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Rivercrest CDD Board of Supervisors Daniel J. Leventry Chairman Elaine Sellent Vice Chairman Lisa Fernandez Supervisor Frank Nocco Supervisor Esther Torres Supervisor CDD Staff Meritus Districts 5680 West Cypress Street Suite 5680A, Tampa, FL 33607 Telephone: 813-397-5121

A Bi-Monthly Publication of the Rivercrest CDD January Issue 2014

Greetings Rivercrest Residents
Frank Nocco, Supervisor Happy New Year Rivercrest and welcome to 2014. On behalf of your CDD Board of Supervisors and staff we wish you and your family the absolute best for the coming year. Our projects continue on plan and there is little to update you on right now, however the board expects to have big news in the not too distant future so instead of a long update of CDD Board activities, may I take the liberty of sharing some of my memories from my childhood growing up on Long Island, New York. I sincerely hope that you pause and take a minute and reflect on your personal experiences. Television was fairly new and the screens were hardly there at all let alone being 60 inch plasma or LED units. If one’s family splurged or were well heeled they owned a fancy console TV, a huge piece of furniture who’s cabinet was made of very fine finished wood. Some even had flip top record players in them and ultra-fancy ones were super hi-tech stereo units. When Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin or Andy Williams records weren’t playing the TV was on. There was Lucy, The Honeymooners, Milton Berle and Jack Benny. Sunday nights were special and the line-up was exceptional starting around 6PM with Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom with Marlon Perkins. At 7 came The Wonderful World of Disney and the finale at 8 was the Ed Sullivan Show. In between all this glorious entertainment came the commercials, Choo-Choo Charlie shaking his Good and Plenty box, a little Hawaiian boy offering to punch you in the face while enjoying his fruit punch and Speedy, plop plopping fizz fizzing Alka Seltzer tablets into a glass of water. But in between these gems came a man named Jim Dooley (if I am remembering it right) basking in the Florida sunshine and extolling the Sunshine State’s lifestyle. Outside blizzards raged and snow piled up in the street. Was there a place that was that warm in winter? On and on he went showing sparkling beaches, orange groves, blue water and the best of all, a group of young ladies water skiing in a V formation holding banners that were flapping wildly in the breeze. At the end of the spot Dooley looked dead into the camera, waved his arm gesturing and said “Come on down.” Wow, was there really such a place as Florida where all these things were happening? We all used to do Jim Dooley impressions for the family gesturing, “Come on down.” As time went by some of my parents friends or relative either visited Florida or moved there upon retirement. This was really early in the development we see now except for the cities’ really old neighborhoods. You can still see vestiges from this era right on 301 between Symmes and Boyette. That old continued on page 3 RIVERCREST GARAGE/YARD SALE PLANS

Rivercrest CDD Website at:

www.rivercrestcdd.org
Rivercrest CDD Community Center Office 11560 Ramble Creek Dr. Riverview, FL 33569 Telephone: 813-672-3804 After Hours Emergency Only: 1-800-644-5674 Rick L. Reidt Operations Manager Rick.Reidt@RivercrestCDD.org Rivercrest CDD Resident Services Hours Monday/Wednesday.Friday 1:00pm - 8:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm

Mark Your Calendar!!
Spring Community Garage/Yard Sale March 22nd, 2014 • 8:30AM TO 5:00PM

Fall Community Garage/Yard Sale September 27th, 2014 • 8:30AM TO 5:00PM Collect those treasures and pass them on to someone who will enjoy them. As usual we will have Goodwill and a Dumpster at the Clubhouse for those unsold or unwanted treasures.

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dumpy run-down trailer park? That place was state-of-the-art back then and possibly the only thing around for miles. 301? It may have been a dirt road. It certainly was a two lane road instead of the six lane road we have today. On the Gibsonton side of 301 right after Symmes there is an abandoned building with an old wooden train on the roof. This is certainly from that era and does anyone know what it used to be? Well time has gone by and Mr. Dooley’s message was heard loud and clear as so many of us “Came on down” and now make Florida our home. I hope my stroll down memory lane shook some memories of yours loose. I would invite you to share them with the community by passing them onto to Rick for possible inclusion in our newsletter. Send them in word format, no pdf please, to rick.reidt@rivercrestcdd.org.

Check Out Our New & Improved Website! Visit Rivercrestcdd.org
You will find the following and more ...
• • • • • CDD Meeting Agendas & Minutes CDD Financials Community Room Rental Form Access Card Agreement Form Current Park & Recreation Events Registrations

RIVERCREST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE FISCAL YEAR 2013/2014 January 20, 2014 February 17, 2014 March 17, 2014 April 21, 2014 May 19, 2014 June 16, 2014 July 21, 2014 August 18, 2014 September 15, 2014
All meetings will convene at 6:30 p.m., Rivercrest Community Center Clubhouse 11560 Ramble Creek Drive, Riverview, Florida, 33569

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Pictures of Community Events Calendar of Events Registration Forms District Rules & Regulations

Stay Connected ... the Rivercrest Community Association website http://www.rivercrestneighborhood.com/rivercrest

Committee Members Needed
Tom Weber, HOA Vice President Want to become involved in your community without committing to hours and hours but having a say? Then you might be just the ticket for becoming an HOA Committee member. These committees are small groups of likeminded people focused on improving their community. These committees must be from the resident population, not Board members. One such committee is the Architectural Review Committee or ARC. This committee reviews requests for exterior residence improvements to ensure current deed restrictions are followed. A couple of hours a month is the approximately time requirement and there is information available that will bring you “up to speed” to do a fantastic job. This committee is currently active but could use a couple more members, as is the House Beautiful Committee. If that would interest you, you can go to the website and volunteer or attend the next HOA Meeting, second Monday of the month at the clubhouse, and sign up there. It is your community and only with your involvement will it be all that it can be. There are suggestions for other committees but interest has not been sufficient to get them established. Some of these are: Welcome committee, Security Committee, Hospitality Committee and the list can go on. If there is a need in the community that could be best served with a committee, then the Board will actively support it. We all benefit when the community thrives and we all have a stake in making that happen. So why not find out how things work and become a part of ensuring they work? Having served on both the Board and committee, I can tell you one can actually have some fun and meet great people by just becoming involved. Even if you are not ready to commit to a committee, your input is always welcome at the meetings. Again, those meetings are the second Monday of the month at 6:30 PM at the clubhouse and snacks are provided. If you have been wondering how or why some thing is the way it is, come on out, we would love to have you. If you are having trouble accessing the website or have questions, there is now an HOA Representative at the clubhouse Mon., Wed. and Fri during the day for your assistance.

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Rivercrest Community Association, Inc.
Board of Directors Joe McGee President Tom Weber Vice President Joe Volkert Villa Representative / Treasurer Cheryl Cusack Secretary Laurel Weaver-Serrano Townhomes Representative Legal Counsel Bush Ross, Mark Basurto
[Anyone can help out an become a committee member]

What’s In a Name?
Frank Nocco, CDD Supervisor What in the world is happening around us? The Enclave at Rivercrest, The Preserves at Rivercrest, the Estuary at… this at Rivercrest, that at Rivercrest. New housing communities seem obsessed with the name, Rivercrest. Which leads us to….us, the residents of Rivercrest. A while back the builder of the Estuary appeared before Rivercrest’ s CDD board asking for an easement of a very small portion of a ditch that belonged to Rivercrest so he could proceed with his building project which then had ….at Rivercrest in the title. The board granted the easement as it had no effect on our community and wished to be a good neighbor but the Supervisors couldn’t help feeling like we were being taken advantage of by using OUR name in HIS project. The board asked our counsel to look into stopping the unauthorized use of the name Rivercrest. Our attorney reported back that, legally, we could not stop him from using the name however if the board wished to spend the money, time and effort to prevent the use of the Rivercrest name he would file suit. He recommended not doing so because not being damaged by the pilfering of our name, there really was no suit, and as the houses weren’t built yet we wouldn’t know if there would be any damages to the district. We could wait and see and then file but by then it probably wouldn’t be worth it, but it was ultimately up to the board. Then there was talk of that builder offering a one year membership in our district to use our amenities as a sales incentive as his project would have no CDD and therefore no pool, clubhouse, playgrounds and on. Once again counsel was asked what could we do to prevent this. Counsel reported back that once again, legally, there was nothing to be done as we could not prevent anyone from paying to use our “stuff”. Since the district could set the price, what we could do was price it to the point that nobody would consider purchasing ongoing memberships and after the one year all would revert back to where we were. Counsel was asked to determine what a “fair” price for membership was and a price was set. Evidently no one thought the price was fair except us because the builder dropped the idea of offering the membership, which is what we intended in the first place. So, what’s to make of the name pilfering? My personal take-away is that we live in a great place. A place so good that the builders want to capitalize on our name. I say go for it and use our name all you want. It just enhances the fact that we live in the original….plain old Rivercrest. As the economy improves and our neighborhoods come back we can feel good that only good things are copied, but the copy is never as good as the original.

Architectural Committee

Tom Webber – Chairman Cheryl Cusack, Committee Member Amy Carrasco , Committee Member Yard Of The Quarter Committee
[Anyone can help out an become a committee member]

Cheryl Cusack, Don Vella, Florence Dixon Cindy Delridge, Mike Maquire 2013 MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGS 6:30pm, Second Monday of Each Month Sandwiches and Soda Available Come join us please, It’s Your Community Contact the Management Company Gary Saliba Licensed Community Association Manager, CMCA Wise Property Management 17824 North U.S. Highway 41 Lutz, FL 33549-4502 813-968-5665, Ext. 308 813-968-5335 (Fax) GaryS@WisePropertyManagement.com www.WiseProperty Management.com Rivercrest HOA On Site Office 11560 Ramble Creek Drive Riverview, FL 33569 Phone 813-671-2200 Fax 813-671-2202 rivercrest@wisepropertymanagement.com Mary Lee Culver - On Site Assistant Office Hours 8AM to 5PM Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Lock Your Assets
Bales Security The thieves are out an about and could care less about your property, your personal item and anything else. Be diligent in checking to make sure your vehicles are locked, your doors and windows are secured in your home. Be observant to your surroundings, and report suspicious activities and individuals that are walking around your neighborhood. Take that extra time to check everything, and most importantly if you see your neighbor’s door open let them know. Just the little bit of effort prevents a burglar from having an opportunity of stealing something. BE OBSERVANT to your surroundings by paying attention to your community. Why let someone take something from anyone after all of the hard work to gain it. If each and every resident were to pay more attention and challenge folks, we would be much safer, and NEVER be afraid to call law enforcement. You could save a life, a theft, and or unwanted crime.

Are You Guilty?

Cheryl Cusack, Secretary, Rivercrest Homeowners’ Association Many of us are guilty of parking on the street overnight, however beginning January 1, 2014 the Rivercrest HOA in cooperation with Wise Property Management, will be enforcing the Rivercrest Covenants. Our Rivercrest Covenants disallow overnight parking on the street. Therefore, any vehicles left overnight will be towed at owners’ expense. We know there are those occasional times when you have overnight guests and parking in your driveway may be impossible. In this case, please see our new HOA Onsite Assistant, Mary Lee, who is located in the Clubhouse Office, to obtain an Overnight Parking Pass. Mary Lee is onsite Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. You may also consult with Mary Lee on anything Homeowner related. Stop by and say Hello! Your Board appreciates your cooperation. We are working for you to keep our neighborhood safe. Street parking obstructs line of site and other vehicles trying to pass. Please be courteous and conscientious of street parking at all times. Your neighbors will appreciate it. n Rivercrest CDD

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Community Phone Numbers

Message from Your HOA President
Joe McGee Your Rivercrest HOA Board is configured of five (5) volunteers that wish to see our community remain beautiful and have a place to enjoy family, friends and guest. Some see the board as a bunch of individuals that wish to harass, punish and fine those that don’t comply with the rules. Well, that’s not always the real story! This current board is friendly, and listens to the issues and facts of many of the issues and concerns that need attention and brought up to the required standards that the covenants require. The improvements that they have made are tremendous and all of them are for you, the resident! They don’t get paid, their time is taken away on many occasions with emails, phone calls, the monthly meeting and other items that are very important to ensuring we bring the home owners into compliance of what is required. They even have full time jobs, and some are retired, but they care, they are your friends. Please don’t blame them when you get a letter, look at the letter, realize what the issue is, and resolve it by making the necessary corrections. If you don’t understand the issue, call the management company or show up at the monthly meeting on the second Monday of each month. We will listen, we will figure out a solution, but if we can’t, the home owner must resolve the violation and fix the matter at hand. The attendance is starting to increase dramatically, so please attend with us. I can tell you that yes, previous boards were ignorant, did not listen, and or were not friendly. That has changed, come see for yourself, each meeting we have snacks, pizza and dessert. Spend that one time a month with us. See the realization of they do care, they love this community, and we exist for the residents, nothing else. Violations and Fines are created by the resident when they do not keep their property in compliance with the rules of the HOA, and or do things to the property without turning in an architectural request to change something, and or add additions. It’s simple, get a copy of the rules and guidelines from the HOA representative at the clubhouse and make sure your in compliance. The other major issue is that property owners in the single family homes, Villa and Townhomes ignore the yearly and monthly dues required to pay. Single family home Owners have a onetime cost of $90.00 for the 2014 season due in by the 31st of January 2014. The Villa and Townhomes have the same annual fee of $90.00, and also the monthly fee because the hired landscaping company to maintain the lawn and maintenance of the two entities that entails a lot of work. In most cases the real problem starts with the dues that are required to pay by the home owner. They don’t pay, then the penalties start increasing, letters sent, and eventually it all gets turned over to the HOA Attorney where they take appropriate action necessary to collect these dues, and fines attached. We ask, get the payments in, avoid the unnecessary action that the board must take, not that we wish to, we have to.

Rivercrest CDD Clubhouse Office: 813-672-3804 Meritus Districts CDD related issues, 813-397-5121 Gary Saliba Licensed Community Association Manager, CMCA Wise Property Management 813-968-5665, Ext. 308 813-968-5335 (Fax) Sessums Elementary 813-672-5230 Rodgers Middle School 813-671-5228 Riverview High School 813-671-5011 Rivercrest LLC – St. Joe Company Warranty Claims Center, 904-301-4200 For Sale or Lease Signs Sign Parrot, 813-612-9200 www.signparrot.com/rivercrest Mailbox Replacement Beautiful Mailboxes, 954-792-6245 Trash Removal Waste Services of Florida , 813-248-2820 Bright House Networks 1-877-588-1010 Verizon 1-800-483-4000 Hillsborough County Sheriff Non-Emergency 813-247-8000 Emergency 911

Is Your Lawn Awesome?
HOA Board “Wow”, just think if everyone had their neighbors yard looking beautiful and the appearance excited everyone to be excellent with the beautification of our community. Can it be accomplished, yes by determination and the will power to just do it? The HOA board has elected to choose quarterly best yards for the Single Family Homes, the Villa’s and Townhomes. Can you win, yes you can! We challenge each and every home owner and renter to “get er” done for 2014 and make Rivercrest an awesome place to live.

Answered only when on duty. Call only after you have called 911. Animal Services 813-744-5660 Water Service 813-744-5600

Security Cell 813-391-4162

Volunteers Needed!

We need your help to continue making the events for the Rivercrest Community a success. Several events are planned this year. New ideas are always accepted and your help is needed.

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Towing

Violators of unauthorized parking and or overnight must be enforced in the community and we have contracted with a towing company to do such starting January 2014 once the newsletter is mailed out to all of the residents both owners and renters notifying of such. Our rules strictly state that overnight parking on the streets is prohibited but yet, folks continue to ignore this rule and it has gotten out of control. The more common violator is the vehicles parked illegally on the side up on the grass and across the sidewalks. The towing company is being directed to vehicles at the owner’s expense only after a warning has been issued to violators. Meaning upon finding/identifying illegally parked

vehicles or overnight violators will have a red sticker placed on the windshield after it has been logged into the data base. If these identified vehicles are found again, it will immediately be towed away without notifying the owner. If your vehicle has an expired tag we will have that towed immediately because it is in violation of state law and we do not want expired tags parked in our community. It’s simple, don’t park illegally and or overnight on the street and properly have your vehicles registered with valid tags and they will not be towed. Our community must be cleaned up, and our community not allows such violations to continue any longer. Folks buy homes to have a beautiful place to live and our rules enforced. All owners should know

the rules, if you don’t, please go to the club house and ask for a copy, and or go on line to www.rivercrestneighborhood.com and print a copy.

Business Logo Vehicles

Also, just a reminder, any company vehicle brought home is not authorized to be parked in your driveway with any type of business logos overnight in the driveway. It must be parked in the garage, or place a cover over it. This is a community and the rules strictly state that this is not authorized. Our board exists to enforce the rules and govern the community and they are backed by the Florida laws to do such.

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A Special Thank You to all of the Wrestlers from Definitive Wrestling International and our own staff member Tony for holding a free event of "Old School Wrestling a Family Friendly Show to collect items for TOYS for Tots. The event was fun and enjoyed by all. Thank you to all who donated toys!

New Shade Covers
If you have not been to the Community Center recently you will want to check out the new shade covers over the playground equipment. We have received many complements on this new addition.

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The residents of the Villas on Captiva Kay Drive had a very successful Picnic BBQ in the park on Sunday, November 10th, attended by many. Thank you for the great success of our 1st BBQ event! Norma, Jeff, Marylee, Don, Florence, Francine and Joe V. were the reason it went off with no problems. Next year we will have to do it again!

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HOA House Beautiful First “Christmas Editon”
... is very pleased to award the Winners for the 4th Quarter of 2013 House Beautiful Christmas Lighting Contest. The participation year after year of home owners taking more of an interest in decorating the exterior of their homes for Christmas has created a new thought for House beautiful Contest. The HOA has created what will be an annual lighting award. This year has been an exciting one going through our neighborhood gazing at the creative manner in which many homeowners have created Christmas themes of lighting and animated displays. I will say again it is always a challenge picking winners. The one point I will add though is the continued interest in making our Community truly a House Beautiful experience. We will now make this Christmas Lighting an annual event, along with our usual 3 quarter House Beautiful awards. I wish all a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thank You , Don Vella Chairperson House Beautiful Committee

11914 Autumn Creek - 1st Place Single Family

11016 Holly Cone - 2nd Place Single Family

11043 Winter Crest - 1st Place Townhomes

11505 Mountain Way - 3rd Place Single Family 11570 Captiva Kay Drive - 1st Place Villas Christmas Prize Categories: Single Family—Three Prize Categories due to number of homes competing. 1st Place Single, $200. 2nd Place Single, $100. 3rd Place Single, $50. 1st Place Villa, $200. 1st Place Townhomes, $200. Congratulations to our 2013 4th Quarter House Beautiful Christmas Winners.

Toddler Tuesday Pre-Thanksgiving Highlights

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Holiday Event
The 2013 Holiday Event was another BIG Holiday Success. Special Thank You to Joe McGee, Frank Nocco, Elaine Sellent, Anthony Shanik, Nadeem Shanik, Judy Wilson, and the wonderful Staff for making it happen. We also would like to Thank the Marine who attended our event and returned to base with a car full of toys for Toys for Tots. Thank you to all of our fine residents who donated toys this year. Many children were happy this holiday season due to your donations.

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Violation Leters

MaryLee Culver, On-Site Assistant, Rivercrest Community Association As you know, Rivercrest is a Deed Restricted community governed by rules, regulations and restrictions set forth when the community was developed. The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure our community maintains a pristine appearance thus keeping up our property values. Wise Property Management was hired by The Rivercrest Community Association, Home Owners Association board of directors last spring to manage our community and enforce these guidelines. Wondering why you may be receiving Violation letters? Finally we have a pro-active property manager! As the new on-site assistant, I have received many emails and phone calls from homeowners and residents related to letters regarding notice of violation, Intent to Fine and Fine Imposed. If you are cited with a violation the process is as follows: 1. First Violation Notice sent allowing 14 days to correct and/or respond. 2. Second Violation Notice sent if violation not corrected or no communication with the property manager to acknowledge the violation. 3. Intent to Fine Letter is sent if the violation is still not corrected, nor acknowledged after the second notice. In this letter the owner/resident is asked to attend a Fining Committee meeting. It’s important to attend – this is your opportunity to speak! 4. Fine Imposed Letter is sent if the violation is still not corrected and no attendance or acknowledgement at Fining Committee meeting. The fine is due 30 days from date of letter. If unpaid within this timeframe, your case would then be turned over to the attorney which would mean more cost to you and possibly a lien on the property. It is extremely important that you respond to these letters if you receive one. If you receive the first notice letter please correct the violation or at the least notify the property manager that you are aware of the violation and your plan of action to correct it. The HOA, Wise Property Management and the Fining Committee want to work with the homeowners. It is understood that there are sometimes extenuating circumstances that may delay correction of a violation. At the same time, owning a home comes with maintenance responsibilities and in fairness to all homeowners, everyone is asked to abide by the same guidelines. If you are a landlord, it is your responsibility to make sure you or your tenant is compliant and to be sure your correct mailing address is on file. To review the guidelines, please visit www.rivercrestneighborhood.com, and click onto documents, then review Initial Use Restrictions and ARC Guidelines. Please call 671-2200 or stop by the office at the Community Clubhouse if you have questions or concerns. Thank you for taking pride in YOUR home and YOUR community!

Rivercrest Community Center Rivercrest Community Center Pool Hours:
7am to 9pm winter 7am to 10pm summer, 2 hours at opening and 1 hour prior to closing reserved as adults only in the pool.

Rivercrest Clubhouse Rental
• You must be a Resident or Member of the Rivercrest CDD to rent the Clubhouse for an event. • The Clubhouse is rented on a first come first serve basis with paid rental and deposit. • Rental is $75 per time slot of $200 for the full day 8am to 10pm with a $200 deposit and rental fee needed to reserve. • 60 Chairs and 10 Tables are available for use. • Kitchenette is available. • Time Slots for Rental: 8am to Noon, 1pm to 5pm and 6pm to 10pm. • Rental of the Clubhouse is only for the Room. • Use of pool and park is not included except by Resident access card rules. Have your next family gathering here. Visit the Community Office for details, availability and the rental form. n Rivercrest Weekly Events
Ongoing Weekly - Monday through Friday After School Program Rivercrest Community Center Tuesdays - 10:00am Toddler Tuesdays - Rivercrest Clubhouse and Community Center Tuesdays - 7:00pm Zumba with Damaris - Rivercrest Clubhouse Last Friday of every month - 3:30pm Play Group Kg-5th Grade Rivercrest Community Center Protential Sports Events Register on line at www.PROtentialsports.com 813-843-9460 Saturdays - 9:00am - 11:00am NFL Flag Football League Panther Trace Multi Purpose Field Saturdays Starting January 18th - 10:00am Junior Magic Basketball League Panther Trace Basketball Courts Saturdays - Starting January 18th Winter Soccer Co-Ed Ages 3-13 Rivercrest Community Center

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Toddler Tuesdays
Rivercrest Residents Every Tuesday - 10:00 am at Rivercrest Club House Moms, dads, grandparents and caregivers come join your neighbors and their little ones for an informal weekly play date.

These informal get-togethers are a great way to introduce your child to group play and for them to enjoy the company of other children.
Parents will also see this as a great way to share ideas and network with other parents, as well as a break from the daily routine. Group play is good for your child's social skills, helps them learn in different ways, and is just plain FUN! For more information contact Marjorie fontalvo@yahoo.com

PLAY GROUP

Ages KG to 5th grade Meet the last Friday of the month at 3:30pm at Rivercrest Playground

Contact: Kristen Burnett 813-833-8442 rivercrestplaygroup@yahoogroups.com Rivercrest Access Card required for participation.
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