Burwood News

by Robin Mace

Burwood Pool Party!

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Join in the Fun. FREE FOOD - Dinner served at 6:30

Free Swimming from 4:00 - 8:00 - Adults - Come Swim With Your Kids!

Music & Dancing (if you wish :-)

Come celebrate another great season at Burwood.

The Recreation Commission had graciously allowed us to stay open an additional 4 hours (12-8 pm) on Wednesday August 13.

The $200 that they are charging us for those extra 4 hours are well worth it!

The Norwood Day Parade

July 22, 2008

WE WON IT!!!!!

Our tribute to the Norwood community took first place at the Norwood Day Parade. Santa Claus came back from his vacation in Hawaii. He brought with him the Hawaiian Princess and her court. They stopped at Burwood Pool and picked up the Burwood Pool children and their parents in his summertime sleigh, driven by seahorses. We all rode down Montgomery Road waving and calling out to the crowd, "Thank you Norwood - Burwood Pool is the best gift ever!"

The "Seahorse power" behind the sleigh was a flatbed truck driven by Randy Huber of Huber Lumber. Bud and Randy Huber were a great help to all of us in the building of our float. Bud had some good advice about the kind of lumber we needed to use. Randy came to the pool early and was a great help in putting the float on the truck. He had as much fun driving the float as we did riding in it.

A very big Thank YOu to Tom Hensley, Rhoda Hensley's son, for assembling the parts of the sleigh together. We could not have done it without you, Tom!

Thanks, also to Shannon Palmer for leaving work early to be our beautiful Hawaiian Princess.

Of course, we could not have built the sleigh without all the help from Sue Madden, Rhoda Hensley, Kayla Bennett,   Robbie Downy, Pat Jones and Rebecca Schaen who helped to organize and work the yard sale at Burwood on July 11. A big THANK YOU to all who came to shop and donate money. The sale generated over $600 to buy materials for the float.

After the yard sale, we had only 10 days to build the float. None of us had ever built a float before! But, with the help of the creative minds of Rebecca Schaen and Pat Jones, (with a lot of input from the Burwood kids) we came up with a winning idea. We worked hard in the heat to get the float done on time. The kids pitched in and helped us paint the float, glue fish and cotton ball bubbles. They helped us glue in the tissue paper to make the "Thank you Norwood" sign, and much more.

I can honestly say that with the building of this float I have done things that I have never done before. I could never have imagined myself cutting out a sleigh with my husband's jigsaw, but I did it.

All of us learned something new. It was a great adventure with a very happy ending. But most importantly, our Burwood Kids felt a sense of pride riding on that float and thanking Norwood residents for their support.

Happy 4th of July!....................

All of the Burwood Pool families would like to wish all of the families in Norwood a safe and happy Independence day celebration.

Attendance Update....................

Even with all of the rainy and cooler days that we have had lately, our attendance is still holding at an average of 57 swimmers a day.

Watermelon Fest Friday was great fun for everyone who participated. Rebecca had watermelon games, contests, crafts and treats to entertain all the children.

Help us to build our float for the Norwood Day Parade.

It will cost us approximately $400 to create the float. We gathered ideas from parents and kids alike. We have decided that our float will be "Santa's Summertime Sleigh," complete with a Hawaiian Princess and her court. Of course, Santa will be driving his sleigh in his Hawaiian Vacation attire. The purpose of the Burwood Parents Committee float this year is to sincerely thank Norwood residents for your support in keeping Burwood pool open for our children. So the title of the entry is "Thank You Norwood - Burwood Pool is the Best Gift Ever."

To help us pay for the float we are having a yard sale at Burwood Park on Friday, July 11 from 10:00 am until 6:00 pm. Everything is priced to sell. Donations are very much appreciated!

We will have lots of kids clothes, movies and books, dolls and doll clothes, toys, kitchen stuff, and much more. The Burwood kids are so excited to work on and ride in the float this year. We would like to thank Bud Huber of Huber Lumber for donating the use of the flatbed truck for the float. We would also like to thank his son Randy for volunteering to drive the truck in the parade.

We would like to thank Mayor Tom Williams for the new Picnic Table. The kids now have someplace to eat on instead of the grass. Thank you also to Councilman Steve Thornbury for donating money for the remaining Burwood T-Shirts so that kids could wear them in the parade. Another thank you to Jenny Wallace for seeing to it that we got a picnic permit to have our yard sale on July 11.

Norwood Graffiti Problems..............

We would like to thank Bill Graff and the COPP for their efforts in removing graffiti from Burwood Pool and other places in Norwood. If you notice graffiti in your neighborhood, please call the Norwood Police Department at 458-4520. For more information see   http://www.citizensforabetternorwood.blogspot.com/  (Citizens for a Better Norwood Blog).
 

Attendance News....................

Out of the 12 days that Burwood has been open (including Sat & Sun last week) our attendance has been outstanding. We had 3 "bad weather" days of thunderstorms, etc. Even with that we averaged a total attendance of 571 swimmers. That's an average of over 63 swimmers per day that the pool was open!

We have received our goal from Mayor Williams. He told us last week that if we can maintain an average of 60 swimmers per day then the city will "spend the money" to upgrade and improve Burwood Pool next year.

So please show your support and come swim at our very cool pool.

Fun Fridays.....................

Our "Potluck Picnic" was a rousing success. The hotdogs, macaroni and potato salad were flying onto plates. We served over 100 people on that very hot day. We want to thank Mike for being the fastest hot dog griller on the planet and to Sue for the macaroni salad and Joy for all the juice she brought for the kids. Also, thanks to Pat for the mac & cheese (it was the first thing to be devoured) and to Rhoda for the veggies and dip. To everyone who helped out and brought food, it was much appreciated. We had a great time picnicing, meeting new friends and planning for future events.

"Marvelous Me Week" was a great success thanks to Rebecca Schaen. The crafts and projects that she designed got rave reviews from all the children. The children made picture frames and stands on Monday, collages with mirrors in them on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were devoted to making marionettes. On Friday the children got to make Bobbleheads and puzzles of themselves, as well as decorating sugar cookies to look like them. It was a lot of fun for everyone., Thank you, Rebecca for all of your hard work!

Please don't forget to go to the Burwood Pool Blog (link on front page) to express your opinions, etc. about the pool and everything that is happening!