New event will showcase LW amenities, clubs

DISCOVER LW TOUR

by Kathy Thayer

Recreation Manager

The inaugural Great LW Discovery Tour, a daylong event showcasing LW amenities, clubs, supporters and new Minibuses, will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, April 6. This is the biggest event that the GRF has hosted in more than a decade.

It will be fun central with live music, food trucks, raffles, games, giveaways, grand prizes, club open houses, amenity tours, public service booths, a small business expo and a super sponsor center so residents learn more about trusted real estate, health and other service providers.

The event will give everyone— especially those who don’t typically take advantage of all LW’s amenities— an opportunity to experience a wide variety of activities.

Every participant will receive a LW Discovery Tour passport, which will be marked at every destination visited, qualifying travelers for a host of prizes, including several grand prizes that will be raffled off at the closing ceremony at Veterans Plaza.

All clubhouses will be brimming with action. Clubhouse 3 and 4 At Clubhouse 3, the club expo will showcase the Genealogy Library and the Needle Arts Studio, where members will lead tours.

More than 20 clubs will participate in open houses and demonstrations to give peope an idea of the range of interests available in LW.

The adjacent Clubhouse 4 will feature the Great LW Super Sponsor Expo featuring diamond, platinum, gold and silver supporters.

Super sponsors will have tables, raffle prizes and more.

LW craft clubs, including the Lapidary and Ceramic rooms, will be open for touring, member demonstrations and giveaways.

There will be live music at Clubhouse 4 from the stage, as well as food trucks at Memorial Circle.

Clubhouse 2

Clubhouse 2 will feature the Nonprofit Spotlight and Small Business Expo with more chances to win prizes.

There will be live music and club demonstrations of pickleball, bocce and pool hosted by those clubs.

Clubhouse 1

At Clubhouse 1, travelers can take a turn at the mic with Community Karaoke, check out the new state-of-the-art woodshop with demonstrations by skilled supervisors and enjoy a canine contest at the picnic grounds.

Clubhouse 6, Turtle Lake Golf Course, LW Aquatic Center This amenity hub includes Clubhouse 6 and the nearby pool and golf course. Here travelers can tour the fitness center in Clubhouse 6 and get a free table tennis lesson downstairs, then cross the street for tours of the Aquatic Center and 9-hole golf course. The Great Leisure World Discovery Tour starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 6.

Residents can get passports and begin their tours at any of the four clubhouse stops.

Buses will run at 15-minute intervals from each of the stops, transporting travelers to the various venues, where they will get passports stamped ahead of the closing ceremony and grand prize raffle at Veterans Plaza between Clubhouses 3 and 4.

The closing ceremony starts at 2 p.m.

People who visit all venues on the passport will be eligible for the grand finale prize drawings.

Those who only make it to some stops will still be eligible for a host of raffle prizes.

Minibuses will transport people to their vehicles at the end of the event.

Tour guides, courtesy of the Theater Club, will be on every bus to give travelers a complete rundown of each venue as they ride there in comfort.

Also, each venue will have an ambassador to stamp passports and answer questions.

The event is still in the planning stages, so watch for more information in the LW Weekly.

Clubs who have not yet applied to participate should contact Recreation soon at kathyt@ lwsb. com as space is filling up fast.