Tis the season!

SEMI-ANNUAL COMMUNITY RUMMAGE SALE

Saturday May 5th  9:00am until 2:00pm

Guyan Estates Pool Parking Lot

The Swim Club will be having a fundraising Hot Dog Sale beginning at 8am that day. It will be in the parking lot beside the pool and community building. We sell hot food, cold drinks and desserts like brownies and cookies.  This spring hot dog sale is our most successful fundraiser of the year so we need you! We accept any donations of food items to sell-things like hot dogs, homemade hot dog sauce, buns, cans of soda, bottled water, & small bags of chips.  Proceeds from our sale will get the pool season "kicked off"-buying paint, making insurance deposits, and  stocking the concession stand, etc.  If you would like to make a donation-monetary or items-call Christina 304-638-5519.  If you are unable to give financially- we can use your helping hands! If you can come down for an hour or two and serve hotdogs or chips to the hungry shoppers or if you are a shopper-come buy from us! (the homemade hot dog sauce is always delicious!) PHONE SERVICE Our 304-736-pool (7665) number will be activated on May 25th.  This year voicemail will be available. We also provide free WiFi. ADVERTISING SPACE The Swim Club will be publishing a newsletter monthly during May, June, July, August and September.  The first newsletter of the season along with membership applications will be out at the end of this week. If you want to adverstise in the newsletter for your business we have ad spaces for sale: 3-line text Ad-$21 Business Card Ad-$42 We are willing to do other size ads if someone wants something different.  There is a 24-character limit per line, including spaces on the text ad. If someone would like to prepay to advertise in all 5 of the newsletters- the price is $100 ($5 savings) for the text ad and $200 ($10) savings for the business card ad. Contact for ad placement:  Christina: Email: geswimclub@gmail.com or call/text 304-638-5519   Home: 304-736-3924 LIFEGUARDS New lifeguards are being hired for the 2012 season.  So far we have 2 new regular/full time guards: Colin Adkins and Devin Weber and one fill in guard Morgan Stephens.  Also Erica Coleman and Ben Chiles will be back this season to guard. They have all completed their certification courses and are up to date on all of the latest safety information from the Red Cross. We look forward to having them this year at the pool. WELCOME LIFEGUARDS! CONSTRUCTION If you have walked by the pool lately, you have likely noticed major construction and renovations are going on!  All of the old concrete has been successfully removed.  We are saying goodbye to the cracked, uneven faulty concrete deck that has served well since the 1960's.  Stay tuned as the new concrete deck will be in place in time for the 2012 pool season!  We are always needing helping hands-as the new concrete goes down- just endless little jobs as we prepare for this exciting new improvement for our community pool. Phase 2 of our Spring Renovation Project has continued in spite of the rain. It has consisted mostly of digging holes and looking at plumbing and electrical lines. Not the most exciting of things, but its work that must be done before the new concrete goes down, hopefully, beginning sometime next week. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS Applications will be out at the end of this week for you to fill out and return so you can join the pool.  We also permit non Guyan Estates Residents to the same privileges of our pool & community building so let us know and we will get you an application!  Applications available May 4th.  If you are a Guyan Estates Resident-flyers will appear on your doorstep soon!  Or come by the hot dog sale to pick up an application. MEMORIAL WEEKEND PARADE/PICNIC/FREE SWIM The details of this event is in the planning phase. The fun will begin Friday evening May 25th.  This has been a big hit for the kids-but no matter what age you are you can participate!  Decorate your bicycle (or stroller, wagon, ripstick, scooter...) and follow the firetruck around the neighborhood! Prizes awarded to best decorated-1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Stay tuned for more details coming soon on this fun weekend! to keep up with events and whats happening..."like" our page! http://www.facebook.com/guyanestatespool email us anytime with questions or comments...we appreciate feedback! geswimclub@gmail.com See you at the pool!

Letter to Community Spring Projects

Guyan Estates Swim Club, Inc.
254 Bartow Drive                                                                                        
Barboursville, WV 25504                                                                                            geswimclub@gmail.com

​​​​​​​​April 2, 2012
Dear Friends and Neighbors of the Guyan Estates Pool,

We wish to extend our sincerest thanks to the people and businesses that have given us their support these last two years. The response to our efforts to take care of long-standing maintenance and repair issues at the pool, community building and on the grounds has been outstanding. With your help, we have been able to accomplish many things, including:


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Added new siding, gutters, paint and central air to the building.
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Updated both bathrooms and the kitchen in the building.
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Cut back and cleared trees that were in danger of falling on the building.
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Repaired the concession stand floor.
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Replaced the baby pool pump and filters.
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And much, much more!

We are planning to take care of more things this year, but we need your help to do it!

The Guyan Estates Pool has been a gathering place for family and friends to stay cool, get some exercise and have fun since the 1960’s. Many of our volunteers – and probably many of you – have spent a lot of happy summers there. The pool is a valuable asset to our community and especially, our kids, families, and seniors. Additionally, having acommunity pool can make a difference to families looking to move to our neighborhood.

This past March, the Swim Club Board of Directors held a meeting andput together the list of fixes and repairs that need to be addressed at the pool this year. The estimated cost of these repairs is $12,000. That is just for supplies and materials. No labor costs have been factored into that amount. The Swim Club currently has $5223.25, leaving us about $6800 short of the money we need to complete them.

While a few of these fixes and repairs can be taken care of after the pool opens, the majority of them must be completed while the pool is still closed. With summer just around the corner, time is truly of the essence.

Here are a few of the ways you can help us NOW!

Donate Money! We need to come up with quite a bit of money in a short amount of time. Donations in any amount are always welcome and would be greatly appreciated!  (Checks should be made payable to the Guyan Estates Swim Club and mailed to the address at the top of this letter. Or call us. We will pick it up!)

Donate Materials! We have compiled a list of the things we need to complete these repairs. Having some of the supplies and materials donated would cut back on costs and allow us to do more with the money we have.

Donate Your Time! The Swim Club relies entirely on the kindness of others when it comes to getting things accomplished. Volunteers arealways needed. We could especially use some help from certified plumbers, electricians and general contractors this year.

The Board will be meeting again soon to determine which ones can be completed with the funding, materials, volunteers and time we have left.  With a little luck and help from all of you, we hope it will be all of them!

Sincerely,
The Guyan Estates Swim Club Board of Directors


Pool Manager:  Christina @ 304-638-5519

Just tidbits from March 29, 2012 meeting minutes

The board recently met in March to get things geared up for the pool season 2012.  Here's a few tidbits of information:

* Hot dog Sale coming soon for the first Saturday in May bi-annual community rummage sale.  This is one of our biggest money makers that help us open the pool-please consider volunteering!  You can volunteer in so many ways with your time, monetarily or just giving us items (list of suggestions coming soon).  Even if you are the mustard squirter that day-you can help!

* Pool opening date is Saturday May 26th-Memorial Day Weekend. Information coming soon for a Memorial Day Bicycle Parade!


* Friday evening May 25 is the community picnic at the pool.  Picnic is for GE residents only.

*Plan to see a monthly newsletter this summer from your community pool!

* The hot water tank has been replaced! Thanks Jim McSweeney!

*The gutter on the pool side of the building is back up! Thanks David Bowling & Continuous Guttering!

*Jessie Hall donated her penny jar from last fall. Thankyou Jim and Nancy for rllling them all up...$13.50! See how every cent counts? Anyone can help!

* Jim & Nancy continue to recycle cans. They have purchased several different items for the pool with some of the money...like a sump pump, chairs, a pizza oven, thermometers for the pool, cleaning brushes, etc.  Thankyou!

*Building committee:  Back flow prevention valve installed on water pipes as required by the water company. 

*Non-skid surfacing is now on the exterior stairs of the community building.

Calling all lifeguards

The Swim Club is now accepting LIFEGUARD applications for the 2012 season. Send an email to geswimclub@gmail.com to receive an application by email or call Christina at 304-638-5519 to pick one up.

Lifeguards at the Guyan Estates Pool must have a current Lifeguarding/First Aid/CPR/AED certification from the Red Cross. You can visit the Red Cross website to find out more.