wishing to have an item, idea or suggestion discussed at the meeting needs to notify the President by the Monday prior to the meeting in order to be added to the meeting agenda.
Rumor has it that the Easter Bunny may be on it's way to the Vina Park on Saturday March 31 from 2-4 pm to offer up some Spring festivities for the enjoyment of Vina residents young and old. Light refreshments and snacks will be served by the VDMIA. You are welcome to bring additional snacks/light-fare of your own for sharing as well as personal beverages. Gather with family, friends and neighbors for a fun filled afternoon.
Warren Webster Community Building
Join us for an evening of mingling while enjoying some fine Irish fare. The gathering is for young, old, and all those somewhere in between. This is a BYOB event. Dinner, dessert, water, ice, cups, and paper goods will be provided. The social mixer begins at 6, with dinner at 6:30pm
Cost: Vina association members: $10.00/adult $5/child Non members/Guests: $15/person
So that we prepare enough food, this is a rsvp, pre-pay activity. Please click below to print the rsvp form.
RSVP deadline: Form and payment due by December 10.
Silas Dent Steakhouse - Long Key Banquet Room - please join your fellow Vina islanders for a festive evening of food, drink and socializing during this joyous time of year. This year's Christmas dinner will again feature a selection of buffet items, music...perhaps a little dancing for those so inclined....and of course, a cash bar.
Click here for more info and to print the RSVP form
Monthly Board Meeting - update on ongoing projects and 'meet and greet' with members who are interested in becoming board members, committee volunteers or chairpersons for upcoming projects.
Come join the Vina Del Mar Island Association children's events committee in the Vina Del Mar Park for some family fun including an ice cream social, Halloween costume contest, and games. Winners of the decorated pumpkin photo scavenger hunt will announced (please click on the event announcement below for complete details on how to participate in this portion of VinaWeen). Please bring a light-fare snack food item to share and your own beverage of choice. Ice Cream will be provided by the VDMIA.
VinaWeen is free to current 2017 dues paid VDMIA members. $5/child for non-members and guests of members.
UPDATE: Warren Webster is unavailable due to flooring renovations. As a result, this months meeting has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Regular working Board Meeting. All VDMIA members are welcome to attend and sit in on the meeting. If you wish to have an item added to the agenda for Board discussion, please call Jeff DeLiberty (732-687-6790) by 5:00 pm Sept 18.
Working Board Meeting - update / status of ongoing projects.
Regular Working Board Meeting. Meeting Agenda to include review of recent VDMIA Survey results, planning for Christmas Dinner, Directory update, other topics.
Stroll down to the beach and join us for a very casual Vina friends and neighbors beach gathering as we watch the first sunset of the Summer. Bring your favorite beverage, a blanket or chair, and perhaps a snack to share. (Bathrooms are available across the street at Hurley Park).
Park/meet at 15th Ave and Gulf Way crossover. Sunset is approximately 8:30pm on Jun 21.
