Parkwood Community Volunteers

We are a small and close senior community.   Since we are a small community we cannot afford the luxuries of hiring outsiders to manage our events, maintain our flowers and shrubs, and to perform other duties around the park.  As a result, our residents frequently share in performing activities that are not too strenuous to help one another and to help our community as a whole. 

Below are some of the activities performed by Parkwood volunteers to help our community or to help one another. Some volunteer tasks are one-time activities while others are repetitive. We began tracking volunteer activities during the 2022-2023 season with the list below:

• First and foremost, we commend our board of directors for the thankless hours they donate in performing their duties in the administration of our community affairs. Unless you have served as a board member, it is impossible to appreciate these efforts. The board members perform a variety of duties that would need to be done by our management company. This saves our membership a considerable amount of money every year in management fees. They perform various administrative tasks regarding our financial affairs, send information via mail and email to our members, and coordinate the movement the various documents with the management company and lawyers for every sale, share transaction, and rental approval. This dedication helps keep our maintenance fees low.

Other examples of our volunteerism include: 

The 2024-2025 season included .....................

• Constant maintenance and enhancement of the 3rd street median between Parkwood and Glen Ellyn 
• Weed removal and cleaning of the street gutters throughout the park
• Annual cleaning and organizing of the contents of clubhouse kitchen cabinets
• Monthly collection of food pantry items for park residents
• Collecting and recycling aluminum cans for the parks benefit
• Cleaning and organizing the contents of our storage shed for everyone's use
• Preparation for hurricane Helene and Milton included efforts to move pool furniture in the clubhouse and to secure other potential projectiles
• A major effort by several folks onsite to collect and move a large amount of debris that was scattered throughout the park from hurricane Milton

The 2023-2024 season included additional volunteerism including activities such as:

• Helping neighbors with outdoor home issues
• Updating and arranging the clubhouse library
• Our volunteers run bingo nights for residents
• Decorating the clubhouse for the holiday season
• Cleaning up after storms such as Hurricane Idalia
• Maintenance of our website – www.parkwoodestatesfl.com
• Cleaning the outside of the clubhouse building
• Cleaning the pool area and pool chairs and tables
• Collecting and recycling our aluminum cans to collect funds for the benefit of the membership
 • Planting and trimming shrubs on the 3rd Street median
•  Ordering and installing the memory bricks in the pool area
• Research and installation of solar lights on the pole at our park’s entrance by Gulf To Bay Boulevard



During the 2022-2023 season -----------

• Collecting and recycling our aluminum cans to collect funds for the benefit of the membership
• Gardening and removing unsightly weeds in our common areas such as the park entrance and the bordering medians
• Cement repair and painting of our drain on first street north 
• Tree and shrub trimming
• Repair of webbing for some pool chairs and chaise lounges
• Preparation of food for events (we sure have excellent and wonderful cooks)
• Organizing breakfasts out and ladies' luncheons dates and locations
• Publishing the monthly newsletter
• Publishing the monthly calendar of events 
• Delivering newsletters, calendars, and other information to all households in Parkwood
• Our Social Committee who coordinates and arranges events and activities
• Small carpentry projects such as shelving in our clubhouse and shade tarps mounted over our shuffleboard and pool areas
• Maintenance of our website – www.parkwoodestatesfl.com
• Power washing mobile homes and surrounding areas such as walkways, d driveways and brick planters
• Regular cleaning and preparation of the shuffle board courts
• Monitoring and maintaining clubhouse kitchen and bathroom supplies
• Donation of very useful clubhouse items such as Christmas decorations and poker table
• Maintenance of the library in our clubhouse
• Major efforts by the various committees that organize and make our activities a reality. These include, but are not limited to: the Halloween Party, Organizing and Weekly arranging Golf League activities, Pancake Breakfasts, Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas Social, Annual Christmas Eve Caroling and Social, Christmas Dinner, New Year’s Eve Party, Welcome Back Social, Soup and Chili Cookoffs, Organizing Weekly Shuffle activities, Spaghetti Dinner and Brown Bag Auction, Super Bowl Party, Valentines Dinner and Dance, the Poker Run, Coordinating Annual Activity Days, St Patrick’s Day Dinner and Dance, Easter Dinner.
• Maintaining and organizing our pool area
• Donation of numerous plants for the median by Third Street
• Pulling and spraying weeds for neighbors
• Raking and cleanup for new fence
• Moving pool furniture in preparation for storms
• Cleaning up after storms such as Hurricane Idalia

At Parkwood Estates, since we are a small and close community, volunteers are what makes it hum.  Below are a series of photos of some of our volunteers at work, or of the results of their efforts.  We sincerely appreciate our volunteers!  

Stay tuned for more pictures coming soon ..............