Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Code Adam @ Grande Villas

Code Adam is a "missing child" safety program in the United States and Canada, originally created by Wal-Mart retail stores in 1994. It is named in memory of Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of John Walsh (the host of Fox's America's Most Wanted.). Adam was abducted from a Sears department store in Florida in 1981 and was later found murdered. Today, many department stores, retail shops, shopping malls, supermarkets, amusement parks, and museums participate in the Code Adam program. Legislation enacted by Congress in 2003 now mandates that all federal office buildings employ the program.

Companies that do implement the program generally place a Code Adam decal at the front of the business. Employees at these businesses are trained to do the following six steps according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children:

  • If a visitor reports a child is missing, a detailed description of the child and what he or she is wearing is obtained. Additionally, all exterior access to the building is locked and monitored; anyone approaching a door is turned away.

  • The employee goes to the nearest in-house telephone and pages Code Adam, describing the child’s physical features and clothing. As designated employees monitor front entrances, other employees begin looking for the child.

  • If the child is not found within 10 minutes, law enforcement is called.

  • If the child is found and appears to have been lost and unharmed, the child is reunited with the searching family member.

  • If the child is found accompanied by someone other than a parent or legal guardian, reasonable efforts to delay their departure will be used without putting the child, staff, or visitors at risk. Law enforcement will be notified and given details about the person accompanying the child.

The Code Adam page will be canceled after the child is found or law enforcement arrives.

We had a Code Adam here at Grande Villas on Saturday, September 25th. The guest was leaving, so there door was left ajar on the 1st floor. Their one year old got out crawled down the hall and up three flights of stairs. The parents were frantic and came to the front desk where Denise Abreu, a Front Desk Supervisor, made the call over the radio. Within seconds the entire building was surrounded by grounds, engineers, and public area employees, and within five minutes Taiwan Bryant, Public Area Supervisor, found the little boy. We are all very proud of the quick response, and of course that everything worked out well.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Association Owned Weeks for Sale

The Board of Directors recently held a special meeting in which they decided to sell the current Association owned inventory at highly discounted prices. This offer is being made to reduce the cost burden on the Association (all owners) and increase maintenance fee revenues; therefore, it is currently only extended to our owners in good standing, your friends and/or family. If you refer anyone to purchase, they must provide your name when calling.

The current weeks available are listed below, and subject to floating use (“first come, first served”) during the “High” or “Prime” seasons. In accordance with your governing documents, “Prime” weeks are defined as and include the use of weeks 5-36, 40-47 and 51-52; whereas “High” weeks are defined as and include the use of weeks 1-47, 37-39 and 48-50. In addition, the current weeks available have usage rights in either “annual” (every year) or “biennial” (every other year in either odd of even years), and pricing was determined accordingly. Please consider these factors when determining which will best accommodate your vacation needs. Occupancy of these unit/weeks will not be available until 2011 after the maintenance fee is paid. We have included the proposed maintenance fees for 2011 in the block below (not due until January 1, 2011). The time to process the full transaction will take between 8 to 16 weeks to finalize. 
.  The current weeks available are as follows:




The Board has appointed Julie Clawson, Association Administrator, as the contact person to initiate the process. You can call Julie at 386-586-0887. Please note, Julie often travels for business, so if you don’t get a return call immediately, be patient, as she will return your call in the order in which received.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

New Wristbands

Grande Villas is unveiling a new line of wristbands on Friday, September 3rd! These wristbands make a great fashion statement either while lounging by the pool or enjoying a game of sand volleyball. To get yours, stop by the front desk. If you wish to purchase these wristbands and show your Grande Villas pride, it is only $5 for 4 bands! All monies collected will be donated to the Bluegreen Charity of the month, so not only can you look good, you can do good.