Annual DH 4th of July Picnic
CALLING ALL DH MEMBERS!!
THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PICNIC AND COOKOUT IS COMING!!
THURSDAY JULY 4:
NOON – 3PM
Kids Night Sign Up & Tiny Tot Picnic!
KIDS NIGHT!! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 AT 7 PM
All kids who have passed the swim test, ages 6-12 are welcome to attend Kids Night.
And don’t forget the Tiny Tot Picnic on June 20 at 11:30am
To be able to attend Kids Night, each of our young apprentices must have passed the DH swim test*. If your child has not yet passed the swim test, see one of our pool managers to arrange a time to take the test.
Online signup will be open until 12pm the day of the event
If you prepay for your child to come to kids night there will be an admittance wristband available for you or them to pick up from the front desk between 12:30pm and 7:00pm the day of the event. You may also purchase an admittance wristband at the Quack Shack any time between now and the event.
Our Tiny Tot Picnic on Thursday, June 20 is for families with small children. We’ll be under the awning by the pool at 11:30am, with activites by the baby pool. No Sign UP required!
We hope you’re looking forward to a great time!
See you at the pool!!
* All swimmers and divers must pass the swim test or demonstrate adequate swimming skills to be in the deep-end side of the main pool, including the diving well and “triangle” area.
The swim test is administered by the manager on duty. The swimmer must, without stopping to rest, swim freestyle one length of the dive well (from the west wall to the triangle), stop and tread water for one minute, and swim freestyle one length of the dive well back to the west wall. Please see the manager on duty for more information.
-DH Manager John
OPENING DAY IS HERE!!
THE SEASON IS UPON US!!!
DH OPENING DAY 2024 – SATURDAY, MAY 11 AT 10am!!
The Pool will be open from 10am – 9pm
Spring Hours
Sunday:
Adult Brunch: 9am – 11am
General Swim: 11am – 7pm
Monday – Thursday:
Early Bird Laps: 6am – 8am
General Swim: 3pm – 7pm
Tuesday & Thursday
Evening Lap Swim: 9pm – 10pm (5/14 & 5/16)
9pm-110pm after May 16
Friday:
Early Bird Laps: 6am – 8am
General Swim: 3pm – 9pm
Saturday:
General Swim: 10am – 9pm
April 27 Cleanup cancelled
Due to some scheduling conflicts, we are postponing the cleanup activities planned for tomorrow, April 27. If you had planned to come and help out, thank you!
We’ll let everyone know when we get another day on the calendar.
Enjoy the amazing weekend!
Cheers
– the DH Board
The 2024 DH Kentucky Derby Party! 🏇🐎🏇🐎
Hello Fellow Members!!
Please join us on May 4 from 5-8pm for our Kentucky Derby Watch Party & Potluck on the Dominion Hills lawn! We’ll watch the Derby on the big screen, play corn hole and other lawn games, and hold some fun contests for children and adults.
Please bring a main course and either an appetizer, side dish or dessert to share. Derby-inspired menu items are encouraged! Beverages are BYOB.
So find a Derby Hat (the fancier the better) and come have some fun! Contests and additional activities will be forthcoming!
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D49A5A72EA64-49140468-kentucky
2024 Springtime Volunteer Opportunities
Hello fellow members!!
It’s hard to believe that the 2024 swim season is almost here! We can’t wait to see you at the pool!
As we’ve mentioned, we have several exciting opportunities for members to volunteer their time to help make DH a better place. It’s a great way to contribute to our community, meet new people, and share your talents. We’ll have more volunteer announcements as the season gets underway but we wanted to share several opportunities that are ramping up now:
Long-Term Planning:
As mentioned at our recent special membership meeting, we’re looking for several members to serve on the new strategic planning committee to help develop options for a “master plan” that will be presented to membership for their consideration. This is a great opportunity to help plan for DH’s future and improvements to our facilities, and to set the direction for our aging clubhouse and pool.
If you’re interested, please send a brief overview to info@dominionhills.org regarding any relevant experience you have, why you want to join the committee, and what perspectives you’d hope to bring to this process. Ideally, we’d like members to participate on the committee for two years and attend semi-monthly meetings, with an estimated time commitment of 3-5 hours per month. Even if you aren’t available to join the committee, we’ll have plenty of opportunities for members to share their skills and views as the planning process develops, so stay tuned!
Membership Activities:
Hello! The DH Social Committee is looking for a crew to help plan and make the magic for DH’s 2024 membership activities! Do you want to make the pool’s traditional events – such as the Kentucky Derby Watch Party, Family and Adult Movie nights, Sunday Brunch, Luau, Wine Down on the Hill, Oktoberfest, and the Halloween Potluck – more fun? Would you like to meet other members at our pool? Then join DH’s Membership Activities Committee. We’re also looking for some new events to expand our social calendar. So, bring your ideas and then volunteer your time to make our 2024 pool season more exciting for our members! We can’t do it without you! SIGNUP HERE!
Spring Cleanup and Grounds Maintenance:
While we have our landscaping company doing a lot of the heavy lifting, which is a huge help, this year we are bringing back the spring clean up, but with an eye towards some grounds and other improvements. Plans include painting parking lot stripes, some painting on and around the guard area by the pool, and some trimming of the crepe myrtles. If you have any perennials, bulbs or small trees to donate, we’d love to have them.
Our Spring clean-up and grounds improvement day will be on Saturday, April 27, at 9am. Coffee and pastries will be provided, bring your gloves and any gardening tools you like and we’ll have some fun! RSVP HERE!
Community Garden:
An idea was posted last year in the DH Idea Portal to expand the small garden area by the shed for members to use as a community garden. If you’re interested in driving and leading this, or just working together to grow something delicious to share, sign up HERE! We’ll set a meet-up to discuss ideas with other interested folks to get things moving.
Teen Volunteer Service Hours/Eagle Scout Project:
The pool will maintain a list of needed projects that could be a great way for a teen to gain volunteer hours. In addition, if members with Scouts working towards their Eagle rank would like to have DHARA be the focus of their Eagle Scout Project, we’ll help identify projects that would be a good fit.
Results Of The DH Long Term Planning Vote
Dear fellow members,
We want to extend our thanks for your active participation and all the thoughtful discussion, questions, and feedback regarding the assessment and the next phase of our Long-Term Planning. Your engagement is invaluable. Voting on the assessment closed last night, and the assessment was approved. Thanks again, very much, to everyone who voted.
As discussed, to reduce the burden for members, we are splitting the $500 assessment into two payments. The first installment of $250 is due by March 15th, with the second $250 payment to be paid near the end of the season, by September 30th. You’re able to make your first assessment payment now as our website is ready.
Please note that if you are renting your membership to another party this season, you are responsible for paying the assessment rather than the renters.
We’re also excited to announce that we’ll shortly be forming a Strategic Planning Committee, and we encourage interested members to volunteer. Further information on how to get involved will be communicated in the near future.
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Board at info@dominionhills.org. Your input and engagement are crucial to the success of our pool community, and we appreciate your continued commitment. To provide as much transparency as possible we have compiled detailed information and FAQs on our Long-Term Planning page: https://dominionhills.org/about/board/long-term-planning/. We’ll continue to update this page as questions come in and we make progress on our planning.
Thank you once again for taking the time to vote on this important matter. We are eager to embark on this journey and look forward to a great future for DHARA.
All the best,
– Your DH Board
Reminder: Long Term Planning Vote Closes 2/27 @9PM
Hello fellow members,
The vote on the Long-Term Planning assessment proposal is fast approaching, with the deadline set for Tuesday, the 27th, at 9 PM.
We urge you to take a moment to express your opinion by casting your vote through the following link:
https://dominionhills.org/about/board/long-term-planning/dh-ltp-assessment-voting/
To provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the proposal and address any questions you may have, we have compiled detailed information and FAQs on our Long-Term Planning page: https://dominionhills.org/about/board/long-term-planning/
Thank you for your continued participation and feedback in this process. We appreciate your support and involvement in our pool community.
Please feel free to contact the board with any questions at info@dominionhills.org.
All the best,
– Your DH Board
Follow Up – Long Term Planning Meeting 2/20
Hello fellow members,
Thanks to all who attended the 2/20/24 special meeting regarding long-term planning and the proposed assessment to fund it. Please find a few highlights from the meeting below, along with the links to the presentation, meeting recording and, to the voting page. We also had a member move to extend voting for 1 week, until 9pm on February 27, which was passed by a majority vote of members on the call.
The 2/20 meeting covered topics including the state of the existing pool, environmental concerns, the scope of this next phase of work that we’re asking to fund, the financial needs for planning, construction and future operations, what our goals are and more.
The call recording covers these and others in more depth. If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out the board at info@dominionhills.org, and we’ll reply as quickly as we can.
Meeting Presentation:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TY4PrFDrNtQn6dBNHDzJRekYD1o8GPEX82oL2TTlzIg/edit?usp=sharing
Meeting Recording:
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/mnN1-xSDKkgio2thiut12hSjkldv4gDBCk7haFLFPqXn0yp2cMtc9xEPMVpMYmGc.fuGWrH4QftVc07ri
Passcode: %N5wr1T#
Voting page:
https://dominionhills.org/about/board/long-term-planning/dh-ltp-assessment-voting/
