Social Activities
Shadow Wood Preserve is more than a place to live—it’s a place to connect. Discover the events, activities, and gatherings that bring neighbors together and make our community feel like home. The Shadow Wood Preserve Activities Committee plans and hosts social activities at the Pavilion throughout the year and especially during the Season. Residents and their guests are welcome to attend Activities Committee sponsored events.
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Preserve Presentations
Residents and local experts share their knowledge with SWP residents in specially scheduled sessions during the Season. Topics have included health, travel, safety, food-tasting, careers, excursions, and more. Sometimes residents are the presenters!
Residents and local experts share their knowledge with SWP residents in specially scheduled sessions during the Season. Topics have included health, travel, safety, food-tasting, careers, excursions, and more. Sometimes residents are the presenters!
These events are announced in emails and posted on the Community Calendar on the website.
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Happy Hour
Come join your friends and make new ones at Pavilion Happy Hours. Participants bring an appetizer or dessert to share, plus their own beverage. Happy Hours are on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30 to 7:00 PM during the Season.
Come join your friends and make new ones at Pavilion Happy Hours. Participants bring an appetizer or dessert to share, plus their own beverage. Happy Hours are on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30 to 7:00 PM during the Season.
Game Night
Enjoy a night of friendly competition! Residents and their guests play a variety of games, such as Mexican Train and Hand & Foot. Suggestions for other games are always welcome. The group meets at the Pavilion from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month during the Season. BYOB. Walk-ins are welcome.
Enjoy a night of friendly competition! Residents and their guests play a variety of games, such as Mexican Train and Hand & Foot. Suggestions for other games are always welcome. The group meets at the Pavilion from 6:30 to 8:30 PM on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month during the Season. BYOB. Walk-ins are welcome.
Sip N Paint
Spend an evening with your neighbors, creating your own special variation of this month’s painting project as you sip your favorite beverage. A nominal fee pays for supplies. These events are year-round on the third Wednesday of the month.
Spend an evening with your neighbors, creating your own special variation of this month’s painting project as you sip your favorite beverage. A nominal fee pays for supplies. These events are year-round on the third Wednesday of the month.
Coffee Café
Stop by the Pavilion for coffee, tea, and baked goods and chat awhile with your neighbors. This is the perfect place to be if you are new to our community. The café is open every Wednesday and Thursday morning from 9 to 11 AM during the Season. Drop in anytime.
Stop by the Pavilion for coffee, tea, and baked goods and chat awhile with your neighbors. This is the perfect place to be if you are new to our community. The café is open every Wednesday and Thursday morning from 9 to 11 AM during the Season. Drop in anytime.
Special Craft Events
Join your neighbors as you make your own unique creations in specially scheduled sessions during the Season. Projects have included flower arranging, jewelry making, card making, felting, and tile painting. A nominal fee pays for supplies.
Join your neighbors as you make your own unique creations in specially scheduled sessions during the Season. Projects have included flower arranging, jewelry making, card making, felting, and tile painting. A nominal fee pays for supplies.
Mah Jongg
American Mah Jongg is a variant of the popular Chinese game; it utilizes racks to hold each player's tiles. A Mah Jongg group plays Thursday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:30 PM in the Pavilion throughout the year. Tile sets are available; bring your own Mah Jongg card. All SWP residents are welcome. If you don’t know how to play, we’ll teach you (no card needed). Bring your own beverage.
American Mah Jongg is a variant of the popular Chinese game; it utilizes racks to hold each player's tiles. A Mah Jongg group plays Thursday afternoons from 1:00 to 3:30 PM in the Pavilion throughout the year. Tile sets are available; bring your own Mah Jongg card. All SWP residents are welcome. If you don’t know how to play, we’ll teach you (no card needed). Bring your own beverage.
Canasta
Canasta is a card game of the rummy family in which players try to score points by forming melds of cards and by going out by playing all their cards. A group of neighbors plays Canasta in the Pavilion every Tuesday from 1:00 to 4:00 PM throughout the year. If you would like to learn to play, please join us.
Canasta is a card game of the rummy family in which players try to score points by forming melds of cards and by going out by playing all their cards. A group of neighbors plays Canasta in the Pavilion every Tuesday from 1:00 to 4:00 PM throughout the year. If you would like to learn to play, please join us.
Book Club
Have a favorite book you'd like to discuss with your neighbors? The Book Club meets at the Pavilion from 3:00 to 4:30 PM on the first Wednesday of the month during the Season. You need not finish or even read the book to participate.
Have a favorite book you'd like to discuss with your neighbors? The Book Club meets at the Pavilion from 3:00 to 4:30 PM on the first Wednesday of the month during the Season. You need not finish or even read the book to participate.
One-Time Special Events
Throughout the Season, watch for special events for the entire community. They include:
Throughout the Season, watch for special events for the entire community. They include:
- Welcome Back Party: We start off the Season by welcoming back our snowbirds at the Pavilion with food from a special source.
- Holiday Event: What better way to start the holiday season than to have a party, perhaps a cookie exchange, caroling, or a themed afternoon.
- Swap Meet: Bring your unwanted household and other items the Pavilion. Return the next day and pick up anything you’d like. It’s all free!
- Arts and Crafts Show: Residents who enjoy painting, knitting, quilting, card making, glass, or other creative forms are encouraged to show their work at the Pavilion.