This past Saturday, the Hill Association sponsored its Inaugural Rock Design Contest. The setting was perfect:  the sun was out, the tide was low and parents were looking for something to keep their kids busy. The rock design pop-up event emerged quietly at first and then grew as kids and adults began to get creative.  

Ultimately, three winning entries were happily awarded Brickley’s gift certificates.  Winners were determined by lottery as each masterpiece was amazing in its own right.  

Congratulations to Pierce and Cora for their “I ♥️ Green Hill” design, Julian and his grandma for their “Seaside Village” and Ethan and Connor for ”Seaweed the Turtle”.  

We think all would agree that the event was successful and we suspect it might be in the lineup for 2024!  Many thanks to Dawn McCabe and Maureen Morse for coordinating and hosting. Also thanks to Marcia Ryter for ensuring the ice cream truck was available for participants and observers alike. 

Check out more pictures from the Rock Design Pop-up Event.

Congratulations to Pete and Suzanne Werth our team champions at this year’s GHCA Horseshoe tournament held on August 12th.  The team of Don Geisler and Maureen Morse were awarded second place in a hotly contested finals match that included both ringers and leaners! 

Thank you to all who played, watched, and helped to make our first GHCA Horseshoe Tournament a success.  We look forward to next year’s tournament! -Harry Morse.

Check out more pictures from the Horseshoe Tournament.

Come one, come all to the inaugural Rock Design Contest at Green Hill! Just like we create lemonade from lemons, we can also create rock designs from our rocks!

This event is open to all: Individuals, families, and kids! You’ll receive a 4’ by 4’ square of sand to create your masterpiece. Bring only your imagination as rocks and other natural elements already on beach will be your raw materials! Have fun and get creative!

See you at the beach at 4pm on Sat the 19th! No rain date.

Contact Maureen Morse at morsemoe@comcast.net or Dawn McCabe at dmm77@rocketmail.com if you have any questions.

Did they really play in the monsoon-like conditions? Yes they did and it was a BLAST!  Just look at all the smiling faces on the picture board.

Congratulations to Mary Beth and Tim Spillane as champions at this year’s GHCA Bocce tournament.  A very respectful second place was awarded to Lisa and Jim Murphy, perennial winners on the GHCA Bocce tour.

We had a full field of 16 teams brave the conditions and carry on to the end.  As usual, the matches were tight and exciting with every throw of the ball followed by Ooo’s and Ahhh’s from the crowd.  The spectator gallery was either amazed by the finesse of the players or they were reacting to the deluge of water during the final match of the day.  I think it was the former.

As the Bocce court started to fill with water, our first-ever FOOD TRUCK arrived.  The match continued until the winners were crowned.  We had a quick ceremony on awarding prizes (I mean really quick) as stomachs were growling at the nice smells coming from Rah, Rah’s food truck and everyone bolted for the award-winning food.

Thank you to all that played, watched, helped, and braved the elements on yet another successful Bocce Tournament at GHCA.  We look forward to the rest of the summer events and next year’s tournament!!

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Jerry and Laura and the entire Social Committee.

Despite having to move Chalk Day from July 2nd to July 5th due to rain, we still had over 40 children show off their creativity on Land and Sea Drive.

It was a great group of artists and their family members who spent the morning drawing and chatting with neighbors. The children did some very inspired drawings of their favorite places in America. There were skylines of New York City, surfers on boogie boards, and a giant ice cream cone to name a few.

Brickley’s Ice Cream generously donated gift certificates to 3 lucky winners of the raffle drawing at the end of the event. The addition of the ice cream truck was a big hit for the kids as well as the parents!

A special thank you to Dawn McCabe, Marcia Ryter, Mary Ann and AJ Emanuel, Tim O’Connor, Linda Shaknaitis, and all the parents who came for helping with the organization and safety for this event.

Check out more pictures from Chalk Day 2023.

The Green Hill 4th of July Parade 2023 was very special this year.
It was the 35th year of Green Hill celebrating our nation’s birth with the best costumes, best decorations, best music, best ice cream truck, and best participation ever.
It was also a tribute to the parade’s founding father, Colonel Ronald DuBois.

The DuBois and Peterson families started the parade 35 years ago with a few families in the neighborhood and watched it grow to the wonderful show of patriotism it is today.
There are many people involved in making this fun event work every year, come rain or shine. Diane and Tim Tolokan have been The Colonel’s right hands throughout the years, while the entire DuBois family has coordinated the music, prizes, and gifts. With many friends and neighbors contributing their time and talents as well.

This year Dan DuBois started the ceremony off and paid tribute to his father, then Tim O’Connor joined in to take Tim Tolokan’s place alongside Dan. The Colonel left big shoes to fill but Dan and Tim managed it with grace and humor.

The parade is such a wonderful tradition in Green Hill that the social committee made sure that it would continue with the same enthusiasm that The Colonel and Dee Dubois have brought to it for 35 years!

Check out more pictures from the 2023 Fourth of July Parade.