Calling all Dad’s.  If you are involved with The Dads’ Club or Follies, here is your first opportunity of the year to help out for a school event.  This Friday and Saturday we need you guys to help out for Fall Festival.  If you have a minute or an hour we need you.  Friday is set up starting at 3pm going all afternoon/early evening.  Saturday we need to set up starting at 9:30.  We also need guys in 60 or 90 minute blocks to help out with our booth which will be the chili cook off – you may even get some free grub out of it.  We need to fill slots from 12 noon on.  Also, we are always short handed at clean up time, 4:30-6:00, and the more bodies we have, the faster it goes.  Thanks, in advance, for stepping up.

Please reply to this email, or email jason_nyhan@yahoo.com, to let us know if you can pitch in.  Thanks, and looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend.

This incredible Photo Courtesy of Kiuko  | Kiuko’s Flickr Site

Hey Everyone! Does anyone know how many years the Dads Club has been having a Pancake Breakfast? Neither do we! Needless to say we are stoked to announce the date of the 2013 Pancake Breakfast.  So take out your planners, grab a pen and get ready to mark up your family calendar and save to the date. Mark it now and come hungry!

VW Dads Club

Pancake Breakfast

January 26th, 2013!

The Verdugo Woodlands Dads Club is proud to announce another year of sponsoring the VW Robotics Club! This is the third year that the Dads Club has sponsored the Robotics Club and the second year that our VW Robotics Club has participated in the First Lego League. What’s special  is that after last years success we are sponsoring two teams in this years competition. We are excited to provide the resources to have kids in grades 5 through 8 learning skills like Mechanical Engineering, Programing, Teamwork, Research, and the special needs of Senior Citizens. Check out their website at www.vwrobotics.com

HelloVW!
Are you ready for the first event of the year at theDads’ Club?
Ready to meet some of the new mates that signed on at Howdy Coffee?
Please come join in the fun!

It’s.
Thursday, September 27
8 pm – 10 pm
Drinks and snacks provided
VW Dads’ Club
(No kids, rugrats, offspring, dependents…)

Come by for a couple hours or a couple minutes.
We look forward to seeing you on the 27th.

Very Best Regards,
the Dads’ Club Board of Directors

Jason Nyhan, President
Chris Allaire
Josh Berg
Mark Bohman
Jon Burleson
David Chase
Glen Marhevka
Greg Moran
Tom Roberts
Mike Ruiz
Robert Velis

Everyone is invited to the Dads Club Open House and BBQ! All VW families are encouraged to come! We are planning on having Games, Food and Fun! Print out the Flyer and Pass it on to your friends!

Its time once again for the Verdugo Woodlands Famous Pancake Breakfast! For only $5 you can eat all the pancakes you want, catch up with old friends, neighbors as well as the whole community! Remember that this is the most important event of the year for the Dads Club! We know everyone is really busy but won’t you please come out and support the Dads Club? We’ll be waiting for you!

The Pancake Breakfast is open on  Saturday January, 28th at 7:30 and goes to Noon! We’ll see you there!

VW Dads Club wishes to congratulate the VW Robotics Club for their recent success at the 2011 LA Region Eagle Rock Plaza. The Verdugo Woodlands Robotics Club took third place in the tournament and won the trophy for the First Lego League Core Values. Here is how the First Lego League describes their Core Values.

Core Values

The FLL Core Values are the cornerstones of the FLL program. They are among the fundamental elements that distinguish FLL from other programs of its kind. By embracing the Core Values, participants learn that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals, and that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork.

•     We are a team.
•     We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.
•     We know our coaches and mentors don’t have all the answers; we learn together.
•     We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
•     What we discover is more important than what we win.
•     We share our experiences with others.
•     We display Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition™ in everything we do.
•     We have FUN!

The VW Robotics Club is a unique partnership between Verdugo Woodlands Elementary school and Verdugo Woodlands Dads Club. The Dads Club has provided resources and most importantly encouragement and support. The Dads Club couldn’t be prouder of our Robotics Club!

Hi are you thinking about renting the Verdugo Woodlands Dads Club for a special occasion? Perhaps a graduation party , anniversary party, corporate event, trade show or something else? Great idea! Lots of people are curious as to the size and dimensions of the Dads Club so we’ve provided this floor plan for your convenience. Please remember that all of the measurements are approximate and that you should always measure for yourself to be sure.

Hey all you Kindergarten families! Please save the date for

Kinder Movie Night!

Those totally amazing folks at Pump and Splash and the Verdugo Woodlands Dads Club are sponsoring a Wet n’ Wild Kinder Movie Night!

Kinder Movie Night!

Here are some of the facts:

• Pump and Splash will provide kid powered, interactive water pumps for children to play with!
• Bring a towl and or a change of clothes
• Bring a blanket, pillow, bean bag to sit on.
• Bring lots of smiles
• Movie will be “Finding Nemo”
• Popcorn and drinking water will be provided
• This is a FREE event for Kindergarteners and their families!

The Reality

So the reality of the Dads Club being used is that our space and time is limited. The guys who are organizing the calendar are running into difficulties with booking everyone’s reservations. As much as we really don’t want to the reality is that s ome folks are going to have to compromise, some folks will have to modify their plans, and some folks will have to cancel plans. All of this is tough to swallow but (again) the reality of the situation is that the Dads Club has gone from being a under utilized facility to a hyper utilized facility.

Here are some of the groups/programs that use the Dads Club

• VW Orchestra
• Taiko Drum Lessons
• Boy Scout Troop 118
• VW Robotics
• Dads Club Art Classes
• Kids Homework Workshop
• K-2 Music
• Fall Festival
• Survivor Challenge
• Founders Day
• Pancake Breakfast
• Fathers’ Follies
• Many more

Our Suggestion

Plan early and make reservations early. We hope that everyone understands that while the Dads Club works very closely with Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School, VW PTA, W.A.V.E we are not privy to the conversations and plans until sometimes much later in the year. The Dads Club does our best to prioritize the Dads Club Programs and Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School programs above other outside rentals but we can only do that when we have good solid information in the form of reservations.  Please check with the Dads Club before you make any plans on using the Dads Club. Please understand that 99% of all activities are either Dads Club or VW Eleementary programs.

The Moral

The moral of the story is to reserve the Dads Club early or don’t be surprised that it’s not available. Until you get a confirmation email from the Dads Club nothing is certain.

Sincerely

The Dads Club is very happy that the facility is in better shape then it’s been in for years and that it is in such high demand. We wish that there was a way to always make everyone happy but sometimes that’s just not possible. So we sincerely ask everyone to hang in there with us., make reservations at least 6 months out (if not more) and to be patient. Thanks for everyone’s support and consideration!