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The Villages British Motoring Club makes a Donation to Wildwood Soup Kitchen

 

The Villages British Motoring Club made a $1,000 donation to Wildwood Soup Kitchen. The funds were raised at the Club’s recent Brits at the Waterfront Inn, annual All British auto show. The members and supporters of The Villages British Motoring Club are happy to be able to support this worthwhile community program. Greg Nicoletti, Vice President, explained thatThe Wildwood Soup Kitchen is in the midst of a 1.5 million dollar fund drive to establish and outfit a new location, after loosing their current lease. Additionally, he mentioned that the TVBMC donation officially put The Kitchen over halfway to meeting that goal. 

Next year’s Brits at the Waterfront Inn car show will be held on Friday November 13, 2026. All British cars are welcome to enter and spectators are encouraged to come and look at a great gathering of British vehicles from the 1940’s through current models.

 

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Sandy Turner (in white), Founder of The Villages British Motoring Club and Margaret Laney (in white) Club Social Coordinator, present a check for $1,000, raised at the recent Brits at the Waterfront Inn annual all British auto show to Barbara McManus (in red), President of the Wildwood Soup Kitchen. Others pictured are Soup Kitchen volunteers.

Thank you letter from Wildwood Soup Kitchen


Special Olympics Fund Raiser Christmas Tree Auction

Also the club built and decorated a 4 foot Christmas Tree and all the ornaments were items of value donated by club members . The trees were on display at The Waterfront Inn hotel lobby and then auctioned off to Villages residents on Tuesday, December 16th and our tree along with a quilt that was donated by Lynn Culver and was bought for $910. Overall $13,400 was raised for Florida Special Olympics.This program was spearheaded by Marge Laney and Judy Hanson.

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The Villages British Motoring Club Bylaws

Club Bylaws Are Currently Being Created by Club Officers



Florida Best Buddies

You have invited our Best Buddies to come to the event around 6 pm to meet some of your members, get pictures taken with some of the cars, and then be present for the awards ceremony.  

I am passing this information on to our Activities Coordinator, Julia Bagdonas, who will be notifying our Buddies/Peer Buddies/Parents about this event.  

Here is Julia's contact information is:         
    Julia Bagdonas
    Phone:    708/466-7547

We are so honored that you have reached out to our Best Buddies club!  We look forward to this event and meeting you and your members.  

Kristy Sullivan - Vice President
Best Buddies in The Villages
309/253-7827


Welcome and thank you for your interest in Best Buddies

The Villages! To join Best Buddies The Villages, please click here to fill out the registration form

• Any family member (including Buddy/Child or volunteer) who will be participating with Best Buddies need a membership and background check done. In summary, anyone who wants to participate and come to events must complete the membership application and the background check.

 At the start of the application, you will be asked if you are registering for yourself or for your child.

• After completing the online application(s), you should receive an email from Sterling Volunteers on the next Thursday with instructions to order a background check. Please complete the background check along with your payment option for the $13 cost (per member). Please complete this process within 48 hours of receiving the email from Sterling Volunteers.

• You will receive an email notification upon completion of the background check (which may take up to two weeks).

• Assuming the background check comes back as ‘Approved’, you are officially a member of Best Buddies The Villages. Welcome!

If you have any questions, please email bestbuddiesthevillages@gmail.com

In Friendship, Buddies & Julia

 

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